Ustad Asad Ali Khan - A Portrait - A Film by Renuka George

[@jigggro]

Many thanks to Renukaji for capturing this. Many thanks to Carstenji for uploading. I think these were simpler times. To eat, rest and begin to practice. Now we are bombarded with email notifications and djs making a racket during weddings.

[@darioicaraballo3900]

I already have wrote too much in the chat I am so excited about this documentary and precisely 10 years after this magnificent musician went into eternity This is no coincidence for us lovers of Hindustani Sangeet this is an unexpected beautiful gift Thanks to Srimati Renuka George for her effort in presenting this

[@BlindObedienceBrutal]

It made my day to see it when the man in the audience pointed to Ustadji on the sam and Ustadji looked back at him and was smiling. And everyone was so happy. A wonderful moment.

[@MrHasanazim]

One year after this in 2011 ustad left us this is the sum of his entire life

[@RatheeshRamachandranGTO]

What a beautiful documentary!!! Thank you so much

[@sunnysingh7854]

I don't know how many times I come and watch this documentary. Brings eternal peace.

[@sunnysingh7854]

I read there was 60 hours of content recorded. Where can one find the rest of it?

[@rajibmoitra2837]

Had attended many of his live performances He was a Saint and one could feel God thru him

[@Thatvam]

I never thought I can see ustad asad.thank you so.much for your video.

[@chemagm04]

¡Maravilloso Ustad Asad Ali Khan, y maravillosa la película! Muchas gracias.

[@devanshphadke]

It's because of some foresighted people like Renuka Ji and generous people like you that we are able to experience this..

[@santoor_rishi]

The film medium is a blessing today as it allows us to capture great, pure souls like Ustadji. Their existence, their thinking about music, their love for their instrument, their sincere Sadhana, and the wisdom that they received from its formless, yet ever-sacred gifts shall always be worshiped by small listeners, students, and melody seekers such as ourselves. I always feel that documentaries like these, made with a student's love for the art, really exude a certain power that my eyes end up welling with tears by the end. The last interview with Ustad Sayeeduddin Dagar, the documentary made by Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya on the lives and music of Pandit Prasun & Vidushi Meera Banerjee, Kaushiki's documentary on Guru Jnanprakash Ghosh, and now the one posted here on Ustad Asad Ali Khan are all like temples within which we can get a glimpse of these humble Gurus and human beings. These documentaries will always be our little treasures, keys to inspiration. Never take this down! Thank you Carsten Bhaiya for your offering to us. 🙏🙏🙏

[@RudraVeena]

Well, like the eternal temple is always to be found inside ourselves, we also carry the pearls of memory of the masters inside our hearts. But of course these living memories in form of audio and video are as well real gems in the treasure trove of music.

[@louislamonte334]

It's my dream to play the Rudra Veena! What an amazing man! I would have loved to have met him, talked to him, heard him play and studied under him!!

[@devanshphadke]

Many thanks! Eagerly waiting

[@AshishDha]

I had a lot of fun and learned a lot while working on this film! 😀 Thank you @Carsten Wicke for uploading this! 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼

[@HS-ly4fo]

Delightful and insightful. Thank you Renuka and team.

[@azubov]

Beautiful movie. Many many thanks...

[@One2faceall]

Bohot Khoob .. So many thanks for preparing and sharing this Video and making this legend memorable for rest of the world and till the end of the world ...

[@balasubramanian7987]

I can see the perfecion on his speech and depth love of the raag and music.. missed the legend to get his teaching...

[@NicholasChase]

Thank you for posting this beautiful documentary! We don’t always get to know the stories of the masters and see them as people. I learned so much! 🙏✨✨❤️

[@rodrigomarcial6899]

Un gran maestro de la Rudra Vina...

[@sank79]

This is like a treasure. Thanks for sharing.

