REKHA SURYA | TERE ISHQ KI INTEHA CHAHTA HOON | VIRSA HERITAGE RIVIVED
REKHA SURYA - AN INDIAN CLASSICAL SINGER
PTV PROGRAM AT HAVELI BAROODKHANA
HOST - IFFAT UMER AND YOUSUF SALAHUDDIN
PTV PROGRAM AT HAVELI BAROODKHANA
HOST - IFFAT UMER AND YOUSUF SALAHUDDIN
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00:00Was there any experience, any memory, what kind of teacher was she, how much she was scolded, what all happened, please share something with us
00:08Yes, actually the first time that I went to meet Begum Akhtar, I was in my teens and a family, common family friend had taken me across to her house
00:24and I requested her to teach me and she turned me down flatly, she said, I have a lot of experience with students, so I have stopped teaching
00:35So, obviously, she must have seen my sad face, so out of pity, whatever, while I was leaving, I was very graciously served tea and everything
00:47but when I was leaving, she said, okay, sing something for us, so I sang one of her recorded Ghazals and with very deadpan face, she just said
00:59You come tomorrow at 10, I am starting your education, so of course I was thrilled, laddoos were bursting in my heart, so that's how it started
01:08and then I was completely and madly in love with her for the two years that I was with her and then she passed away and a few years later, then I learnt from Girija Devi ji
01:21And regarding Girija Devi, Dr. Umar Adil is present here, you have met him, so he said he would like to share something
01:30Rekha ji, in every art, being a teacher is a source of blessings, he is a teacher, he not only teaches the voice, but also teaches the way of living
01:42and when you are mentioned, let me mention a little here, there is a third teacher, Bashir Khan sahib, from Sarangi, now in this gathering, he is being mentioned in such a way
01:50because both of your mothers, Begum Ishtiaq Ahmed Abbasi sahiba and Girija Devi Banaraswali, in front of them everything is lost, nothing can shine more than their radiance
02:02I would like to say, the real thing is that people should go to different teachers and the two teachers that we are mentioning, they are two different worlds, two different worlds
02:14If I talk only about the appearance, and I remember it very well, because in 1974, I was so old that I remember the face of Begum Akhtar very well
02:22Just like you, she had a rose cut solitaire nail in her nose, and she had her hair curled up, and she had a sheet wrapped around her,
02:33Her tone, her style, her style, her performance, everything is different from Girija Devi
02:41If you look at Girija Devi, she is a picture of discipline, she is careful, she is disciplined, she is organized, silver locks, and how peacefully she sings
02:52What I am trying to say is that a person should get blessings from different places, and then create something new in their personality
03:00But she has basically a taste and an aroma all her own
03:04Very kind and very generous of you
03:06Not at all, and let me tell you one thing, the way you don't sing Gajal, but sing Ghazal, and don't sing with happiness, but sing with happiness,
03:14This is the grace of this earth, and maybe there is a little bit of Lucknow in it
03:19You said Girija Devi, you had to tell us a little bit about yourself
03:24I would like to tell you that she has chosen a style of her own, Ghazal, and she has gained a lot of fame in it, and that she has gained from Begum Akhtar
03:31But the way she sings, and the way she has a grip on classical music, all that has come from Banaras
03:39And if she ever sings Thumri, and if she sings Thumri, then you will believe that it will sound like a flowing Ganga flowing through the valleys of Varanasi
03:50And people are donating the necklaces of Genda in the same way
03:54You have to see it to believe it
03:58After singing Ghazal by Allama Iqbal, I would like to sing a Ghazal from Banaras, especially for you
04:04So my Bano Aunty is sitting here, and I would like to sing a Ghazal by her father, her great great Allama Iqbal
04:28Tere ishq ki intiha chahata hu
04:56Meri saadgi dekh kya chahata hu
05:24Tere ishq ki intiha chahata hu
05:42Yeh jannat mubarak rahe zahidon ko
06:13Ke main aapka saamana chahata hu
06:34Ke main aapka saamana chahata hu
06:57Tere ishq ki intiha chahata hu
07:15Sitam ho ke ho baada yeh behjabi
07:39Koi baat sabr aazma chahata hu
08:07Tere ishq ki intiha chahata hu
08:27Koi dam ka mehma hu eh ehle mehk
08:54Koi dam ka mehma hu eh ehle mehk
09:01Charaag-e-sahar hu bujha chahata hu
09:21Tere ishq ki intiha chahata hu
09:51Bhari baazme raaz ki baat keh di
10:20Bada be-adab hu saza chahata hu
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