Raga Shahana Bahar, Bhimsen Joshi, 1990

A video recording from a mehfil where Joshi sang another rare item, i.e., Khamaj thath ka Bhatiyar (shared by Tanmay here: • Pandit Bhimsen Joshi-R... ) and a thumri in Pilu, Soch samajh nadan (shared by Bhimmanna here: • Unheard Raag: Shuddha ... ). See pinned comment for more.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

This video has been preserved, from Dr T Noor's archives, by the sitarist Patrick Moutal and all credit really goes to him. The present performance was part of an event to commemorate 150 years of The Times of India. I can notice Narayan Deshpande on the tanpura, but I do not recognize the other student (Edit: According to an observer, it is Rajendra Rathore). On the tabla, we have the trustworthy Nana Mulye, while on the harmonium, good old Purushottam Walavalkar. Pandit Joshi usually sang this composition, 'Soundhe sugandh', in Shuddha Bahar, but here, it is recast in Shahana Bahar. See the video description for more. 🙏

[@ravindrakelkar8652]

Other disciple is Rajendra Rathore

[@ndtelang]

संदेस(चंदन) गंध रंग और अबीर चढ़ावन...

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Mere hisaab se lyrics iss prakar hain: Soundhe sugandh Rang aur abeer chadhavat Khwaja Qutubuddin Ke damanwa gailo Ban-ban aaye sab Auliya Ambiya Hajrat Amir Ke damanwa gailo

[@ndtelang]

@@FarhanAmin1994 संदेश गंध रंग और अबीर चढावत ख्वाजा कुतुबुद्दीन के गमनवा गईलो...बन बन आई सब होरिया में पिया... हजरत अमीर के गमनवा गईलो...

[@chetanmahajan3036]

Farhan Bhai Saprem namaskar 🙏🙏 Salute your passion n zest. Superb performance to say the least... Anek dhanyabad

[@vijaykhedekar6740]

फरहान जी , आपको फीर से एक बार दिलसे सलाम .

[@badalkumarpatra8655]

Every time I hear guruji and feel blessed 🙏🙏🙏

[@kishorevasudevpai9989]

Very melodious raag..❤❤❤

[@subratasaha4335]

Mesmerising ❤❤❤

[@F.M.J.U]

Really The scholar bhimsen Josi was great of classical music. There is no equal him. Excellent style of singing

[@ravindrakelkar8652]

Many thanks for this wonderful treat!

[@yashwantmodak1885]

Rare rendering by Panditji. Beautiful blending of Shahana मुखडा with Bahar. How smoothly Panditji enters Bahar through Bahar as only he can.

[@shirishpatankar379]

Rare combination of Shahana Bahar, beautifully presented by Great Pandit Bhimsen Ji 🙏🙏

[@kobidas126]

How to express, I don't know!! Thanks!!! I'm overwhelmed & grateful.

[@sarmishthabasubanerjee5631]

Many thanx to Farhan ji for making us listen to this rare gem! Whatever Pandit ji sings casts a divine aura!

[@keshavaiahshashidhar1639]

ಅದ್ಭುತ ಕಲಾವಿದ.. ದೇವರ ವರ

[@pradeepshitut9743]

Very Very Nice... 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@ndtelang]

यह बगैर किसी शक के राग शुद्ध बहार है... ❤️🌹🙏

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Pandit ji ke dwara gaayi gayi iss composition ke 2-3 aur versions hain KZbin par. Woh versions Shuddha Bahar hi lagte hain aur unmein se ek mein Pandit ji khud raga ka yeh naam batate bhi hain. Lekin iss version mein Shahana ka kuchh hissa dikhayi padta hai. Pandit ji ne Shuddha Bahar ki hi composition ko Shahana Bahar mein piroya hai. Aisa unhone aur bhi instances mein kiya hai. Jaise Miyan ki Todi ki bandish 'Eri mai shubh mangal gao' ko Hindolita mein badal kar gaana, ya Asavari Todi ki bandish 'Sab mera wohi' ko Bhairav-Bhatiyar mein badal kar gaana.

[@ndtelang]

@@FarhanAmin1994 भाईजान आप ठीक कह रहें हैं रिकार्डिंग में शहाना बहार ही बोला है... 🙏

[@bharatimajumdar9545]

Thank u once again Farhan bhai. With Bhimsen Joshi, nothing will ever be enough!

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Really glad to have you comment here, Bharati ji. I hope you’re doing fine and all is well.

[@kannadable]

We all here owe a great debt to music maestros like Mian Farhan Amin for taking the time to curate an extraordinary range of India music genres and schools with diligence and obvious elation for all of us to partake of their joy. What they have created is an ocean that never will go dry. Thank you all.

