Dhrupad of the Dagars - The Mosque That Preserved a Temple, Preview of 294 min extended version

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by Ashish Sankrityayan 2024
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Standard version 162 mins
Extended version 294 mins in 2 or 4 parts
The film tells the saga of the Dagars - the renowned family of Moslem royal musicians, who over many generations practised and preserved dhrupad - the oldest form of Indian classical music, that has its origins in Hindu temple music and spiritual thought. The two main protagonists are Fahimuddin Dagar, one of the last bearers of the knowledge of this tradition, and his student Ashish Sankrityayan, the filmmaker, who wields the camera while learning, discussing, singing, and travelling with his teacher.
Shot with hand-held camera at a very close distance from the subject, the film follows the meter, phrasing, grammar, structure, and the flow of the music with its complex system of hand gestures, and this progression merges into a stream with the many-layered history and life of the subcontinent with its conflicts and reconciliations and its syncretic traditions and meeting of cultures represented by the Dagar dhrupad tradition that Fahimuddin Dagar talks about in the backdrop of the disturbing political developments of the last few decades. With parallel narratives of music, history, tradition, society, politics, and culture, the film through the recollections, singing, and teaching of Fahimuddin Dagar weaves diverse facets of the life, sights, and sounds of India into a rich tapestry.
With moving images, stills, words of the maestro, Ustads - Rahimuddin Dagar, Nasir Moinuddin Dagar, Nasir Aminuddin Dagar, Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar, Asad Ali Khan, Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar, Nasir Faiyazuddin Dagar, Hussain Sayeedudin Dagar
Trailer of 162 minute standard version • Trailer - Dhrupad of t...

[@pbharatan]

Dagars are our Bharat Ratna true heroes of Dhrupad nothing comes close to them. I wish and pray the lineage continues and prospers

[@sureshdamle2917]

Great family. Great tradition.

[@madhusudanjeurkar3178]

All Indians should be grateful to Dagar brothers for preserving Dhrupad Gayaki alive and spreading. I understand that Dhrupad Gayaki originates from Samveda.

[@nrao8977]

You do realize that the ancestors of the Dagars were Hindus. So we're the ancestors of Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb and Ustad Alah Khan Saheb. 🙏 The point is that Shastriya Sangeet is beyond ANY religion. It is the responsibility of anyone, irrespective of religion, to preserve Shastriya Sangeet. जो शास्त्र से आया है 😊

[@dhruapaddhamar]

@@nrao8977 That classical music is beyond religion is precisely what Ustad Fahimuddin Dagar is saying here while you are showing your biased thinking by talking about ancestry etc. Who were the ancestors of the Sarod gharanas? Why is ancestry important? Also as he is clearly saying he is speaking in the context of the communal politics, polarisation, and persecution of the last several decades. There would be no reason otherwise for him to say this.

[@nrao8977]

@@dhruapaddhamar Read between the lines. IF you are capable. Ustad ji is bound by Dharma - Guru/Shisya parampara, which is beyond religion. Islam has no such concept.

[@dhruapaddhamar]

@@nrao8977 He was syncretic in his outlook. He did not follow any orthodoxy. He was not a bigot. That is our tradition. The guru sishya tradition of transmission of knowledge is followed in all systems of personal learning worldwide. It is not a monopoly of anyone. Ethics and morals are universal concepts that exist in all cultures. It is foolish to adopt a holier than thou attitude vis a vis other cultures and religions using terms like dharma parampara etc. etc. Today this bogus communal ideology that Ustadji has decried has suffered a big rejection by the people of India.

[@nrao8977]

@@dhruapaddhamar Nonsense. Guru-shishya oarampara originated in Bharat. And, it was imposed on Muslims when they wanted to subvert.

[@manmohanpatra5734]

Spontaneous tears in my eyes

[@neetashrivastava7640]

अद्भुत .अद्भुत .आपकी महनत को एक हज़ार सलाम❤

[@pattaprateek]

Incredible. That blessing disguised as a rebuke in the end 🙏

[@TheKakamuka]

Touching! It touched my soul! Namaskarams to Guruji

[@YuthokNyingthik]

Brilliant! Congratulations Ashish ji on this important work.

[@SriShridhar]

Obeisances to Dagar family. 🙏🙏🙏

[@annapurnabommireddy5032]

🎉

[@meret99]

Sahi, bahut sahi keh rahein hain yeh hamare great Ustad....sorry aap logon ke saath yeh anyay ho raha hai. Aap hamare buzurg hain aur Mussalman hamare apne hi hain❤Kou bhi gair nahin hai

[@rajs6804]

Thank you! Very nice!

[@vidhansharma6155]

Most excited to see this.

[@kusumkhadwal6312]

Aapke gharane ko mera koti koti naman ❤🙏

[@ashokjhamnani7046]

A GREAT PERSON WITH A GREAT PERSONALITY JI 🙏🙏

[@urmila16]

Bharat ke Anmol Ratan 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙇🙇🙇

[@shomowroy]

Where do we get to see the extended version?

