[Reader-list] Murtaja Mustafa , Bollywood Music ,Prashant Pandey

[Yousuf]

Dear Prashant 
Are you sure if his name is Murtaja? Maybe you could
check if he spells it as MURTAZA...

Yousuf 

wrote:

> 
> Dear Prashant,
> 
> Please post the interview as soon as possible...I
> have
> been following with postings with great interest,
> music being the very stuff of Hindi cinema it is
> amazing how little we know about its conditions of
> production, yours being one of the first serious and
> sustained attempts I have come across.
> 
> I knew about the Kumar Sanu school of singing but
> the
> Sonu Nigam school was news for me...
> 
> Lovely.
> 
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > He has got training from the best
> > masters of the Indian classical tradition.
> > A voice that evokes in you what is
> > termed as spiritual. No wonder A.R
> > Rahaman has chased him from time to 
> > time for singing opportunities. 
> > The man is Murtaja Mustafa,son
> > of the legengary Ustad Ghulam Mustafa. 
> > Murtaja Mustafa is one of most chilled 
> > out singers that I have ever met.Both of us
> > are  sitting on a red persian carpet in 
> > his small drawing room decorated with 
> > trophies,awards,and ancient muscial 
> > instruments. " yaha pe Rahman ki class lagti
> > hai",(So this is AR Rahman's music class!)
> > I say to myself. Thats another story;we will 
> > come to it later.  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I had gone to his Turner Road residence 
> > to meet the legendary classical vocalist ,
> > Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. Apart from 
> > being the leading light of the Rampur 
> > Ghrana , Ustad ji  has taught/mentored 
> > almost every second playback singer. 
> > Right from Asha Bhosle ,Manna De to 
> > Shaan  and Sonu Nigam, Ustad Ji has 
> > helped generations of playback singers 
> > to excel in their art. Then there are 
> > two special disciples who are just family 
> > to him- AR Rahman and Hariharan. Ustad is
> > extremely low-profile and quiet in 
> > his demeanour. He also doesn’t prefer to
> > talk much about his star students. 
> > I had lot of questions in mind when I 
> > started the interview but I started to 
> > realize that he was not at all interested 
> > in critiquing anybody or anything. He
> > answered all my questions in parables 
> > like a Zen master.Then he has also taught
> > his two sons Kadir and Murtaja. If you
> > have heard Rahmans’ Pia Haji Ali (Fiza),
> > Anarkali (Boys, Tamil) and Chupke se (Sathiya)
> > ,and Ismail Darbars' Kisna (Kisna) you 
> > would feel instantly what and how their 
> > smooth vocals have contributed to these songs.
> > Murtaja has often collaborated with Rahman (bhai) 
> > on films like The legend of Bhagat Singh,
> > whose background score he recorded in London. 
> > Murtaja is also working on an album 
> > where all the three brothers will sing. 
> > Then there are usual routine classical
> > performances, studio recordings and 
> > riyaz and more riyaz ; Mustafa household 
> > never sleeps. Murtaja told me, “Even if
> > I come at 3 o clock in the night and I
> > have a 10 am mixing session next day in 
> > the studio I will reach the studio at 
> > sharp 10 am. Same applies to Papa, he
> > has taken sessions with Rahman bhai 
> > at 3 am in the morning”. Something 
> > like this offers an insight on the 
> > industry where professionals try to 
> > beat lack of time and space with passion.
> > Motivation levels are very high here.  
> > 
> > 
> > I had a good chat with Murtaja. I had 
> > been chasing him for a fortnight and
> > he finally got me an appointment 
> > with Ustad ji and also agreed to talk 
> > to my Dictaphone. The result – he got 
> > late for a recording session and missed 
> > altogether his Friday Jumma Namaz. 
> > It re-affirmed my belief that in my
> > research, respondents have at times 
> > proved to be more self-sacrificing 
> > than me. Such gestures often make me 
> > feel more responsible for my work.
> > 
> > Readers,let me know if you want to know
> > more about the interview I will do a 
> > detailed posting.
> > 
> > PRASHANT PANDEY, for SARAI 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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