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00:00Manju's sister's family is Vishwamohan Bhattji.
00:03Vishwamohan Bhattji has many other identities,
00:07in which he has invented the Mohan Vina.
00:10He has won the Grammy Award.
00:1350 years in the UN.
00:18He is one person in Indian classical music, but he has many identities.
00:23Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt, who invented the Mohan Vina,
00:27is associated with Saptak and many other music.
00:33He has won the Grammy Award.
00:35He is Padmashree and Padmabhushan.
00:38Today we will talk about his sister, Manju's sister,
00:41who has been with Saptak for 45 years.
00:44She started the longest classical program in Indian classical music.
00:49It is still going on.
00:50Today, Pandit Vishwamohan Bhattji is with us.
00:54Pandit Vishwamohan Bhattji, first of all, welcome to ETV Bharat.
00:58Manju's sister had inspired you to do a program in Germany.
01:06What was the whole matter?
01:09Namaskar. My respects to all the viewers.
01:14This story is from 1968-69.
01:20When Manju's sister went to Germany,
01:22she used all the money she got from the program.
01:29She bought a new instrument for me, a guitar.
01:32Because I was interested in guitars.
01:35I was inspired by Brij Bhushan Kavraji.
01:38So, when she brought it in 1969,
01:41it was expensive, a very expensive guitar.
01:44Then I started the process of converting the guitar into a vina.
01:51I added 8 more strings to it.
01:53It became 14 strings, in a different way.
01:56Then it kept increasing.
01:58Then Mohan Vina became 20 strings.
02:00So, I am very grateful to Manju's sister Mehtaji for her contribution.
02:06Because at that time, I did not have an instrument
02:10that I could play so well.
02:12And she gave it to me at that time.
02:15And I did her Bhartiya Karan.
02:17So, her credit goes to Manju's sister.
02:19Manju's sister worked with Saptak's co-founder, Nandan Mehtaji,
02:25shoulder to shoulder.
02:27And the other people who helped in this,
02:30Praful Bhai, Rupa Bhai, Bharti Bhai, Amitya Dalal,
02:36all of them took care of Saptak.
02:40And in Gujarat, Shastri Sangeet had its own place.
02:44Because Shastri Sangeet was not so popular in Gujarat at that time.
02:49But I will give credit to Saptak.
02:52Because Saptak saw that many organizations,
02:55whether it is Rajkot, Baroda, Bhavnagar,
02:59they started growing everywhere.
03:01And some people call the artists who come to Saptak.
03:06So, it is easy to pass them.
03:08So, in this way, Manju's sister, Nandan Bhai and Mehtaji,
03:15did a great contribution.
03:17Pandit Vishwamohanji, this guitar that you have made, Mohan Veena,
03:22what is the difference in that?
03:24Mohan Veena is a instrument that has 20 strings.
03:29And it does not have 6 strings of the guitar.
03:32The usual guitar has 6 strings.
03:36But this one does not have 6 strings.
03:38This one has 8 main strings, 3 of which,
03:41and 12 Tarab strings.
03:45The purpose of the Tarab string is that
03:48when we play it on the main string,
03:51and if it is the right tune, Tarab,
03:53then there is no need to strike it.
03:56It starts vibrating on its own.
03:58That is the principle of physics.
04:01When the frequency is the same,
04:03then without striking it,
04:06it starts giving sound on its own.
04:08So, this is a big benefit that we take advantage of.
04:14This is not mine.
04:16It has been going on for hundreds of years.
04:18So, I made it a part of the guitar.
04:20I put a tumba on it.
04:22I put a tumba on it.
04:24And in this way, Mohan Veena with 20 strings,
04:26I named it.
04:28Pandit Vishwamohanji,
04:30if we count one of your biggest successes,
04:33you won the Grammy Award.
04:35For which album did you win the Grammy Award?
04:39And what is it?
04:41I won the Grammy Award in 1994.
