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Niladri strikes a chord
Updated On: 23 July, 2012 08:32 AM IST | | Urmimala Banerjee
When CS met sitar player Niladri Kumar recently, he was busy with the renovations at his Versova home.
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“This is a beautiful season, and also an inspiring one,” says the new-age musician, who has worked extensively in fusion, instrumental and playback music. Niladri, a winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is all set to perform tomorrow at a concert dedicated to tabla maestro Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan. In a freewheeling interview, he talks about making classical music cool for the younger generation:
Generation gap
I know that many young people can’t relate with senior classical artists whom they always see in kurtas (smiles). It is more of a generation gap than anything else. Let me give you an example. In a film like Anand, we saw the late Rajesh Khanna dressing up in kurtas and pyjamas. The youth then identified with him as they too used to dress like that. But that’s not the case with modern Indian youth and senior classical artists. I feel that some senior artists are perennially disgruntled with youngsters. This should change if we want to make classical music popular with young people. Likewise, the youth should also understand that senior artists have a definite sensibility.
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