REKHA SURYA | DONO JEHAN TERI MOHABBAT MEIN HAR KE | VIRSA HERITAGE REVIVED
REKHA SURYA - AN INDIAN CLASSICAL SINGER
PTV PROGRAM AT HAVELI BAROODKHANA
HOST - IFFAT UMER AND MIAN YOUSUF SALAHUDDIN
PTV PROGRAM AT HAVELI BAROODKHANA
HOST - IFFAT UMER AND MIAN YOUSUF SALAHUDDIN
Transcript
00:00Your style is very unique.
00:04I can see that you are a student of Begum Akhtar.
00:07Thank you Begum.
00:08You are a student of Geeta Devi.
00:10When you started singing, did you have this style in you?
00:16Did you learn it or it was in you?
00:18No, no, no.
00:19Education is a very big thing.
00:22So because of education...
00:24But this particular style...
00:26My emphasis is on the way words are spoken.
00:29The way words are spoken.
00:31So because of that,
00:33by focusing on that,
00:36by practicing on that,
00:38then this style is formed.
00:40So some, I would say,
00:4360% education,
00:4540% because of my independence.
00:50Her style is very Lucknow.
00:53Lucknow.
00:54So you are from Lucknow.
00:56Yes.
00:57And your style is also Lucknow.
00:59Yes, yes.
01:00So it's obvious that we don't get to hear it here.
01:04And especially when you play the harmonium and sing Fankara,
01:07it sounds very beautiful.
01:09Yes, it sounds very good.
01:10It sounds very good.
01:11I will present a poem by Faiz for you.
01:14Yes, absolutely.
01:15Before I begin,
01:17I think I should tell everyone here
01:22that Rekha ji's ancestors,
01:25her grandfather, her father,
01:28they all came from Lahore.
01:30And in 1947, they migrated to India from Lahore.
01:35So then it became ours.
01:36It became ours.
01:37The interesting thing is that
01:39her parents got married in the Flatty's Hotel.
01:44And probably on Lawrence Road,
01:48the Lawrence Mansion,
01:50Yes.
01:51In fact, last month my mother was here.
01:55She went to the Lawrence Mansion,
01:57and she went and met the people who were staying there.
02:01I also met her.
02:03She came to my house.
02:04Her sister, Sunita Kohli,
02:06she is one of India's leading architects and interior designers.
02:10She is also the president of the women's club.
02:16She has a delegation of 30-40-50 women,
02:19including her mother.
02:21She came to my house,
02:22and we had an evening of Sana Marwa with them.
02:25This is just about 4-5 weeks ago.
02:28In the name of Allah, Faiz.
02:30Yes.
03:30Yes.
04:01I have seen the courage of God.
04:13I have seen the courage of God.
04:22I have seen the courage of God.
04:39I have seen the courage of God.
04:49I have seen the courage of God.
05:03I have seen the courage of God.
05:27I have seen the courage of God.
05:39I have seen the courage of God.
06:08I have seen the courage of God.
06:37I have seen the courage of God.
07:05I have seen the courage of God.
07:33I have seen the courage of God.
08:01I have seen the courage of God.
08:25I have seen the courage of God.
08:53I have seen the courage of God.