Bharat Ratna for Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 05 Nov 2008, 06:47

Noted Hindustani exponent Pandit Bhimsen Joshi will get the Bharat Ratna, the highest Civilian Award. A descedant of the Kirana Gharana, he is particularly renowned for the khayal form of singing,and for his bhajans.He was born in 1922 in a Kannada family in Gadag. ( TImes Of India, Bangalore, November 05,2008).

HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS to Pandit Sri Bhimsen Joshi ji.

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 05 Nov 2008, 07:54

Congratulations shri Bhimsen Joshi ji ! Pray Almighty for healthy and long life.

Thanjavooran

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 05 Nov 2008, 08:37

Congratulations to the Panditji!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 05 Nov 2008, 08:46

A very well deserved award. Congratulations!!

tkb · Post by **tkb** » 05 Nov 2008, 08:46

Congrats to Panditji.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Nov 2008, 09:14

Great honor for a great singer...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Nov 2008, 09:33

Congratulations and praNAms...

knandago2001 · Post by **knandago2001** » 05 Nov 2008, 10:20

thats wonderful news indeed! my respects and hearty congratulations..

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 05 Nov 2008, 10:41

A great honour for music. Our pranams to the great maestro.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 05 Nov 2008, 10:48

A great honor for a great musician. Congrats and namaskarams to Panditji.

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 05 Nov 2008, 10:56

I heard the news early in the morning when switching on the TV to follow the US election results. This is wonderful news. Panditji is truly an outstanding musician who deserves this award

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 05 Nov 2008, 11:02

Great honor to a great living musician! May Almighty shower him the blessings for many more years of immortal music. Our Pranams.

grsastrigal · Post by **grsastrigal** » 05 Nov 2008, 13:54

a great honour. very well deserved award. My humble pranams to this great man.

avyukta · Post by **avyukta** » 05 Nov 2008, 14:36

A well deserved award for a doyen of Hindustani Music.

girish_a · Post by **girish_a** » 05 Nov 2008, 14:54

Somehow "Congratulations" does not seem to me a very apt compliment to give to such a great musician. Isn't there something very worldly about it, as though this title was some object he strived to acquire? "Pranaams" seems more appropriate

Humble Pranaams, therefore, to the great master.

And here is a beautiful article about him: http://www.dharwad.com/bhimsen.html

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 05 Nov 2008, 15:30

Humble Pranaams to Doyen of Hindusthani Music.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 05 Nov 2008, 16:01

Bhale may be still better! Shaabash Panditji!

Good to hear about musicians getting the highest award in the land and none more deserving than the evergreen Bhimsen Joshi. It is an honour that has eluded several past greats.

My introduction to the Maestro was through a jugalbandi with BMK. I was not too impressed with the hoarse voice then but then I chanced upon a Multani from the 50s. It just blew me away and till date, well after the tape was scratched out of use, the rendition remains one of my top 5 listening experiences. That agility may be gone but the voice is still remarkably robust for someone well into his 80s. Unfortunately I hae never seen the maestro perform live - perhaps that will change this December....

Perhaps we can talk about some of the live/recorded renditions that made an impression. A privateb label has recently released 4-5 old concerts of Panditji - the Miyan ki Thodi, Puriya Dhanashree and Ramkali are well worth your money.

hariharan · Post by **hariharan** » 05 Nov 2008, 20:25

My pranams to this great legend of Hindusthani Music who always stays in my mind through his rendition abhangs and bhajans. Pray Almighty that Panditji should live long and entertain all rasikas through his real melody and pure music.

In fact he is one of the rarest to receive all the three national awards viz. Padmasri, Padma Bhooshan and Padma Vibhooshan. Let us join to share the happy moment together and admire his present highest honor of Bharat Ratna. Long live pure Sastriya Sangeet.

Radhe Krishna
Hariharan

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 05 Nov 2008, 20:47

Kudos to the Singh Govt for discovering the supreme Gem (BJP = Bhimsen Joshi Pandit) which the BJP failed to discover while in power

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 05 Nov 2008, 21:48

Many congratulations to the great musician!

msakella · Post by **msakella** » 05 Nov 2008, 22:09

I join with all our co-members in heartily congratulating our elder brother Pandit Shri Bhimsen Joshiji. amsharma.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Nov 2008, 22:20

girish-a,

con= with
gratulate=to welcome or greet with joy.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 05 Nov 2008, 22:47

May I add my congratulations to Panditji on this well deserved award?

bhaktha · Post by **bhaktha** » 06 Nov 2008, 01:03

Thrilled at reading the news. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi has been one of my favourite musicians. His contribution to Indian Classical music has been phenomenal. na bhuto na bhavishya. I am happy that the govt had the good sense to honour him with the award at least now.
I thought it would be relevant to post a link to Panditji's multani available on youtube. This one made me go "wow".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEgEqWDyJxA .
-bhatka

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 06 Nov 2008, 05:30

girish_a wrote:
And here is a beautiful article about him: http://www.dharwad.com/bhimsen.html

Thanks for this nice article.

sangeethapremi · Post by **sangeethapremi** » 06 Nov 2008, 17:10

This is not only a recognition to him but to Indian Music community. May we pray for a long life and prosperity to this great man whose services are exemplery both as an artist and as a teacher. Long live the man and his music !

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 06 Nov 2008, 21:52

MaheshS · Post by **MaheshS** » 06 Nov 2008, 21:59

I have listened to Bagyadha Laksmi in Carnatic style [MSS/KSG to mention two] plenty of times and then I heard Panditji singing it in Hindustani and blew my mind away. What a genius.

His Jugalbandhi with BMK [available on Youtube,Yaman / Kalyani] is probably the best I've heard Jugalbandhi wise, well apart from the Lalgudi one with Amjad Ali Khan [Mohanam / Bhoopali]

Humble pranams and congratulaions to the maestro! The title deserves him! I am sure the Govt of Karnataka will honour him fittingly on top of the *Topmost Civilian* National Award!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 06 Nov 2008, 22:04

My first encounter with this booming voice is in the below url
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ2LK0d9WdQ