Raag Bytes - Bhairavi

One Thumri- Five takes

Baat chalat nayi chunari rang daali- an old Bhairavi bandish

1. Rendered here beautifully by Mallika Pukhraj in a rare pre- partition recording

2. Shafqat Ali Khan renders it in an inimitable style – the style that is the identity of the Sham Chaurasi Gharana

3. A wonderful instrumental take by the great violin maestro Dr. N Rajam

Adapted as songs for 2 Hindi movies-

4. First Geeta Dutt sings it in the Film Ladki (1953)

5. And Mohd Rafi and KrishnaRao Chonkar in Rani Rupmati ( 1959)

And then there is a 6th one- A modern take by a band called Kabul. Not the best of singing, but just an example of how classical music offers so much room for adaptation, versatility…. And why it remains timeless!

Know of a 7^th?- Please do share!