04:43A very famous artist of that time,
04:46a guitar player.
04:48His name is Ry Coder.
04:50I made an album with him.
04:54I made an album,
04:56but we never thought
04:58that we will go to the Grammy Awards
05:00and win the Grammy Award.
05:02You do your work
05:04with all the discipline and sincerity,
05:07irrespective of the result that you get.
05:12So, we recorded it
05:14with a lot of selflessness.
05:16And it was a very good fusion.
05:18We sat for the first time
05:20and the recording was done
05:22for the first time.
05:24So, this is what people liked.
05:26After listening to it,
05:28I feel that
05:30there was no need for any rehearsal.
05:32It is playing just like that
05:34and live music is playing.
05:36This was its specialty.
05:38The name of the album was
05:40King by the River
05:42which won the Grammy Award in 1994.
05:44Sir, you did it
05:46in the 50th year of the UN.
05:48You did it
05:50in Lincoln, America.
05:52You did it
05:54in Albert Hall, London.
05:56You have given your performance
05:58in the most famous places in the world.
06:00Tell us a little about that.
06:02Yes, there are
06:04many venues,
06:06Albert Hall, London.
06:08Last month,
06:10I did a show in
06:12Barbican Centre, London.
06:14What was the reason for that?
06:16So, this is going on.
06:18So, what is it
06:20that you like the most
06:22about Gujarat?
06:24The people of Gujarat
06:26are very warm.
06:28They are very good at business.
06:30And if they have a relationship
06:32with someone, they fulfill that relationship.
06:34And you talk about
06:36what I like.
06:38I like Fafda.
06:40When I wake up in the morning,
06:42I have Jalebi Fafda
06:44for breakfast.
06:46And the chutney that comes with it,
06:48green chutney.
06:50And one of my favorites is Chawda Phali.
06:52For Chawda Phali,
06:54I go five kilometres away.
06:56But I bring it
06:58in the car.
07:00It is difficult to get it in many places.
07:02And I like Gujarati Dal,
07:04which I make at home.
07:06So, I like these things
07:08a lot.
07:10The food is so good.
07:12The tea here is
07:14unparalleled.
07:16You don't get such good tea anywhere else.
07:18I can say that.
07:20In India,
07:22people listen to your music
07:24and get inspired.
07:26What do you think
07:28as a Grammy Award winner,
07:30do you like
07:33your music?
07:35Or do you feel relaxed listening to it?
07:37I listen to everything.
07:39I listen to all kinds of music.
07:41I am not just biased
07:43to listen to classical music.
07:45Music is music.
07:47The sound in music
07:49is Brahman.
07:51The sound is Brahman.
07:53If you add a note,
07:55you can understand
07:57the depth of the sound.
07:59So, I listen to
08:01Bhimsenji,
08:03Jasrajji,
08:05Rashid Khan
08:07and others.
08:09Listening to all of them
08:11inspires me a lot.
08:13I also listen to the new artists.
08:15Who is the most promising one?
08:17Right now,
08:19Kaushiki and Niladri
08:21are very popular.
08:23They have done a great job.
08:25They have done
08:27a great job
08:29singing and dancing
08:31at such a high speed.
08:33It is very difficult.
08:35Niladri is also playing
08:37a great sitar.
08:39His fans are even Amitabh Bachchan.
08:41It is a great achievement.
08:43I listen to such people.
08:45I listen to the new artists.
08:47I also listen to
08:49my own students.
08:51I listen to their work.
08:53Sometimes,
08:55I get to learn something.
08:57I also learn from my own students.
08:59One of my students
09:01played a taar on another note.
09:03I said, it sounds good.
09:05Sometimes, it happens.
09:09Music is an art
09:11that can be learned.
09:13And the one who teaches it also learns.
09:15Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt ji told us.
09:17With cameraman Mukesh Jodia
09:19Parishad of ETV Bharat Ahmedabad.