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Padma Shri: The journey of Ali Mohammad and Ghani Mohammad from village to Padma Shri, know the story of Lal of Bikaner

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Tejrasar Village (Bikaner),RAJASTHAN / Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA:

The land of Bikaner is very rich in art and culture and it has given uncountable diamonds of talent not only to the country but to the world. Bollywood musicians Ali and Ghani have been awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India, the country’s fourth highest honor.

*Maand singers Bandhu Ali Mohammed and Ghani Mohammad from Rajasthan were awarded the Padma Shri*.

Ali Mohammad and Ghani Mohammad Padmshree: The Padma Awards for the year 2024 were announced on the eve of Republic Day. President Droupadi Murmu announced the Padma awards to 132 personalities, including five Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan, and 110 Padma Shri awardees. The shortlist for this year’s Padma awards includes impersonator Jankilal and Dhrupad singer Laxman Bhatt Tailang from Rajasthan.

Maand singers Bandhu Ali Mohammad and Gani Mohammad from Rajasthan and road safety activist Maya Tandon have also been given the Padma Shri award.

Ali Mohammad and Ghani Mohammad brothers, who live in Bikaner, will jointly receive this award.

Ali-Ghani was completely dedicated to music

The land of Bikaner is very rich in art and culture and it has given uncountable diamonds of talent not only to the country but to the world. In every field, the personalities of Bikaner have proved their mettle. Be it music, art, literature, painting, Bikaner has been rich in every field. Bikaner has established its own place in music and Bollywood. Pakeezah composer Ghulam Muhammad, lyricists Bharat Vyas, Rafiq Sagar, Raja Hassan and Ali-Ghani have all dedicated their all to music.

Inherited music

But here is the talk of Bollywood musicians Ali and Ghani, who have been awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India, the fourth highest honor of the country. Born in Tejrasar village of Bikaner, brothers Ali and Ghani inherited music. His father Sirajuddin himself was a great knowledge of music, due to the death of Ali-Ghani’s wife in childhood, the responsibility of upbringing was on his father. While father Sirajuddin trained him to become a great person, he also inherited the legacy of music.

Struggle in Mumbai

As the mousiki became mastery, the desire to come out of a completely backward village Tejrasar and build a house in a big place also started shaking in the heart. At the age of youth, both brothers turned to Kolkata and from there traveled to the city of dreams, Mumbai. Ali and Ghani, who lived a difficult life in the village since childhood, did not find it strange to struggle in Mumbai and the struggle gradually brought success, the eyes of Bollywood musicians and directors fell on them.

During the struggle, the two brothers started singing together

Ali-Ghani had to starve several times during the conflict. In a metro city like Mumbai, many kilometers had to be traveled on foot. But he remembered the difficult life in the village. Therefore, the struggle of Mumbai seemed to him a game. During this time, the two brothers started singing together and made the basis of their singing Mand raga, which is considered to be the most popular raga of western Rajasthan. The most important raga in the Bikaner region is Mand and not only Rajasthani folk music has been sung on it, but the king of ghazal singing like Mehdi Hassan also made Mand the basis of his ghazals. Inspired by them, Ali and Ghani also decorated their Gulukari with the beauty of the mand.

Mastery in classical music

Ali-Ghani, who received his basic training in music from his father, the late Sirajuddin Khan, has a great influence in classical music. Both brothers received classical music education from Ustad Munawar Ali Khan and Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Both are known in the country and abroad as film composers and singers.

Lata and Asha Bhosle get blessings

Associated with All India Radio since 1981, the brothers have directed music in many films, including Hindi, Rajasthani and Punjabi films. Apart from this, many albums of Naat, Bhajan and Rajasthani folk songs have also been released. Ali and Gani have also decorated the ghazals of big singers like Pankaj Udas, Sadhana Sargam, Chandan Das, Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal and Hans Raj Hans with their music. These big Gulukars have also sung under the direction of Ali-Ghani. Even the nightingale of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle have been blessing Ali-Ghani.

Said – talent got value

Ali and Ghani, who came out of Tejrasar and shined as stars in the glare of Mumbai, have been honored with many awards. Sixty-year-old Ali and sixty-two-year-old Ghani have not moved away politely even after receiving the Padma Shri. On receiving the Padma Shri award, he thanks Allah and says that there is still more to go.

