Ranjani Hebbar (Guruprasad) passes away

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erode14
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Ranjani Hebbar (Guruprasad) passes away

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Young and talented musician Ranjani Hebbar passed away because of cancer.

rupavathi
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Yes :(
She had been ailing for a while but succumbed to multiple complications a few minutes back at KMC hospital Udupi/Manipal. Disciple of Smt. S. Sowmya, Sowmya's father Dr. Srinivasan and Vidwan Chengalpet Ranganathan.

rshankar
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So sad to hear about this...a young life! :(. However, based on Rupavathi's comments, it looks like it may have been a blessed release!
Condolences to her family. They must be devastated. May her soul RIP!

thanjavooran
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Very sad to hear the news. May her soul rest in peace. Deepest condolences to her family.
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bilahari
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Condolences to her family! What a shock. She seemed a very promising singer.

vasanthakokilam
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Quite shocked to hear this tragic news. Condolences to her family and friends.

uday_shankar
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This is so tragic for the family and the music world. Wishing the family all strength as they deal with the irreparable loss.

arasi
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What a swift end to a young and talented woman! My heart goes out to her family.

I heard her a few years ago and thought she was going to go a long way. So, it was illness which kept her away from singing the last season! Very sad news...

PUNARVASU
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Very sad, indeed. I remember listening to her at the Shanmukhananda Sabha, Mumbai many years back at the Jasuben convention hall. Very very sad. Heartfelt condolences to her near and dear ones.

Sreeni Rajarao
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This is very sad - She was so young.

I am big fan of her recording brought out by Ananya Bangalore. I frequently listen to this CD for the song "ikO namma swAmi jagadantaryAmi" in maNirangu and "binnahake bAyillavayya" in rEvati. Beautifully sung Purandara Dasa songs.
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mahavishnu
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Sincere condolences. This is really tragic.

rajeshnat
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What a great loss , she is so young . I was wondering where she is singing nowadays . Her voice had impeccable sruthi sometimes you feel she has been trained as an HM artist . I remember her vachanas (what was that I heard a gorakhkalyan or something) .I thought she would turn out to be a real top class artist.

Condolences to her family and musicial community.

cienu
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Shocking news . Heartfelt Condolences.

maduraimini
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I have not heard Ranjani Hebbar sing., but am sure she was a budding artist. Sorry to hear about her young life cut short. Sympathies to her family.

gardabha_gana
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Very shocking. Deep Condolences

rbharath
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My deepest condolence

indeed it is a great loss to the music world and her family. A case of nature's cruelty. For the suffering that cancer gives, this must be relief to the soul.

Very saddened...

rajeshnat
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maduraimini wrote:I have not heard Ranjani Hebbar sing., but am sure she was a budding artist.
Few recordings available in youtube. She was intensely classical and a real star in the making.

Her rendition of todi(kadanuvaariki)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3gMBSYwaZs

These are the other youtube links that I searched for:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... g3dyukBJMk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCR2RT4UuOg
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... Czmp5dYgzE

srikant1987
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Shocking and very sad to hear this. A young, promising musician ...

Condolences to Sri Guruprasad, the rest of her family, and students.

Rsachi
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Soooo sad. Condolences.

I often think: we enjoy music and adore musicians but what about their healthcare costs? Wonder if insurance has helped them.

Nick H
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I don't think I ever saw her, but certainly I have heard of her. How sad. Condolences to family, friends and rasikas.

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maduraimini wrote:I have not heard Ranjani Hebbar sing., but am sure she was a budding artist. Sorry to hear about her young life cut short. Sympathies to her family.
There are many recordings of Ranjani in sangeethapriya.

So sad. Condolences.

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I remember the concert hosted by Kalki function at BVB, Mylapore. Still remember Delhi Sriram Mridangam and her Dhanyasi sub-main especially the Raga alapana was very soothing. I could talk to her and appreciated her. Very good voice. Really shocked to know this.

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Sad end to a promising singer.

sreebeecane
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This is really sad. Such a young artiste. :(

srinisings
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I remember an excellent concert of her along with Gayathri and Bhavani Prasad. She was sure a rising star. RIP. May god give strength to the bereaved family.

crntctt
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What a misfortune :(
Definitely not the age to say goodbye to life. May God give strength to her family.

rajeshnat
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I remember seeing a website of hers where her home address was in Luz Church Road or something at mylapore. She made all right moves to be with Carnatic music. A writeup about her commitment in The Hindu.
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... 807127.ece

RKrishnamurthy
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Saw the news item after visiting the site in weeks. What a pity. Heartfelt condolences. May the family gather strength to deal with the tragedy.
Rama Krishnamurthy

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Post by varsha »

This one really hurts .
Snatched in the prime of her life .
I always held an opinion that she gave a breath of freshness of the Hindusthani idiom into singing CM , like no other contemporary singer .When She sang , the distinctions did not matter .
Culled two snippets from a commercial track as a tribute.
Her interpretation of gorakh kalyan is masterly .
Her version of Hari Bhajane says everything about our great music.
Her last concert for Oli series was a masterpiece
https://archive.org/details/RajaniHebbar

HarishankarK
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Very sad news. May God give strength and support to the family.

Rsachi
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Call it telepathy. Last night Dr Kamala Shankar, a well honoured young Hindustani guitarist (Shankara veena) was aired on 100.1 FM. I had just heard about her. It looked like a repeat of a Sammelan recording. I was treated to a very interesting exposition of a very rakti filled raga. Since I had not heard the raga announcement, I figured it out the hard way-mapping the notes, discerning Andolika like notes, researching the net and arriving at Gorakh Kalyan.

I also read that it is a raga to remember Saint Gorakhnath.

Harishankar, it's very nice of you to remember a young and talented lady who went prematurely...

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