this was 1982 and i am one of those who attended this programme in bombay in this programme i have witness of many great musicians sitting and listening to Ustad Rais Khan Speech and his Jhinjhoti later i remember this concert of Khansahib he was firing from start till end memorable concert in a way true of whatever he said long back

Na Vilayat Khan Saheb rahe naa Rais Khan sahab rahe,unka bajaya hua Sitar reh gya h bs sune aur Anand le🙂

I’m here to listen to most beautiful rendition, the very beginning has given me goosebumps and moist eyes and the rest is sheer bliss and par excellence, the artistry is magical and mind blowing, SubhanAllah, I could listen to this till the end of time and never get tired, RIP.

My two cents on the speech by Khansaab. 1. Khansaab's father Ustad Mohammadkhan sahab beenkar was a legend in his days. I can say this because my father was a disciple of Ustad Mohammad Khansaab. (Ust. Rais Khansaab's father). 2. Ustad Mohammad Khansaab's heart was so delicate, pure and childlike, that even when a small child sang in the correct surs, he would cry like a child in sheer bliss! (My father bears witness to this...) 3. Ustad Mohammad Khansaab's own baaz was par brilliant. In his later days, he was paralyzed. Yet, he was adamant to teach. Even in this condition, he kept teaching my dad. 4. I feel that such a great artist's name should NEVER have been omitted by anyone. Be it Ustad Vilayat Khansaab, or Ustad Rais Khansaab himself. Its not a gharana war per se. Its about due respects going to the guru. If that is missed, we as Indian classical musicians believe, everything is missed. Again, Just my thoughts. I will not take names here, but when someone gives his / her entire life to music, to teaching and to the real "Guru Shishya Parampara", missing out on such names is not very colorful. Respects to all names taken here in this clip. :)

I don't follow why artists talk bad about other artists. Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Rais Khan are great musicians; enjoy both their styles... let's leave it to that and not fight on who is a student of who and so on.

Till date, never heard better jhinzoti than this, in instrumental. Period.

I have been fortunate to know both ustad Vilayat khan Sahib and ustad Rai's Khan Sahib and have listened to their music. Both are great masters. In my own life I had many teachers and I am grateful to each and everyone of them. I wish this frustration had remained private within the families.

Ustad Vilayat Khan saheb, aothough a great musicians but was also publicity-hungry. He would also play to the gallery most of the times. He knew the art of hogging the limelight. Ustad Rais khan saab on the other hand banked only on his talent which was more than sufficient for him to rule the hearts of music-lovers.

As a music lover and passionate follower of that gharana, I am deeply offended by the tone of these comments. Ultimately the Artist will be liked and judged by what they present and that matters more! There was no need to say all this but he has repeatedly made offensive remarks about other Indian legends that I have heard of! So no surprises there! I have the highest respect and affinity for his playing and he is no doubt a genius, albeit a flawed one!

Beautiful God Bless Thanks

I loved the way Rais Khan saheb has thrashed Vikayat khan.

Koi Maa ke pet se seekh nahin aata, Sub ko is duniya mein seekhna padhta hai. Dr Surender Bhutani Warsaw (Poland)

WA! USTADJI KHAN SAHAB AAP SACHCHA BOL BOLTA HAI. AAP KE SAHGIRD RAH CHUKE DHULIA KE BASHIR PATEL SIR ENSE MAINE SITAR SIKHANE PRAYAS KIYA HAI. LIHAJA AAP SE BHI MERA KUCH TALLUK BANATA ZARUR HAI.

All that Ustad Rais Khan Sahib said is true. It is rather unfortunate that Ustad Vilayat Khan does not mention his mentors and ustads. In his zest to prove that he did 'Riyaz' to achieve his position in this world is not true. Yes indeed Ustad Vilayat Khan is a great sitar player but he did learn from Ustad Mohammed Khan Sahib the father of Ustad Rais Khan. Yes it is also true that he plays the baaj of Ustad Mohammed Khan's gharana. All the recordings prove that Ustad Inayat Khan played very differently than Ustad Vilayat Khan. He passed away when Ustad Vilayat Khan was only 9 years old so he could not teach him for too long. The influence of Ustad Mohammed Khan is evident.