[@RudraVeena]

Right, a precious gem on its own 👌🏼

[@BlindObedienceBrutal]

The sitting posture he teaches is interesting. I have heard it said that formerly some players of the surbahar also sat in this fashion and that it is one of the authentic and original postures for that instrument (probably in imitation of the been), but one does not see it in contemporary surbahar peformers as far as I know; almost all of them were mostly also trained as sitarists. This same posture is also occasionally recommended for the sitar, but again I have not seen contemporary performers adopt this posture. Of course there are a variety of postures used with the been, too, but I wonder if any other gharana maintains the posture taught by Ustad Asan Ali Khan Sahab. It is similar to a typical seated posture in Japan.

[@RudraVeena]

Vajrasana is the authentic sitting and playing posture for the traditional playing of the Been. Beside energetic effects it allows a natural straight upper body that beneficial for the control of the breath and with it on the sure of the instrument. It was used be other musicians as well, vocalist and instrumentalists. Today most people have physical restrictions that let them shift to Sukh Asana, which certainly is more comfortable, but also lesser effective in the control of the body and instrument.

[@stephencarroll230]

Very beautiful and enlightening doc about true master musicians.

[@mainulislam6765]

The Rudra veena is not going away.

[@harshtiwari6893]

A profound work of art

[@lloydthayer9093]

💜🙏🏼💜 thanks so much for this Carsten!!

[@RudraVeena]

Thanks Lloyd, main credit goes to Renuka George who offered her work to be published here in memory of Ustadji.

[@prpluv]

thank you for this gift...it is gratefully received

[@victorcabellojimenez5188]

Beautiful!!! Thanks 🙏

[@YuthokNyingthik]

Such wonderful work. Thank you so much

[@eduardwerner3087]

Absolutely terrific!

[@arwedbeenkar8766]

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[@Narikeljinjira]

Wonderful

[@geetmusic9531]

Beautiful 🌸 🙏🌸

[@darioicaraballo3900]

Renuka ji thanks greatly for this film And to the spirit and soul of Asad Ali Khansaheb mere pranam aur namaskar adzhab aur shukriyaan bahut I saw this film with tears in my eyes tears of beauty and happiness But Ustad ji also made me laugh( Foreign and Indian students alike tried to be my students and when told the demands of the instrument they ran away or the audience before you pleased one person and now in front of so many people everyone is a Nawab have to please them all among other comments) What a dignified beautiful soul was inside that body that person called Asad Ali Khan I will have to see this documentary again several times Possibly tonight I will do some taleem in my sitar playing Bhimpalasi thinking I am holding a rudra vina After seeing this film I do not know if I am still living or if I died and then my spirit is the one writing this impressions Maybe I was reborn But just can say thanks greatly to all who made this film possible I continue sending my prayers to Mother India to safe herself and its children from this pandemics and seeing this film made me desire again to go back Three times I went to India Three times I left my heart and soul there Wishing the very best to India and the world music like this can be the best vaccine against COVID if that would be possible Nevertheless it is still nourishment to the soul to make us better human beings As Khansaheb says at the end this is what pure music does and you see him either sweating and crying or both JAYA ASAD ALI KHAN USTAD JI PRANAM Thanks for your art Khan saheb thank you

[@bir_deb]

Thank you for sharing the inspirational film

[@panchalinandy]

🙏💐💐💐

[@Vedicmusic1953]

A lesson to amateur film makers. Superb adbhutam. May I suggest one thing. The lighting should have been improved ; the suond also I. E. Increased Namaste

[@sushanthphani8075]

Sir I am currently learning Raga Jaunpuri now so could you please upload a video of yours or Khan saab's of Raga Jaunpuri so that I can how to do the vistaar. Thank you 🙏

[@RudraVeena]

Well, as much it can be useful to listen to the old maters while studying a Raga. The recordings should not be the base of the studies. That should be taken from a living Guru. Regarding Jaunpuri, I will upload a video sometime soon where Khansahib talkes about its character and exploration.

[@swamikrishnananda9570]

Fantastic acoustics in that hall so microphone is not necessary.

[@supratimdas1234]

Should have been atleast in 720p resolution..

[@RudraVeena]

thats the best we got at the moment, will see to upload a HD version when available....

[@swamikrishnananda9570]

Excellent.by the way,I deleted my facebook account.

[@gauravbabar423]

Rasa Rishi