Watch the full video of ‘Hamen tumse pyar kitna’ here: Shorts aur minis pehen ke shastriya sangeet nahi hota hai, yeh hamari dharohar hai, hamari sanskriti hai (You cannot learn classical music by wearing shorts and mini. People don’t have manners today they don’t know how they should talk to their gurus and how to sit in front of their gurus. To such youngsters I say that if this is the kind of music you want to learn then don’t come to me. After learning music for one or two years, they seek a chance to come on television. I don’t mind it but imitate us properly - do it with proper knowledge of the subject and maintain your identity in the process. They imitate us when it comes to singing. How is the current generation of classical musicians different from your generation? The audience for classical music is very different. However, thankfully, classical music has held its ground in the society. There was a time when ghazals and sufi music was a rage. So that’s why classical music, semi-classical music, folk music, folk art and ghazals have completely died out. Small organisations conducting classical music concerts don’t have 10-20 lakh to give away to event organisers. They organise everything so well but they also charge money. On top of that there is this event management thing that has become big today. (HT Photo)Įven if you have to book a small auditorium today, you have to pay around two to three lakh rent. Parveen Sultana has been singing for 40 years now. They don’t get proper places to perform because organisers don’t get enough sponsorship to organise these shows. The rest of the people from our generation and our next generation, who are not too famous, are facing a lot of difficulties. And such famous people are few and far between. Besides a couple of famous artistes, sponsors don’t want to put money in anybody’s shows. We get little sponsorship for classical music concerts. The main reason behind this is that people hardly have time nowadays and the next reason is money. Earlier, we used to perform ragas for one to two hours, but now we hardly sing a raga for more than half an hour or 40 minutes. However, now the time has changed, and we have to adapt and adjust according to the changing times. We used to have big mehfils, and we would perform around 9 to 10 shows in a month. Sixty years ago, classical music used to be completely different. How has classical music changed over the years? This has been going on for 40 years.” Excerpts from the interview: She adds, “People give me lot of love for my concerts, halls are always full. “Classical music is the base for any kind of song,” says the singer, who has been enthralling audiences for decades. Parveen Sultana believes that her Bollywood numbers became hit because they were based on classical ragas. She has sung iconic songs such as ‘Hamen tumse pyar kitna’ (Kudrat 1981) and ‘Aan milo sajna’ (Gadar: Ek Prem Katha 2001) but she identifies herself as a classical singer.
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