How Kishori Amonkar and his mother Mogubai Kurdkar did a footpath in Hindustani music

Kishori Amonkar | Photo Credit: Hindu Archives

His music “… for me, a painting that symbolizes every detail of one’s life. And it has great joy, great sadness, great anger, great frustration, frustration – everything in a centered small piece”. In this way Ustad Zakir Hussain described Stalwart music composer Kishori Amonkar Bhinna shadaj (Note extraordinary), a documentary of Sandhya Gokhale and Amol Palekar.

Hindustani singer Radhika Joshi made a special tribute to this composer ‘Mai Ri’, whose story is associated with her mother and Guru – Dyne Mogubai Kurdkar. Radhika’s ‘Mai Ri’, which was in stories of Kishori Amonkar and Mogubai Kurdkar, was part of the special programming of Bangalore International Center for Women’s Day.

The story of this mother-daughter pair which changed irreversibly of how the raga would be sung and heard in a small village in Goa. Born in 1904 in Kurdi, Mogubai was quickly orphaned. Even as a child, who had to find his way in the world, she knew that her mother wanted to make her not only a song but also her life. After working as an actor in more than one theater company, there was no stranger for the Mogubai stage. He also trained in Kathak and Ghazal singing. When the theater stopped work, she fell ill and traveled with a relative from Sangli for treatment. There, his daily music Riyaz took the founder of Jaipur-Atuli Gharana Ustad Aladian Khan Saheb to his door, and he offered to teach him.

Mogubai Kurdkar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

When Ustad Aladian Khan moved to Mumbai shortly after, Mogubai followed him. Radhika has described in ‘My Ri’ that it was a radical in those times, due to the difference in religious background. It was not a Rosie Path for Mogubai in Mumbai. He had to struggle with prejudice against women from “respectable backgrounds to choose to sing on stage”. Widow youth, Mogubai, while working as a professional musician and teacher, raised three daughters on their own. She chose her eldest daughter Kishori to pass her music teachings Thai (As she knows).

Mogubai and Kishori’s Radhika is associated with rendering ThaiThe compositions spread over an array of raags and music formats, connecting the images of two strong-and-Iradas, who were emotional about music, not always agreed with each other, but their chosen music forms were determined to sing and develop. Radhika received information for ‘My Ri’ from autobiography on Mogubai and Kishori Amonkar, besides discussed with her guru PT. Raghunandan Panshikar, who studied music directly from both.

Radhika Joshi introduced ‘My Re’, tribute to the teenager ThaiIn Bengaluru. Photo Credit: Sandhya Kannan

“It was challenging to get information about Mogubai’s music, as fewer resources are available on it. With the teenager Thai यह विपरीत समस्या थी – कई अखबारों के लेख और साक्षात्कार हैं, लेकिन चूंकि वह दशकों से संगीत के रूप में विकसित हुई थी, इसलिए उसके कुछ विचार पहले जो कहा था, उसके लिए विरोधाभासी लग सकता है, “राधिका बताती है। हालांकि मोगुबई परंपरा की शुद्धता को बनाए रखने की एक दृढ़ विश्वास थी और बहुत कुछ नहीं बताती थी, उसने बहुत कुछ नहीं किया, क्योंकि उसने बहुत कुछ नहीं किया था, उसने बहुत कुछ नहीं किया, क्योंकि उसने बहुत कुछ नहीं किया था, क्योंकि वह बहुत कुछ The Jaipur-Atuli Gharana such as Shuda Nut, Sampura Malkan or Gauri ”.

“teenager Thai Was more open for use. She will spend hours in an attempt for various combinations of the raga. Some Jod made by raags Thai Anand Malhar and Lalt Vibha are, “shares Radhika. Teenager ThaiLight music and love for ghazal lied in the fact that his mother sent him to other forms and other homes. When teenager Thai Sang a film song, however, Mogubai warned her that she could never touch her Tanpura again if she is not loyal to classical music.

Radhika says that Mogubai has taught him the power of surrender. “In most traditional Indian art forms, students are taught only what the Guru says. Challenging criteria and if necessary, later, even accepting mistakes, teenagers Thai Made a place to question the texts and what the earlier owner had to say, ”she says.