Today, we shall learn about Dilruba or Esraj.Īt various points of time in the present series, I have told you about the Sikh Gurus’ contribution towards Indian Classical Music and on the 15th day (Please read: ‘ Raaga Based Song Of The Day #15‘ also, this was the last occasion when I gave you a song pictured on Padmini: Beqasi hadd se jab guzr jaaye, which you would recall is in Raag Khammaj, Tal Dadra, an exceedingly beautiful composition by OP Nayyar), I told you about the raagas contained in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikhs. However, first, lets take up the value added learning of today. Today, I give you a song in Raag Basant Mukhari, Tal Kaherava. The only two raag that has been repeated so far are Pahadi, the raaga of my home place in the Himalayas, and Maru Bihag. In the last forty-nine days of sharing Raaga based songs of the day, I have given you songs based on Raag Jhinjhoti, Gara, Bhimpalasi, Madhuvanti, Shivaranjani, Bihag, Pahadi, Sarang, Pilu, Bhairavi, Khammaj, Charukesi, Kalyan or Yaman, Desh, Malgunji, Kirwani, Kedar, Bageshri, Megh Malhar, Bhupali, Ahir Bhairav, Malkaush, Adana, Kafi, Rageshri, Jaunpuri, Tilang, Janasammohini, Chayanat, Shuddha Kalyan, Gaur Sarang, Jogiya, Asavari, Maru Bihag, Durga, Lalit, Puria Dhanashri, Bhinna Sahdja, Sohani, Multani, Patdeep, Jaijaiwanti, Tilak Kamod and Hemant. This blog has a number of posts on Raaga based songs in Hindi movies titled similarly for example: ‘ The Best Raaga Based Songs in Hindi Movies – Raaga Bhairavi – Part III‘.
Our forty-ninth post was titled ‘Raaga Based Song Of The Day #49’ and the song was a Lata Mangeshkar song from the 1963 T Prakash Rao movie Bahurani: Balma anadi man bhaaye. O ur first post in the series was titled ‘Raaga Based Song Of The Day #1’ and the song was a Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar song from the 1970 Shakti Samanta movie Pagla Kahin Ka: Tum mujhe youn bhula na paoge. We have completed forty-nine days of Raaga Based Songs of the Day.
Raaga Based Song of the Day: O basanti pavan paagal…