Khayal

Name: Khayal
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1987
Duration: 78 min
Cast: Zakir Hussain, Sanjana Kapoor, Bhimsen Joshi, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ravi Shankar

1987

1h 18min

Documentary

Music

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Overview

Here in this film about the Indian classical music, the sitar maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar and the santoor maestro Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma explaining their concepts of a raga, a gharana, and their world of music. Characteristics of various gharana/schools such as the Jaipur gharana, the Kirana gharana, the Agra gharana, the Patiala gharana, the Mewati gharana are explained along with the contribution made by their leading exponents.