bismillah khan
Ye jo des hai tera, swades hai tera, tujhe hai pukaara… Ye woh bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahin sakta Listen This Song on Gayaki A R Rahman so wonderfully captured the essence of Indian spirit by using Shahnai in this song . This song also in many ways relate to Bismillah Khan’s Swades - of his longing for his homeland - ‘Bana- Ras’ his longing for his ‘music’ as a religion in contradiction of his globetrotting and Islam. ‘Sanai’ or ‘Shahnai’ is something I have been used even before I knew anything about music. In my early days, as green band on Philips radio would narrow – the musical notes of Shahnai would follow a signature tune of Akashwani at 6.00 am. The journey with Shahnai continued in subsequent years with – melodious notes of Shahnai accompanied by Drumbeats – Chowgahda would announce the arrival of marriage season, festivals. Ustad Bismilla Khan. with his unswerving perseverance and genius, elevated this ‘King of Bamboo’ afghan double-reeded wind instrument with a eight-nin...