Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan passes away

Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan passed away due to a heart attack in Varanasi early morning on Monday. He was 91.

Khan, who was hospitalised and put on intravenous drip after a brief illness, breathed his last at 3.30 in the morning.

He had been admitted to the Heritage Hospital in the city on Thursday after his health reportedly started deteriorating following illness.

Born on March 21, 1916, Khan was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2001.

He was also honoured with the Sangeet Natak Academi Award, the Tansen Award and the prestigious Padma Vibhushan.

 

A great loss to the music fraternity........may his soul rest in peace.

 

i never listened to his music much but i know he was a music maestro . my humble salutation .

 

He once came to our school for his performance.

 

woah he lived for 90 yrs....


RIP

 

God bless his family

 

^ I think he was living in Poverty, like countless other classical music maestros.

 

he was suffering from jaundice and then died due to a heart attack?? kinda bizarre!
yes..he was living in very poor conditions, saw a pic of his home in newspaper and its the worst u can imagine!...its indeed a very wistful piece of news..may the legend r.i.p!!

 

what's with the smiley?

:annoyed:

 

I dont know :!

 

^ oh cmon...kuch to hoga...

 

arre nahi yaar timepass ke liye daala. Wat can u guess bout it anyway?

 

May this Maestro's soul rest in peace..... Hindustani Classical Music has truly been deprived.... It is, unfortunately yet undoubtedly, a pity how we (our Indian Government) failed to value, henceforth, requite his musical stature, genius and contributions to traditional Indian classical music, especially at the global platform, clearly evident from the poverty-stricken livelihood and the gruesome conditions he passed away in..... May heaven bestow him with all that was deserved yet deprived.
"INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAHI RAJI'UN"
S

 

whats that?

 

HUH???? Wats wat???? :S:S:S:S

 

INNA LILLAHI WA INNA ILAHI RAJI'UN

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there was a reason I made the font bold in the previous post

 

Though I don't listen to classical music .. the news is sad and He surely was one of the best in the business. May God bless his soul.

@wizard ..

Its an Islamic practice n that's what is said when you hear the news of someone passing away ..

It means "Verily we belong to God, and to Him we return."

 

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn't hear it!
OMG!
:cry1:
I luved his shehnai playing
:cry2:

 

R.i.p..........................................

 

U mean Remove his I.P. ?? :RollLol: