Ghei Chhand Jugalbandi

A pensive melodic reflection on life ensnared in ephemeral attachments. 

This is part of a series of three Carnatic-Hindustani jugalbandi performances. “Ghei Chhand Makarand” is a melodious Natyageet, popular vocal art in the state of Maharashtra, composed by Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki in raga Salagvarali set to Jhaptaal, for the Marathi Musical Drama and Movie “Katyar Kaljat Ghusli"". The earnest lyrics by Purushottam Darvhekar describe the effects of transient attachments in life, drawing an analogy to a bee so lost in the pleasure of consuming honey from a lotus that it forgets to fly away and dies as the flower closes at sunset.

Vocalists Udaya Kiran  and Manas Vishwaroop unwrap the essence of raga Salagvarali to create the mood to match the philosophical reflections of the composer of this Natyageet. Swaminath Jayaraman on the Mridangam and Anirudh Sharma on the Tabla accompany the vocal rendition with Kartik Raman on the Tanpura.

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