[@shubhk8329]

Hello Ashish ji. I want to buy your book "dhrupad of the dagars" I had a question- what all does the CD that accompanies the book contain? Does it also feature this documentary in full length? Many thanks to you for your efforts in keeping this tradition and its history alive.

[@dhruapaddhamar]

Thanks. The book comes with an audio CD of mine and 8gb digitised archival data if purchased from www.dhrupad.info/Dhrupad_Book.htm But it does not include the film. The film is not yet released but will soon be.

[@joshi.vaidik]

Full movie when?

[@bharatbhushanpandey5372]

Aapka dil nhi nhi dukhana chahiye 🙏

[@venkateshkalipi4091]

🙏

[@IK0103]

Wants full movie

[@spiritualtravelwithsuvam6843]

All credit goes to Ashish sankharyan ji

[@supratimdas1234]

Dagars were forcibly converted. All of them were Hindus once.

[@dhruapaddhamar]

Any evidence or sources you can cite to prove that they were converted by force?

[@ss-ib8gm]

some instruments are frommpre islamic persia, tabla is from breaking mridangam , you dont seevtabla in arabic or perdian music .....sitar combination of veena and setar

[@shamikdatta1100]

You won't find khayal music either in any tradition outside the Indian subcontinent. Khayal is an offshoot of what some call 'Hindu music'-(a term I'm not particularly fond of, but which the esteemed ustad prefers) developed by Muslim musicians. These Muslim practitioners again came from upper-caste Hindu converts; for instance, the Dagars were originally Pandeys, and Sadarang (Niyamat Khan), famous for khayal, was a descendant of Maharaja Samokhan Singh. What I am trying to imply is that the musical roots of these families are essentially Hindu, Hindu musicians converted en masse to enable better opportunities in the royal courts. There is also a theory that khayal is a much older form of music derived from the rupakalapti style of sadharani compositions, predating any Muslim influence. However, it is undeniable that the current form of khayal owes much to these Muslim musicians.

[@rakhimukerji7937]

We are an old country with various influence.good news for musiclovers

[@thalaivarda]

I read long back, the Dagars were all converted from Brahmins to their current religion.

[@nrao8977]

No Mosque preserved ANY mandir (we have no "temple"). In a Mosque, ANY sangeet is haram. By definition. Those Hindus who converted to Islam have maintained Shastriya Sangeet. जो शास्त्र से आया है

[@dhruapaddhamar]

The subtitle of the film is a quote of Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar he says this several times in the film - Main masjid hoon maine mandir ki hifazat ki hai. He is speaking figuratively. You are free to disagree with it. As far as translation of this statement into English is concerned please see a Hindi to English dictionary. There are many lineages of musicians who have preserved Classical music - several sarod gharanas are descendants of Pathans. It is a pointless exercise tracing ancestry and trying to prove that only converts maintained classical music. The fact remains that these people had a syncretic flexible approach to music and religiosity and were not bound by narrow orthodoxy and that is the only thing that matters.

[@MehtabSk-ii2jt]

Such a funny people😂😂😂😂. sangeet not haram in islam. sangeet yantra haram in islam😂😂😂😂

[@ivarhakuse8572]

What you sing is all Hindu The Ragas are Hindu The Gods are all Hindu Your ancestors were all Hindu The spiritual ethos of this is all Hindu Your Patrons were and still are, for the major part all Hindu You live on the backing and support of Hindus And yet you pride yourselves in being Muslims. (except for Tansen Pandey who returned to his roots and I know he was ostracised for it). Nothing prevents you now from disowning that which you adopted is there? Islam is anti music, you know it. I’ve followed this music and this family for well over 45 years now and always will for the love of my culture. I think is high time the Dagars started showing a bit of respect for the Hindu Sanskriti upon which they rely for their existence. It shouldn’t just be for display to the audience on the stage.

[@dhruapaddhamar]

It is you who needs to learn to respect people who have given everything to preserving a tradition that would have otherwise disappeared. You need to respect their syncretic outlook and their respect for all religions that is in stark contrast to your petty minded bigotry. About Tansen Pandey you are very ill informed too. He and also his children remained practising Muslims. Also the patrons of this music are now mostly abroad for your kind information. It would have disappeared if it had not succeeded in finding a niche audience in the West. I did not feel like responding to this nonsense but feel compelled to as bigotry spreads even more if it is not challenged and called out.

[@MehtabSk-ii2jt]

Singing is not anti-muslim so dhrupad is a singing style😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ivarhakuse8572]

@MehtabSk-ii2jt Singing the praises of, and recounting the pastimes of Hindu Gods is total Shirk of the worst kind, and punishable as for apostasy. I honestly don't understand what all the hu Haa babel is about. All I did was to point out the rules of the religion. Please do understand that, if you say anything against the spiritual truth of Islam, you are a mere islamophobe. All this is total haraam in Islam. Now, you either know it and choose to ignore it, jeopardising the safety of your soul or you know it and live by the rules.

[@MehtabSk-ii2jt]

@@ivarhakuse8572 there isn't any God's name in drupad singing

[@MehtabSk-ii2jt]

@@ivarhakuse8572 Islam not based on a culture . Islam is a universal religion and true religion