He credits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bikaner MP and Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal for this honor. It is said that the BJP government appreciated our talent and awarded the Padma Shri, also very humbly thanking NDTV, Ali and Ghani say that this channel first informed us and showed us all over the country.

source: http://www.rajasthan.ndtv.in / NDTV Hindi / Home> Sacrifice> Pride of Rajasthan / by Dr Nasir Zaidi / edited by Sachin Samar (and Translated in English) / January 26th, 2024

Remembering the doyen

April 30, 2017Arts, Culture & EntertainmentBade Ghulam Ali Khan, Kasuri Bade Ghulam, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Munawwar Ali Khanmpositiveone@gmail.com

Hyderabad, TELANGANA :

Kolkata :

SHARING SIMILAR SENSIBITIES Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

Seasoned musicians paid melodic tributes to Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan on his 115th birth anniversary in Kolkata.

The Calcutta School of Music, in association with Saambhavi, offered homage to Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan on his 115th birth anniversary (2nd April) at the century-old School’s Sandré Hall. The evening touched the nostalgic chord when Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta who, despite his ailment, came to share his treasured memories related to Khansaheb with the audience, sobbed like a child while listening to ‘Hari Om Tatsat’, soulfully sung by Nabhodeep Chakraborty, a young torchbearer of Kasur Patiala Gharana who religiously pays melodic tributes to Khansaheb on this day every year and who conceptualised this event.

According to Dasgupta, the erudite sarod maestro who is an ardent admirer and delightful analyst of Khansaheb’s charismatic music, “Among those legendary musicians who spent part of their lives in the city of joy are Ustad Amir Khan and Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. The styles of both the ustads had the biggest impact on local vocalists and quite a few Bengali musicians, without any direct taaleem have tried to blend their styles with results which often are little short of disastrous.”

Fortunately, Chakraborty, having been trained by Ustads Raza Ali Khan, Mazhar Ali Khan and Jawad Ali Khan, grandson and grand-nephews of Khansaheb, has acquired enviable gharana treasures.

Extraordinary rehearsal

He insists on the ‘Kasur’ prefix. This has a valid reason. ‘Khansaheb hailed from Kasur, a small town 30 kilometers away from Lahore; and the people still remember the superhumanly riyaaz of ‘Kasuri Bade Ghulam’, says Chakraborty. “It was Khansaheb, who modified the original Patiala style which basically thrived on taans. (Khansaheb’s son) Ustad Munawwar Ali Khan went on record while describing the olden, somewhat rough, gayaki, ‘Aisa lagta tha jaise billiyan jhagad rahi hain (it sounded as if cats were fighting)’.”

The evening was based on some select compositions of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan under the pseudonym ‘Sabrang’. A clutch of Chakrborty’s disciples presented these khayal bandish-s with sincere reverence. Each one focused on a special aspect of their gharana’s salient features. They were ably supported by Timir Baran Chakraborty on tabla.

Among them Sagnik Sen, a child prodigy who possesses ‘Classical Voice of India 2013’ title, stood out for his short but amazingly matured and melodious presentation of two compositions in ragas Bhimpalasi and Multani. The anecdotal history of every gem, displayed during the course of this edifying evening, revealed that Khansaheb believed in ‘Sab din nahi hot ek samaan’ (Multani); that he sang in praise of ‘Dev Maheshwara’ (Bhupali); that he penned a composition in Megh but sans the description of Monsoon and often sang it in Madhmad Sarang.

In the latter part of the evening, Nabhodeep Chakraborty, accompanied by Amit Chatterjee (tabla) and Keshab Banerjee (harmonium) presented a bandish in Koheri Kalyan, one of the most heard ragas invented by Khansaheb; the others being Andoli ka Sarang, Malini Basant, Hariruddh (named after a river in Afghanistan, this raga blends Dhani and Malkauns).

His selection also included a Malkauns tarana, set to Asul-e-Fakhta tala of five beats that interprets the rhythm of the fluttering wings of a bird (Fakhta). A rare Maand from the unpublished records of Khansaheb was Chakraborty’s last piece but encores led him to ‘Hari Om Tatsat’- one of the unforgettable compositions, immortalised by Khansaheb. The screening of a documentary film on the life and music of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan topped it all.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Entertainment> Music / by Meena Banerjee / April 27th, 2017