“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy” – Ludwig Beethoven
Music soothes us in all situations of life. For some people, music is entertainment and for some therapy. On this World Music day, we are presenting you the most popular and remembered music legends of India. Music is passion for these music legends and with their everlasting music, they live in the hearts of music lovers.
- Pt. Ravi Shankar
The legendary Sitar Player, Pt Ravi Shankar, was receiver of Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and 3 Grammy awards. His achievements can never be jotted down. The famous “Sare Jahan Se Acha” was tuned by Pt. Ravi Shankar. He started his career as a dancer and become a face of India classical music in the world. He contributed his music as music director for several Hindi movies like Godaan and Anuradha.
“The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It’s absolutely like a prayer”
Have a look at his last performance –
- Kishore Kumar
The legendary playback singer, Kishore Kumar, was receiver of 8 Filmfare awards. He was popular because of his style of singing in many languages. He was multitalented and excelled as a playback singer, actor, composer, lyrics writer, director, producer and script writer. His songs had an extraordinary blend of romance, emotions, naughtiness and melancholy. The character “Guruji” in Hindi film “Padosan” is one of the most splendid performances in his Hindi film career.
“If you want something you’ve never had…
you have to do something you’ve never done…”
Have a look at one of his live performances-
- Lata Mangeshkar
The legendary female playback singer, Lata Mangeshkar, is receiver of Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Dada Saheb Phalke, Padma Vibhushan, 3 National Awards and 6 Filmfare awards. Her voice has some incredible sweetness in it which is why she called as the nightingale of India. She is one of most recorded artists in the world, from Nargis to Rani Mukerjee, she has sung for all.
“It was not really the external influences that made me a singer. Music was within me. I was full of it.”
Have a look at one of her best performances with Amitabh Bachchan–
- R.D. Burman
The legendary music composer, Rahul Dev Burman, was receiver of 3 Filmfare awards. He was popularly known as Pancham Da because of his revolutionary and melodious music. The remixed version of his popular songs like Mehbooba Mehbooba (Sholay), Jai Jai Shiv Shankar, Dum Maro Dum etc are still payed in parties these day. He has influenced generations of music directors with his art of composing music from rubbing sand paper, knocking bamboo sticks together, blowing into the beer bottles, tinkling on the cups and saucer.
Have a look at one of his live performances-
- A.R. Rahman
The legendary music composer, A.R Rahman, is receiver of Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, 2 Grammy awards, 4 National Film awards, 28 Filmfare awards. He was also named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, in 2009. His work has received global recognition with the extraordinary success of his score for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ that won 8 Academy Awards for Best Score and Best Song. With his par excellence in composing emotional music he touches soul of music lovers in every way and thereby selling 150 copies of the incredible collection of his music compositions.
“When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output”
Have a look at one of his best compositions-
Hope you had a great time, reading about these music legends of India are exceptionally endeared by music lovers around the world.
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