Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan���s centennial celebrations were held in South Mumbai. The doyen of Mewati Gharana, Sangeet Martand Pt Jasraj, was felicitated with Ustad
Bismillah Khan Sanman at the event, which was presented by Dr Soma Ghosh.
The concert ��� 'Yaad-E-Bismillah', organised by the Ministry of Culture ��� was attended by eminent personalities like
Hema Malini,
Udit Narayan, Harish Bhimani, Dr Madhu Chopra, politician
Udit Raj
, industrialist Madhusudan Agrawal and Rajeev Verma.
Dr Ghosh mesmerised the audience with her magical voice. She also presented shehnai players from across the nation, including Ustad Nazim Bismillah Khan and Ustad Ali Abbas Bismillah Khan. Three-time National Award-winning director Subhankar Ghosh���s Yaad-E-Bismillah, a docudrama on the shehnai maestro and the guru-shishya parampara, was also showcased.
Dr Ghosh is working towards saving endangered musical instruments, and her efforts have been lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She is also setting up the
Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan
Academy ��� Sangeet Gram in Varanasi.
Listen to compositions of 'Ustad Bismillah Khan' on Gaana.com
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