Amirbai karnataki biography sample
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As I have been writing about this translation work here on this blog, finally, the book got published in a grand ceremony on Dec 25, 2014 by Granthali, which is celebrating its 40th year. They had a day long celebration for Vachak Din(readers’ day). The venue was campus of Ruparel College at Matunga(in Mumbai). There were couple of workshops during the day, and along with my book, 4 other books were also published.
My book was published by Sanjeev Chimmalgi a famous Classical Hindustani singer. The original author Rahmath Tarikere had also proudly come for the publication all the way from Karnataka. After publication,audience was graced by Sanjeev’s concert. It was certainly a proud moment for me and Rahmath Tarikere, where the stage was set so beautifully with grand portrait of Amirbai on the backdrop during publication and also during the concert.
Book Publication
Sanjeev Chimmalgi singing, Amirbai’s portrait on the backdrop
Some of the experts who helped Rahmath Tarikere during research were also also graciously present on the occasion. Veteran music expert and record collector Suresh Chandwankar(who was recently awarded by Pt. Vasantrao Deshpande Pratishthan on his contribution to music), Pralhad Diwanji were present on the occasion.
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Friends, my section on vintage films does not have music and sound yet. So, I decided to make a musically aided (with audios - videos) post - please check links :)
This is in honour of Amirbai Karnataki Ji, a pioneer of Hindi film singing and especially playback singing. She was one of the earliest and most famous singers to do playback singing in films. She was a leading singer of 1930s and 1940s. Today, many of us may not be familiar with her work, but some songs may ring a bell, or well, for those far away from India, perhaps not. I hope that using this write up, I can familiarise my dear readers with this golden singer. Let us see the great work of this artist.
My sincere thanks to YouTube uploaders.
| Amirbai Karnataki |
The early years
Amirbai Karnataki was born Amirjaan around 1906 in a small town Bilagi of Bijapur district, in Karnataka, India. As her name suggests, the suffix of 'Karnataki' was quite a common practice in those days, that is artists had their native place as a suffix - this also helped differentiate between different persons with the same name. She belonged to a traditionally singing Muslim family, her father being a popular Tabla player, Hussain Khan. She had six sisters and a brother, and was the second
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BY Arunkumar Deshmukh
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