Bismillah Khan, Indian musician who played a ceremonial woodwind instrument, the shehnai, with such expressive virtuosity that he became a leading Indian classical music artist, and his name was indelibly linked with his instrument. He was also seen as a
The most prominent instruments of Hindustani music are thesitar(a long-necked fretted lute with about 30 melodic,drone, andsympatheticstrings),sarod(a short-necked unfretted lute with sympathetic and drone strings),sarangi(a bowed fiddle),shehnai(an oboelike wind instrument),tabla(a set of two...
1942. Throughout her career, she has taken part in several financially successful movies. She was a famous and well-paid performer during the 1960s and 1970s, with the highest pay of any actress. She is one of the most well-known Hindi film actresses. She accepted the Padma Shri honor ...