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 Watch kathak dancer Gauri Diwakar's exclusive interview only on Raaggiri. Gauri Diwakar is a talented new-generation Kathak dancer.🎭  Gauri has emerged as an artist who captures the spirit of the dance form as much with her energetic whirls and rapid-fire footwork as with her eloquently graceful moves. Visit our website: https://raaggiri.com/

🎪 Kathak Dancer Gauri Diwakar Gurus - Gauri Diwakar is an acclaimed Kathak dancer and choreographer based in New Delhi, India. Gauri was trained by eminent Gurus Ms. Sumita Choudhary, Pandit Biru Maharaj, Pandit Jai Kishan Maharaj, and Ms. Aditi Mangaldas.

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Born in a family of musicians originally from Moradabad, Murad Ali is a sixth-generation sarangi player. Murad Ali Khan is the grandson of the Moradabad sarangiya Ustad Siddique Ahmad Khan and the son of Ghulam Sabir Khan. He learned mainly from his grandfather. Visit our 🤗 Website- https://raaggiri.com/

Murad Ali Khan Gharana - Murad Ali Khan belongs to Moradabad Gharana. he is presently regarded as one of the leading sarangi players of the younger generation. His ancestors, Ustad Sagheer Ahmed Khan Sahab, Ustad Fakir Ahmed Khan Sahib, Ustad Rafique Ahmed Khan Sahab, and his grandfather later Ustad Siddique Ahmed Khan Sahib were all renowned sarangi players, musicologists, and gurus of the Moradabad Gharana.

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Sarangi player Murad Ali Khan's exclusive interview only on Raaggiri. Born in a family of musicians originally from Moradabad, Murad Ali is a sixth-generation sarangi player. Murad Ali Khan is the grandson of the Moradabad sarangiya Ustad Siddique Ahmad Khan and the son of Ghulam Sabir Khan. He learned mainly from his grandfather.

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Indian classical singer Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's exclusive interview's 2nd part on Raaggiri. He is one of the contemporary singers of Kirana Gharana. Amjad Ali Khan assimilated the essence of the meer-khand, vistar or development typical to the gharana. His melodious reverberating voice and his ability to balance the performances with sensitive alap/vistar, complex sargams and an onslaught of lightening fast taans has set him in a class apart. He is one of the rare exponents of Kirana Gharana to be deemed as the torch bearer of the gharana.

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Kirana Gharana's most popular singer Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's exclusive interview only on Raaggiri. He is the founder of Kirana Gharana Music Academy. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has performed all over the world. Amjad belongs to a musical family. He is the elder son of the vocalist Akhtar Nawaz Khan, he got an education in music from his father and his maternal uncles Mashkoor Ali Khan and Mubarak Ali Khan. He is descended from the family lineage of Abdul Wahid Khan and Abdul Karim Khan, who were the founders of the Kirana Gharana. Singer Amjad Ali Khan received a scholarship from the Sahitya Kala Parishad and the Young and Talented Artist scholarship from the Government of India, Department of Culture.

Watch Raaggiri Presents Basic of Kathak with Guru Prerana Shrimali. She is sharing the history of Kathak dance, and what is Kathak dance, what is Kathak famous for, etc. Guru Prerana Shrimali giving kathak dance lessons. If you want to learn Kathak dance at home you can easily learn. Kathak dance expert guru Prerana Shrimali is India's one of the best Indian classical dancers. Raaggiri trust taking this initiative to aware the young generation of our deep culture.

Watch Kathak legend Dr. Shovana Narayan exclusive interview only on Raaggiri. Disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj an Indian Kathak dancer Shovana Narayan had dual career, in parallel, as a Kathak artist and a career officer with Indian Audit and Accounts Service. She has been awarded the Padma Shri award and she performed in India and around the world.

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Watch Sitarist Pandit Chandrashekhar Phanse exclusive interview only on Raaggiri. He always says play the music not instrument. He is one of the famous Indian sitar players and people also call him singing sitar.

Watch an Indian classical dancer Richa Jain Interview only on Raaggiri. She is one of the few artists of the younger generation, who promotes the "Katha Vachan Parampara" of Kathak. Richa Jain is an Exponent of the Indian classical Dance form "Kathak". She belongs to the Lucknow and Jaipur kathak Gharanas. Visit our website - https://raaggiri.com/

--- Richa Jain Biography ----

Richa Jain, born in Delhi, India. She started her formal training in Kathak at the age of 3 years from her mother and father. She is the daughter of Kathak exponents Late Guru Ravi Jain who was a disciple of Padmashree Shambhu Maharaj of the Lucknow Gharana and Alaknanda Devi of Benaras Gharana. Kathak dancer Richa Jain's mother Smt. Nalini Malhotra Jain was also her guru who learned Indian classical dance from Pandit Sunder Prasad and Pandit Kundan Lal Gangani of the Jaipur Gharana. Kathak Exponent Richa Jain also received her initial vocal music training from Shri Ajit Kumar Mishra and later was groomed in Hindustani classical vocal music under the guidance of renowned Guru and exponent and State (Odisha) Sangeet Natak Academy awardee Pandit A.Maheshwar Rao of the Gwalior Gharana.

--- Kathak Dancer Richa Jain Education --- 

School - BlueBells school, International, Delhi. 

College - B.Com from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University, Masters in commerce. 

"Praveen Sangeetacharya" in Kathak from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad

"Älankar Poorna" in Hindustani Classical Music from Gandharv Mahavidhyalaya, Mumbai.

Master's in Kathak dance from Khairgarh University

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Listen singer Prajakta Shukre interview only on Raaggiri. She started learning music at the age of four. Prajakta Shukre was in 12th standard when she started participating in singing competitions, she decided to participate in season 1 of the singing-based reality television show Indian Idol. After Indian Idol, she received various offers to sing professionally.

---- 🎷🎧  Prajakta Shukre Biography -----

Prajakta Shukre was born on 29 November, 1987 in Jabalpur, India. She is an Indian Singer, Playback Singer & Television Personality. Prajakta Shukre initiated her to take music as a career and she obliged by becoming a renowned playback singer of Bollywood. She has also sung in some Bollywood films

----- About Raaggir 🎧 ---- 

Music purifies our souls. We feel that classical is the fundamental need of our times.  RaagGiri was born with this thought. With a small desire of music becomes the habit of all, including every person, society, and state. The good start is happening on its own; the evil thoughts perish; that music becomes the national anthem, the center of the nation, and that our country once again becomes the master of spiritual power. We wish that our culture and traditions become an inspiration for all; its very diversity becomes the oneness that unites India.