𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚: 𝐅𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭 | Documentary
Channel: Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre
Date: 13/06/2022

Direction: Ashoke Viswanathan
Cinematography: Santanu Banerjee
Editing: Swarup Basu
Anchor: Madhumanti Maitra 
Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata, brings you the Fourth  Documentary from "𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹" on the on the dhrupad gharana of Bishnupur in West Bengal. It is written and directed by Ashoke Viswanathan and includes interviews and performances from eminent researchers and vocalists. The Bishnupur Gharana is traced back to a descendant of Tansen, Bahadur Khan, who came to Bishnupur in the 17th century when classical music was on a decline in North India. He was appointed as a musician at the court of the Malla King Maharaja Raghunath Singh Deo II who was a great patron of the arts.The founding of the Bishnupur Gharana was a significant step in the development of music and the expansion of a distinctive dhrupad culture in Bengal. In Bishnupur, the alap was sung without any gamak and words were given importance. Several of the ragas were sung differently from the versions prevalent in other parts of India.
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