[@pintukarak1062]

God of music, no word is enough, he is far above our any kind of praising, pronam🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sudhirkoparkar1803]

Very nice. Enjoyed lot

[@chetanmahajan3036]

Simply blessed to see this 🙏🙏🙏

[@shreepadjavadekar1385]

Pure treat to eyes and ears.Lucky to see this performance

[@gulamdastagir245]

Mr. Farhan Amin has great taste for music. I am so glad, I can talk to someone. Discuss the musical genius of Late. Roshan Ara Begum !

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Roshan Ara ji was indeed one of the greatest artistes the subcontinent has produced!

[@meherkrupapalve2495]

Very good, waiting for such many more ... Thank you

[@vijayjoshi5819]

Beautiful

[@FarhanAmin1994]

For interested listeners, here is a very different version of the same bandish, this time in Bahar, rendered briefly by Pt K G Ginde, as a part of his lec-dem: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnXHY4ampMegmZY. He sings this from 1:16:05 to 1:18:35.

[@F.M.J.U]

Incomparable scholar of classical music.

[@BimalMahapatra_phys]

Great upload as it is so rare ! Load of thanks !

[@priyokabi]

miss him

[@pramodthakur4778]

Beautiful rendering many many regards for your efforts to bring it up to our ears.

[@soumavamaiti9814]

He is the only God i believe in

[@DC-zi6se]

Bhimsen in his later years was more akin to Ustad Faiyaz Khan stylistically. Heavy and powerful throw of voice, slower taans with heavy gamaks and VERY melodious. Unlike, the more mercurial Ustad Abdul Karim Khan or young Ustad Amir Khan type.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Well noted. How many different influences he may have had on him is likely a testament to the singers whose jalsas he must have attended in his formative years. If you can seek out the recent YT upload of his ‘Bole re papihara’ by a channel called Kansen Sangit or sth, you may find in his gayaki the phrases of another old timer. Lemme know if you figure that one out ;) Ah. I think even I will relisten to it now ^_^

[@DC-zi6se]

@@FarhanAmin1994 Are you by any chance referring to Omkarnath Thakur, I may be wrong. 🤔

[@FarhanAmin1994]

You may be right actually. I did think that PBJ sounded Gwalior in places. My initial suspicion was that of a Ramakrishnabua Vaze influence. I think he too has sung this same bandish.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Another rendition that comes to mind is Gangubai’s 78 rpm of Miyan Malhar.

[@DC-zi6se]

@@FarhanAmin1994 Absolutely agreed! I find Bhimsen's singing at times WAYY more identical to Agra and Gwalior rather than Kirana. Rather, Ustad Amir Khan is much closer to pure Kirana, although Bhimsen considered UAK as his spiritual "guru", but we see sparkles of Faiyaz Khan and Omkarnath Thakur more, especially in the 1980s and thereafter.

[@suryasannagadde7967]

Wha whw..kyabath Faranjee🌷🙏

[@श्रीकुंजविहारीश्रीहरिदासश्री]

Farhan ji .. pranam 🙏🙏🙏🙏 What an excellent collection you have posted in youtube.. 🌹🌹🙏🙏🌹🌹🙏🙏🌹🌹

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Thank you for your kind words. Happy Navratra.

[@श्रीकुंजविहारीश्रीहरिदासश्री]

@@FarhanAmin1994 🙏🙏🌹🌹🙏🙏 We all are one.. Thanks Farhan ji

[@sadashivnadkarni3811]

Beautiful!

[@chinmay_kulkarni_]

To all who are saying this is shuddha bahar, you may hear shuddha nishad from 5.55, which is absent in shuddha bahar.

[@shesheraochopde7993]

वाह.....क्या बात है......❤

[@pintukallurkar1]

Can someone share the complete lyrics of this Bandish?

[@FarhanAmin1994]

It’s there in the comments somewhere. In a reply to a commentor.

[@sapanoop]

👃👃👃

[@upwardogdownwardog]

🙏🙏🙏

[@neildhamankar9686]

Is there full rec available i would very much like to see

[@neildhamankar9686]

Please upload such live performance there are very few live performance

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Do see the video description please

[@rigveddeshpande7839]

This is Shuddha Bahar

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Indeed, the bandish is usually sung by Kiranaites in Shuddha Bahar. There is a 1930s 78 rpm recording of Gangubai of the same and a later 1960s recording of PBJ singing the same as an extended 23 min rendition, where he even stops in between to say 'ह्याला शुद्ध बहार म्हणतात' and demonstrates the subtle difference between regular Bahar and Shuddha Bahar. Here, in 1990, however, not only do we have the announcement by the lady at the start but also, if one notices, he does deploy some Shahana phrases, even veering close to Bageshri, perhaps, on one occasion.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

One can also find a lovely lec-dem on raga-specific swarochcharan by Pt K G Ginde where he sings the same bandish but with slightly different words and in regular Bahar. Be fun to see an entirely new perspective on the same song there.

[@chetanmahajan3036]

Farhan Bhai 🙏🙏