Tere Mere Milan ki yeh Raina - there is hardly anyone who is not aware of this song.The Kishore Kumar-Lata Mangeshkar duet from box-office hit Abhiman starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan (Bahduri) became immensely popular in the .
514 Pt Debu Chaudhuri with his son Pt Prateek Chaudhuri (L) Both died of Covid-19 within a week of each other recently. Photo courtesy: Avinash Pasricha
Shailaja Khanna
AMID a raging pandemic, the world of Hindustani classical music does not remain unaffected and is losing many established names. Recently two stalwarts, Banaras gharana vocalist Pt Rajan Mishra (70) and Senia gharana sitarist Pt Debu Chaudhuri (85), and more recently and tragically, Pt Debu Chaudhuri’s son, sitarist Prateek Choudhury, died due to Covid-19.
Pt Rajan Mishra (L) with his brother Pt Sajan Mishra
Born in Bangladesh, Pt Debu Chaudhuri moved to Delhi in the 1960s. He virtually established the music department at Delhi University. In the 1960s, teaching music en masse was looked down upon by elitist musicians, but Debu da was bold enough to choose this path.
Pandit Debu Chaudhuri: A âMridubhashiâ Stalwart of the Jaipur-Senia Tradition
For him, the love of music was purely a matter of personal interest even as he walked into a sitar class in his village school that started a love affair which lasted a lifetime, and indeed beyond.
Pandit Debu Chaudhuri. Photo: Bharat Tiwari
Pandit Devabrata (Debu) Chaudhuri was born in 1935 to businessman Bishweshwar Chaudhuri and Hiran Bala Devi in Ramgopalpur in present-day Bangladesh. In an interview to RSTV, he had said, âWe did not have any musicians in our family⦠even in the extended network, across generations!” For him, the love of music was purely a matter of personal interest even as he walked into a sitar class in his village school that started a love affair which lasted a lifetime, and indeed beyond.
Days After Testing Covid Positive, Sitar Maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri Succumbs To Heart Attack
Pandit Debu Chaudhuri had been awarded the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. He was also a teacher and writer, who penned six books. Twitter Outlook Web Bureau 2021-05-01T12:00:48+05:30 Days After Testing Covid Positive, Sitar Maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri Succumbs To Heart Attack outlookindia.com 2021-05-01T12:06:46+05:30
One of India’s most well-known sitarists Pandit Debu Chaudhuri, died due to covid-related complications following a heart attack on Saturday, his family said. He was 85 and was receiving treatment at a Delhi hospital.
His son Prateek Chaudhuri took to Facebook to make the announcement. My Father, The Legend of Sitar, Pandit Debu Chaudhuri. is no more. He was admitted with Covid along with dementia complications and was put in ICU on ventilator around midnight today.( 1st May 2021)..after which he suffered a heart attack an
Sitar Maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri Dies Of Covid Related Complications, Says Son Sitar Maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri Dies Of Covid Related Complications, Says Son Pandit Debu Chaudhuri: The sitarist, considered among the greatest sitar players alongside Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ravi Shankar and Nikhil Banerjee, belonged to Jaipur s Senia Gharana of music started by the descendants of Tansen s family and known for working towards preserving the purity of ragas.
Sitar legend Pandit Debu Chaudhuri died of COVID-19 related complications at a Delhi hospital today
New Delhi:
Sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri died of COVID-19 related complications at a Delhi hospital today, his son Prateek Chaudhuri said. He was 85.