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| Katyar Kaljat Ghusli | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Purushottam Darvhekar |
| Original language | Marathi |
| Genre | Sangeet Natak |
Katyar Kaljat Ghusali is a Marathi musical play (Sangeet Natak), originally released in 1967. The play gained such popularity that more than 1,000 shows were staged in a very short period. [1] The play was written by Purushottam Darvhekar. The story depicts clash of two gharanas (schools) of Indian classical music. Pt. Jeetendra Abhisheki composed the padas (songs performed live during play).
The story is based on an Indian classical vocalist, Khansaheb who is extremely proud about his musical gharana, unwilling to reveal the style of his gharana to anyone else.
The play starts with Uma, daughter of Pandit Bhanushankar Shastri alias Panditji, the ex-royal singer (Rajagayak) of the princely state of Vishrampur, making preparations to leave the Haweli as her father's successor, the new Rajagayak is about to arrive. The new Rajagayak, Aftab Hussain Bareliwale alias Khansaheb has won due to the Pandit's sudden exit from the singing contest in the court the previous day without singing. Uma is hurt as well as astonished by this. After a brief encounter with Khansaheb following his entry, Uma leaves the house in tears. The diwan presents to Khansaheb the Katar/Katyar for self-defense of the royal singer, one murder by using which shall be pardoned.
A while later when Khansaheb is having a chat with Banke Bihari, the royal poet, a tired young man enters, talking about how this was the very place he was wanting to come. Before anyone can even ask his name, he falls into a swoon. On gaining consciousness, he reveals that he is Sadashiv Gurav, a boy from Miraj, whom Panditji had met and taught twelve years ago. At that time, he was not able to learn much, but had now come to seek Panditji and his guidance. Within a few minutes, he was told all that had befallen. He expressed his disappointment, also requesting Khansaheb to teach him instead. Khansaheb asks him to sing so that he may judge his voice. After a while, he asks Sadashiv to stop and refuses to teach him saying that the boy's style is very much like Panditji's, and cannot be changed to suit him. Sadashiv goes away with disappointment.
However, Sadashiv is determined to learn from Khansaheb and accepts him as his teacher on his own. He attends Khansaheb's concerts, moves about in the haveli in disguise, all to satisfy his thirst for knowledge. Sadashiv also hides in the haweli with the support of Zarina to learn music. Khansaheb catches him twice, and although he is saved by Panditji's sudden entry the first time, Khansaheb makes sure no one can bail him out the second time. Then he prepares to kill Sadashiv with the Katyar, but Sadashiv begs for an opportunity to sing before him for the last time. Sadashiv asks for a final performance. He also requests Khansaheb to accept him as a pupil if Khansaheb likes his singing. Sadashiv performs with both Shastri's and Khansaheb's singing style. Khansaheb forgives Sadashiv but declines to accept him as a pupil as he thinks he has put himself down with all his earlier deeds with Sadashiv. What follows makes the title, "Katyar Kaljat Ghusali", totally relevant.
| Track | Song | In Devanagari | Performer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Muralidhar Shyam" | मुरलीधर श्याम | Pt. Prasad Sawkar |
| 02 | "Ghei Chand Makarand (Raag Salagwarali)" | घेई छंद मकरंद | Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki |
| 03 | "Lagi Kalejava Katar" | लागी करजवाँ कट्यार | Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki |
| 04 | "Surat Piya Ki" | सुरत पिया की | Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande |
| 05 | "Din Gele Bhajanavin Sare" | दिन गेले भजनाविण सारे | Pt. Bhargavram Acharekar |
| 06 | "Tejonidhi Loh gol" | तेजोनिधी लोहगोल | Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande |
| 07 | "Ghei Chand Makarand (Raag Dhaani)" | घेई छंद मकरंद | Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande |
| 08 | "Hya Bhavanatil Geet Purane" | ह्या भवनातील गीत पुराणे | Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande |
This play has been performed by many groups later on. The main character of Khan Saheb in the play has been done by many actors after Vasantrao Deshpande including Pt. Padmakar Kulkarni, Dr. Ravindra Ghangurde, Chandrakant Limaye, Charudatta Aphale [4] and Rahul Deshpande [5]
The play was revived by Bharat Natya Sanshodhan Mandir, Pune in the year 2001. The team was as follows:
Director: Ravindra Khare
This group crossed more than 100 shows.
The play was revived in 1997 by Pandit Chandrakant Limaye again with a new cast including Pandit Chandrakant Limaye, Amol Bawdekar, Raghunandan Panshikar, Deepashri Kale, Suvarna Kagal [10]
The play was revived in 2010 again with a new cast including Rahul Deshpande, grandson of Pt Vasantrao Deshpande, Mahesh Kale and Subodh Bhave. [11] This play completed 100 shows in total recently. The 100th show was performed in Vasantotsav 2016 at Ramanbag, Pune on 16th Jan. 2016 [12]
Director: Subodh Bhave
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