The Bhendibazaar gharana is one of the vocal gharanas of Indian classical music.
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The Bhendibazaar gharana was founded around 1890 by brothers Chhajju Khan, Nazir Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan in the Bhendi bazaar area of Mumbai. The features of this gharana include using 'aakaar' for presenting khyals in an open voice, with clear intonation, a stress on breath-control, singing long passages in a single breath, and use of the well-known Khandmeru or Merukhand system for extended alaps. Ustad Chhajju Khan's son Ustad Aman Ali Khan, and Anjanibai Malpekar, are well-known exponents of this gharana. Amir Khan's father Shahmir Khan belonged to this gharana and passed on the tradition to his son.[1]
Ustad Dilawar Hussain Khan
Ustad Chhajjoo Khan, Ustad Nazeer Khan, Ustad Khadim Hussain Khan (sons of Ustad Dilawar Hussain Khan)
Pandit Shivkumar Shukla (1918–1998), Pandit Pandurang Amberkar (1914–2002), Master Navrang Nagpurkar (1919–1998), Pandit Ramesh Nadkarni (1921–1995), Ustad Muhammed Hussain Khan (1907–1988), and Pandit T D Janorikar (1921–2006), all disciples of Aman Ali Khan.
Those disciples who took guidance from stalwarts of Bhendibazaar Gharana for some time but developed their own style and pursued Classical or Light Music or chose to work in Film industry:
Shahmir Khan (Sarangi player- father of Amir Khan); Chand Khan; Kaderbaksh (Sarangi); Mamman Khan; Zande Khan; Miyan Jaan; Wadilal Shivram
Lata Mangeshkar; Amir Khan; Nisar Bazmi; Vasantrao Deshpande; Manna Dey; Wali Ahmed Khan; B C Chaitanya Dev; Shantilal (Harmonium); Parshurambuwa Parsekar; Mridungacharya Narayanrao Koli
Kumar Gandharva; Kishori Amonkar; Begum Akhtar; Nainadevi
Asha Bhosle; Jitendra Abhisheki; Suman Kalyanpur; Pankaj Udhas
Mukund Vyas; daughters Kiran and Neelam Shukla
Sakuntala Narsimhan; Devendra Murdeshwar; Mahendra Kapoor