The library
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26 films and 31 Shorts from our YouTube channel, sorted into series you can watch in order. Search in English or Hindi.
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60 videos in the library.
8:19The city that changed the sound of Hindustan
Our Dilli Gharana series opens with Amir Khusrau and the old city that shaped so much of Hindustani music. With thanks to Begum Buland Akhtar, Wusat Iqbal Khan, Saeed Khan and Azam Shahid.
6:20Before Tansen: Swami Haridas
Everyone knows Tansen. Far fewer know the teacher behind him. The story of Swami Haridas, who made music a form of devotion in Vrindavan's Nidhivan, and whose tradition lives on in dhrupad and bhakti music.
46:14Will dhrupad reach the next generation?
A long conversation with Padma Shri Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar about raga, riyaz, the guru and shishya tradition, and how an old form finds young listeners in the age of short screens.
1:19The shehnai that welcomed the first morning of freedom
An Independence Day remembrance of Ustad Bismillah Khan's shehnai.
3:49A tribute on Ustad Bismillah Khan's 20th death anniversary
A short film remembering Ustad Sahib, his Banaras, and the home where his memories still live.
41:05Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar: one note, alive for twenty generations
Dhrupad is the oldest living form of Hindustani classical music. Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar, the twentieth generation of the Dagar family, sings and talks about the tradition he carries.
1:30Dhrupad: the teaser
A first glimpse of our dhrupad films with Padma Shri Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar.
13:48From Pandit Ram Balak Mishra to Pandit Vijay Shankar Mishra
The final episode follows the gharana through its generations, to Pandit Vijay Shankar Mishra, who carries the tradition today.
17:08How the Banaras tabla gharana began
Tabla player, teacher, writer and researcher Pandit Vijay Shankar Mishra tells the story of Pandit Ram Sahai, who laid the foundation of the gharana.
3:01One gharana, more than three hundred years old
The opening chapter of our film on the Banaras tabla gharana, a family tradition that has carried its rhythm through more than three centuries.
22:10Raag Bhairav, on the shehnai of Ustad Bismillah Khan
Put on your headphones. A morning raga, as calm as a Banaras sunrise.
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0:35Raag Puriya, sung by Azam Shahid
0:28A Voice, A Legacy: coming soon
0:17What four royal courts had in common
1:07Notes that have echoed for centuries
0:11India's three hundred year old tabla gharana
1:00Raag Miyan ki Malhar
1:00Why Ustad Nazim Hussain was Ustad Vilayat Khan's first choice
0:36Why Ustad Bismillah Khan said, 'this is Hindustan'
1:07Can notes and rhythm speak?
2:04The voice that became a legacy
0:47Ustad Bismillah Khan's only woman disciple?
1:19Guess the artist
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