Bhendi Bazaar gharana
The Bhendi Bazaar gharana is one of the vocal gharanas of Indian classical music, which originated in Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai in 1890.
The founders of the gharana originally belonged to the Moradabad area of Uttar Pradesh. Upon migrating to Mumbai, their gharana became better known as the Bhendi Bazaar gharana instead of Moradabad gharana. Lata Mangeshkar is a prominent exponent from this gharana.[1][2]
History and features
The Bhendi Bazaar gharana was founded around 1890 by brothers Chhajju Khan, Nazir Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan in the Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai.[3] 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 Merukhand or Khandmeru system for extended alaps. Chhajju Khan's son 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.[2][3][4]
Prominent exponents
Fourth generation- Disciples of Aman Ali Khan (1888-1953)
- Pandit Shivkumar Shukla (1918–1998)[1][2]
- Ramesh Nadkarni (1921–1995)[2]
- T.D. Janorikar (1921–2006)[1]
Fifth generation
- Neelatai Nagpurkar; Upendra Kamat; Mandakini Gadre; Pandit Jagannath 'Sangeetmurti' Prasad; Vasanti Sathe
Other disciples
- Disciples of Aman Ali Khan:[3]
- Ashraf Hussain
- Lata Mangeshkar[2]
- Vasantrao Deshpande
- Manna Dey
- Disciples of Anjanibai Malpekar:[3]
Kumar Gandharva; Kishori Amonkar; Begum Akhtar; Naina Devi
- Disciples of Shivkumar Shukla:
Pandit Dayanand Devgandharva, Manoj Patel, Vasanti Sathe, Mukund Vyas, Sangeeta Pandharpurkar, Anil Vaishnav, Dwarkanath Bhonsle, Pandit Ishwarvhandra, Subhash Desai, Neelam Yajnik, Mitalee singh, Kiran Shukla, and Chintan Patel[5]
- Disciples of Navrang Nagpurkar:
Asha Bhosle; Jitendra Abhisheki; Suman Kalyanpur; Pankaj Udhas
References
- ^ a b c "Bhendi Bazaar gharana". ITC Sangeet Research Academy website. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Jyoti Nair (4 January 2018). "A style as intriguing as the name - Bhendi Bazaar gharana and Lata Mangeshkar". The Hindu newspaper. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Profile of Bhendi Bazaar gharana". Hindustaniclassical.com website. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ^ Bagchee, Sandeep (1998). Nād: Understanding Rāga Music. BPI (India) PVT Ltd. pp. 189–190. ISBN 81-86982-07-8.
- ^ Pandit Shivkumar Shukla Felicitation Momento; Presentation on December 2, 1992. Vadodara: Sangeet Rasraj Pandit Shivkumar Shukla Felicitation Committee, Faculty of Performing Arts, M.S. University of Baroda. 1992.