Bhendibazaar gharana

The Bhendibazaar gharana is one of the vocal gharanas of Indian classical music, which originated in Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai in 1890.

History and features

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, a preference for madhyalaya (medium tempo) 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]

Prominent exponents

First generation

Ustad Dilawar Hussain Khan

Second generation

Ustad Chhajjoo Khan, Ustad Nazeer Khan, Ustad Khadim Hussain Khan (sons of Ustad Dilawar Hussain Khan)

Third generation

Fourth generation- Disciples of Ustad Aman Ali Khan (1888-1953)

Fifth generation

Late Dayanand Dev Gandharva,manoj patel, Bipin Patel, Sangeeta Pandharpurkar, Indira Thapa, Late Anil Vaishnav,Vasanti Sathe, Suresh Trivedi, Prof. Dwarakanath Bhonsle,Prof. Ishwar Chandra Pandit, Mitali (Mukherjee) Singh and Chintan Patel.

Faiyyaz Khan (son of Ustad Muhammed Hussain Khan) (Violin) ; Dr. Jyoti Dhamdhere; Anupama Chandratreya

Kamal Naik, Shubha Joshi, Shaila Piplapure, Meenaxi Mukherji,Mahesh Babu, Sushilarani Patel, Ramkishan Chandeshri (Bhopal) and Shailesh Mavinkurve.

Anupama Chandratreya; Anuradha Kuber; Anuradha Marathe; Kishori Janorikar; Kumudini Mundkur; Late Sadhana Joshi; Sharad Karmarkar; Dr. Suhasini Koratkar; Late Vasundhara Pandit; Shrikant Pargaonkar; Padmakar Kulkarni;Kedar Bodas

(Late) Neelatai Nagpurkar; (Late)Upendra Kamat; (Late) Mandakini Gadre; Shubha Joshi; Shaila Pipalpure; Pramila Datar; Madhura Jasraj;

Shubha Joshi;

Other disciples

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; 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; Mahendra Kapoor

Narayan swami ( most popular folk singer of gujarat),vishwanath gandharva, prem bhandari, munir khan, swati, vimlaben,

References

  1. Bagchee, Sandeep (1998). Nād: Understanding Rāga Music. BPI (India) PVT Ltd. pp. 189–190. ISBN 81-86982-07-8.

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