સપ્તક સંગીત સમારોહ દિવસ 11: નાદ, નૃત્ય અને તાલના સંયોજને શ્રોતાઓને અવિસ્મરણીય પ્રસ્તુતિ કરવી

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સપ્તક સંગીત મહોત્સવનો અગિયારમાં દિવસના આરંભમાં કથક, બાદ ભક્તિ ગાન અને અંતે સંતુરના સૂર થકી સપ્તકની 11મી રાત રસપ્રધાન બની રહી હતી.

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00:00Music

00:19On the 11th day of Saptak, in the first Satra,

00:23Kathak dance was performed and Ishira Parikh,

00:26an artist by the name of Khyat, performed with him.

00:29Ishira, first of all, what is Kathak?

00:34What is Kathak? Please tell us about it.

00:37Kathak is a classical dance.

00:40In India, there are 7-8 types of classical dances.

00:45Kathak is the only dance from North India.

00:50The word Kathak means,

00:53if you say Katha, you say Kathak.

00:56So, Kathak is the one who tells a story.

00:59So, basically, it originated from Kathavachan.

01:02And that too in North India.

01:05In earlier times, there were no means of communication or entertainment.

01:11There were Kathakars.

01:13And Kathakars used to tell different stories.

01:16And while telling stories, they developed different facial expressions.

01:26And that is how Kathak dance originated.

01:32Ishira, what did you say in the first Satra, and what was the story?

01:39Every classical dance has a special way of presenting it.

01:46So, Kathak dance has a traditional way of presenting it.

01:54That is how we presented Kathak today.

01:57In the beginning, we performed a piece called Anantnath.

02:01It was a celestial orchestra.

02:05So, the different Gods and Goddesses,

02:09who are associated with music and dance,

02:12imagine that they are dancing together.

02:20Shiva's Damru, Krishna's Basuri, Sharda's Veena,

02:24and Ganesha's Chaturanga Swarupa.

02:28We performed such a piece.

02:31And then, we performed three dances.

02:34There are different types of dances in classical dance.

02:38We performed three dances out of the sixteen popular dances.

02:45For Kathak, it is said that he first went to the temple,

02:49and then to the royal court.

02:51So, how did he come to Gujarat?

02:54In Gujarat, the cultural ethos of Gujarat,

03:04is more similar to that of North and Central India.

03:09So, the tradition of Kathak,

03:11the tradition of Kathak dance,

03:13can be adopted very easily.

03:17Even in Bhavai, we can see so many movements of Kathak.

03:27We can also see the words of Kathak.

03:29But we cannot say that Kathak is a Gujarati dance.

03:33But Gujarat has adopted it very easily.

03:37Because culturally, it is very close to us.

03:42From the perspective of language,

03:44or from the perspective of movement,

03:47or from the perspective of the queen,

03:49it is very similar to the queen of Gujarat,

03:52and to the cultural ethos of Gujarat.

03:56Kathak dances are from Lucknow, Jaipur, and Benaras.

03:59So, which dances are popular in Gujarat,

04:02and which are taught by the new youth?

04:04The dance that we perform is from Lucknow.

04:10Our guru has taught it to the gurus of Lucknow.

04:13But the dance of Lucknow and Jaipur,

04:16both these types of dances are now popular in Gujarat.

04:21So, we cannot say that there is only one dance of Gharana.

04:27But one thing is very true,

04:30that the demarcation of Gharana has become very fused.

04:35Some Gharana dancers from Jaipur

04:38perform Kathak and Lucknow Gharana dances,

04:43and some Gharana dancers from Lucknow

04:45perform Jaipur and Bolo dances.

04:48So, the demarcation has become less.

04:51Because the dance has become decentralized.

04:56There is no dance from one place.

04:58There is no dance in Delhi,

05:00there is no dance in North India.

05:02There is dance in Ahmedabad,

05:04there is dance in Kolkata,

05:06there is dance in Bangalore in the South,

05:08there is dance in Kathak, there is dance in Chennai.

05:10So, the place where a person performs,

05:13the cultural influence of that place

05:17has to be given.

05:19So, the demarcation of Gharana has become less.

05:24But we can call it the Gharana of Lucknow.

05:29So, the question is,

05:31the founder of Saptak,

05:33who has been performing Saptak for the last 30 years,

05:35Pandit Jhaki Roshan,

05:37he was also coming.

05:39So, both of you were not present.

05:43So, what did you feel as an artist?

05:45Pujya Manju Bhai,

05:49we had such a deep cultural connection,

05:54that she was part of our family.

05:57It's a great loss.

05:59Not only professionally,

06:01but personally also,

06:03it is a great loss.

06:05Her personality was also such,

06:07that she had a lot of flaws.

06:11She had her own contribution,

06:15and it had a big impact on my personal life.

06:22And what can I say about Ustad Sakhir Hussain Khasaab?

06:26He was the greatest musician in the world.

06:30Tal Samrat.

06:32He also had a very happy personality.

06:37He used to get along with everyone.

06:40And he used to come to Saptak every year.

06:43We know that he used to come to Saptak every year.

06:47And when he used to come,

06:49people used to gather here.

06:51People used to come to meet him.

06:54He had a star value.

06:57He was a very learned tabla player.

07:01But his star value was also great.

07:04So, he had a lot of flaws,

07:07in the world of music.

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