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Resurrection of Indian Classical Music

Welcome to the world of tablas, violins, harmoniums, and melodies.

And also unemployment, poverty, and extinction.

I’m talking about Indian Classical Music. 

The artists in this field often find themselves on the brink of poverty, unappreciated, undervalued, and no longer being treated as Gurus, despite being the most talented individuals of our country.

Indian classical music, is exactly how I want to represent my country. Soulful, charismatic, and having no boundaries between religions and communities. 

Bandish Bandits does the same.
Shankar Mahadevan, Shivam Mahadevan, Ajoy Chakraborty, Javed Ali, Mohammed Aman, Farid Hassan, Sameer Samant, have beautifully played their part, and the director Anand Tiwari has showcased their voices in the best possible manner.

Indian Classical Music, and I cannot emphasise enough, has the power and the ability to reach heights no other music can, or will be able to. It forms the basis for all kinds of music, even the pop songs you love.
It originates back in 2500 BCE, and even 30,000 year old caves in India have proof of music thriving in our land.

The fact that it rained so heavily in the month of April in Rajasthan, for the first time in 15 years, is proof that Garaj Garaj has its own power. If nature couldn’t control her emotions while listening to the song, who are we?
Ragas is a melodic framework, and the ones used in the show are
1) Megh Malhar
2) Basant Bahar
3)  Brindavani Sarang
4)  Bhairav
5)  Maand
6)  Sarang (Also used in the song “Ghoomar” from Padmavat)

Rajasthani folklore plays great weightage in the songs, and Padharo Maare Des, quite literally invites me home to my own country. 

It reminds me that before I decide to tour the world in search of art and culture and beauty,
I have to stop to take a look at the mystics of my own land, the traditions that emerge from the small villages of my own country, and take pride, for once, in my own culture.

Indian, artistically, musically, cinematically, and truly, Indian.

- Shreya Pal
https://youtu.be/LSYpxo7behA

Comments

  1. AayushOctober 3, 2020 at 9:24 PM

    The whole soundtrack sparks brilliance. The fusion is exquisite, I love their play of the different cultures intertwined and creating harmony in the process. Where the classical dominates, the power and oomph of the songs hits the right strings inside the heart. We need more of this, crafts playing with each other. I loved it!

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