No doubt Rais Khan Saheb has been a Star of Indian Music. Melody and craftsmanship of sita playing par excellence. He must have felt very hurt, thats why he chose to speak. He had lot of sitar still to play before Indian connoisseurs in India. He chose to leave India at his peak. We still miss his music. N Kinjalk

Subhan allah khansahab

They are gurubhais in that case. Rais Khan needn't claim that he is Vilayat Khan's ustad.

Classic Ustad ji style!!!!!

🎶🎵🌙🌈⭐👏..this is a sad story That Hurts a performer,, He is Not In This World. he says I love the Audience that has come to Listen to me but there is a saying that if you make someone a guru so his son becomes automatically a brother,...the rest needed a lot To listen,👏🙌👐🤲🤝🙏✍

Love uvk. But rais khan may have a point here.

Don’t insult any artist it’s their own choice . He didn’t said that I learnt myself he said I learnt from many gurus . Telling name of gurus is on artist himself or herself

What about Dhruba Tara Joshi?

Love!

This is hypocritical of him to criticize vilayat khan as he himself learnt from Vilayat Khan when he was a young kid in Mumbai. He never called Vilayat Khan his guru. This is just family feud

Some strange confusion about Gharanas,Lineage & who learned from whom happened mostly in the 60s till early 90s and such gharana wars were common in many other vocal/tabla/instrumental gharanas but having close contacts with some faternity and linking to this Rarest Rare Audio I shared few year ago i wanted to put back light again on the words what Rais khan said in the above clip i amazingly found a clip were Vilayat himself confess his Lineage & Roots to MEWATI which for me was a truth i heard from many others but was surprising to hear him confess amazingly also he talks about his Madhya Pradesh(central India) Indore,Ratlam connection i am speechless confused of one thing forsure if Vilayat himself says he is Mewati roots who and why the Damn f... Etawah Gharana or controversy started?? i strongly remembers Bimalendu Mukherjee (Buddhaditya Father) said to me Etawah seems to be an Egoist Decision from Vilayat himself & its stupid of such branching out only reason he wanted everyone under him,this seems to be also a strong reason imrat khan his brother bimalendu or many others didn't gave there nod to Etawah but said Imdadkhani Baj or gharana same reason i feel rais spoke widely about not accepting Etawah as gharana.. listen to the audio clip Vilayat Speaks about being Mewati kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jsp6ZKSfmrDPoIU.html

khan saheb charan Sparsh mere dilo dimag me sirf aap hi aap chaye hai apki sitar gazal se mai bhut parbhavit huva tha jab aap dhuliya aye the mere walid sahab bashir patel bhi sath me the maine sitar par aap Ke same kuch Alan kar bajaye the aap ne kaha tha ke is ladke ko mere sath bombày bhej do meri kimat me nahi tha is ka mujhe malal hai Allah apko janat ata farmaye amin apka ek nachiz diwana zaheer patel

Ustad Rais Khan played the Gandhar Pancham sitar. So, was that a Mewati Gharana innovation as well?

Umm wait a minute, who gave the world the Gandhar Pancham sitar on which Rais Khan shahab plays? Such ingratitude, lol!

Which year this speech recorded and where

I’ve seen a video of a slightly aged Ustad Rais Khan (I’d say 40s-50s) say that his teachers were the “greats” Ustad Vilayat Khan and Pt Ravi Shankar mentioning how the latter made the sitar famous around the globe. He also mentions the importance of giving respect to his elders because without it one can never become a great musician

Ustad rais khaan sab 100 percent gaaiki ang ka baaj bajatay Hain.ustad rais khaan sab Jo b baaj bajatay Hain wo small hota Hy lekin Dil main utar jata hy.lekin vilayet khab sab bas lambi taan hy aur kuch b nahi hy. Vilayet khab sab ko sun Kar booriat honay lagti hy.lekin rais khaan sab har baar kuch alag Kar detay Hain.

War in tow kings

what did he say ? could anyone translate for me please? i cant understand.thanks

why is Shujaat silent

Those people dislike press here, they are ignorant about classical music !

Pakistani flavored speech!

It's too important to mention each one's master's name as their identity, particular learners must have obeyed their teacher otherwise i have to say he or she is cheater, whatever or whoever they are, what if he is ustad vilayat khan or others !

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hankaari khan sab

it is shameful artist speaking like politician.....

Shameful

Vilayat seem to be ungrateful person and not worthy of respect.

He is a brilliant musicians but there was no need to go down to this level when criticising Ustad Vilayat Khan Sahib in my opinion.