Lucknow: Part of Lucknow left forever with the death of Pandit Birju Maharaj on Monday morning, leaving a vacuum that no one could fill.
While people from the streets of life are different paying rich tribute to Maestro with their beautiful memories, they were touched by him remembering the MysteraMitas and the beauty of the last Maharaja of Lucknow’s Kathak Gharana.
“There may be many dancers Kathak, Master or exponent, but the last Maharaja of Kathak has departed,” said Purnima Pandey, former representative of Chancellor Bhatkhande considered the University of Music and Chair of Sangeet Natak Academy.
Explaining the emptiness made, he said: “First he buried himself to Kathak and became Maestro and then he carved the style that added the popularity of dance shapes.” List of reasons long.
“When he started, Kathak lived with the book.
Moves, songs, music, all of them have been fixed.
But Pandit Ji opened it while maintaining a traditional heritage and adhering to the need for change Modern owe the origin of this tradition, “he said.
Kathak Danseuse Surabhi Singh, known for its matchmarks choreography, added, “List of long composition, almost countless (including Tukda and Tiahais) is another reason that justifies the Maharaja title.” Calling Pandit Birju Maharaj The Master of Navarasa, the Kumkum Dhar player and teacher said: “His face and eyes spoke for his eternal love for Kathak who was very about Bhava.
Perfection with which he switched from Krishna to Radha was an effort and extraordinary.” Director Lucknow Kathak Sansthan, Sarita Srivastava remembered that the uniqueness of Teacher-Shishya Paramara Birju Maharaj was exemplified.
“Maharaja Kathak is also a student who hit his students with perfection.
He will be happy to explain the background of the work that the young dancers allowed the character in Toto,” he said.
Hindustan People’s singer Malini Awasthi said that even though he was at the top of his shape, Pandit Birju Maharaj was humility.
Considering the days of ‘Taal Baad Kuchchery’ (a program held by Bhatkhande Music Institute in the 1980s), he said: “He sat in the front row to hear the Pandit Rangnath Mishra who invited him on stage.
Bhatkhande’s Principal, Surendra Shankar Awasthi drove him and asked him to join the August choir.
I remember he said, ‘You have great artists for each instrument – Pakhawaj, Mridang, Table, Dholak – and an extraordinary singer.
What will I do?’ Someone from the green room was asked that Naal was still left and he smiled and received the saying, ‘Okay, I will play Naal’.
And with the advantage.
That day, as a music student I learned that the artist must be as low as him.
“Author Yatindra Mishra, whose biography in Pandit Birju Maharaj has been postponed because of a pandemic, said: “Connect with the shape of the dance very deep so that sometimes it is difficult to describe whether Kathak lives in himself or something external.
” Explain Birju Maharaj as Kathak moves, another writer Pavan Jha said: “The electrical and elastic bodies are made to dance and eye-movements that are smooth and moving and firmly speak for his extraordinary communication through dance.
Void will resonate with his memory for several generations .
“A void that no one can fill: cm yogi adityanathtnn Lucknow: the Chief Minister lamented the death of Yogi Aditarangath Kathak Maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj.
“He brought Laurels to his homeland, his state and all countries through hard work and commitment to the dance form,” said an official statement quoting CM.
It added that CM denied the death of 83 years of exponent in addition to stating that his departure from the world of art and music had created a cancellation that could be filled.
The Head of the Jamajwadi Party and former CM Akhilesh Yadav brought to social media to pay for his entertainment to Birju Maharaj.
“The style of the company will live in a global stage,” said Yadav.