Blog Posts

Nabani Das Khyapa Baul and Baba Allaudin Khan - The soul of Music - Mysticism

10/4/2018

A lesson in Indian Classical Music & Mysticism

Most people do not know this by Ali Akbar Khan and his sweet sister Annapurna's father 'Baba Allauddin Khan' (1862 – 6 September 1972) were the greatest admirers of Babu Kishan's Grandfather ' Baba Nabani Das Khyapa Baul'. 1895 - 1969). Allauddin Khan was one of the first Indian Classical multi instrumentalist, he played Sitar, Sarod, Tabla, Harmonium, Flute, Sarangi, Shenai and more. He was a very mystical person and a Music Composer a beloved family friend to Babu Kishan's family.

One time Allaudin Khan, asked Nabani, 'can I take your Ektara because it is magical and when you play you take me to some other world". Nabani said, "I can give you anything but not my Ektara because that is my first love". Somehow, somewhere Allauddin touched and played Nabani's Ekatar and felt the mystical vibration and said he found thousands of stories, lyrics, mystical vibrations and said, Nabani is a complete musician and a mystic sadhaka and found he now had a mystical Sadhaka friend. He felt Nabani's smile was unlimited worth the world.

A musicals persons first love is their instrument. Nabani promised to make him another Ektara and gave it to Allaudin but he refused because he wanted Nabanis Ektara because it had a vibration that shocked him to the core.

Nabani and Allaudin knew each other very well and respected each other, that is why Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar, Annapurna (who is Ravi Shankar's first wife) Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Allla Rakha father of Zakir Hussain all top Classical Musicians of Bengal had a great respect for Nabani Das Khyapa Baul and his family. A many decades relationship with Purna Das Baula and Babu Kishan. They traveled the world many times together.

The Das family home became a Musical Cultural Cinema Political and Guru Hub in Calcutta. This started with Nabani Das Khyapa Baul who many great poets, authors, Music Composers, Singers, Gurus, Tantrics who admired Nabani Das Khyapa Baul and his singing for Nehru during the Freedom Fight of India. Nehru and Nabani were great friends and Nabani would sing all over India before Nehru gave his speeches.

This Political connection continued with Indira Gandhi, Sanjay, and Rajiv Gandhi.

The Das house on Purna Das Baul Road in Calcutta was also, a Cultural Hub due to the work Babu Kishan did in promoting his father.

Remembering a Great friend, Jagdish Aurangabadkar 'Pioneer of Photography for Indian Cinema and Politics' ie) Bal Thackeray & Sharad Pawar

10/1/2018

Babu Kishan remembering a great friend and a great soul of Indian Cinema Jagdish Aurangabadkar tragically passed away
October 13, 2016.

He was Bal Thackeray & Sharad Pawar right hand man and photographer.

Famous Bal Thakeray photo
by Jagdish Aurangabadkar

'Photo of Amitabh Bachchan and me Babu Kisha by my great Late friend Jagdish Aurangabadhakar'

Babu Kishan remembering a great friend and a great soul of Indian Cinema Jagdish Aurangabadkar

#HistoryofIndianCinema

#AmitabhBachchan & #behindthescene #MusicLegend #KDBabuKishan who released his #Music and #films from decades, great to work with true #Legend from #IndianCinema or #Today’s #Bollywood

Babu Kishan worked for Amitabh Bachchan's company between , 1994-1998 Time Audio Video and ABCL Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd - as a Quality Assurance Manager Film & Music Production/Marketing, and Event Management. Film, and Music Promotion.

This #Iconic #photo by: #JagdishAurangabadkar a friend and #Cinetographer who later became #iconic #Photographer of #IndianCinema, he worked as very personal photographer of #RajKapoor, #RajeshKhanna, Amitabh Bachchan, #MithunChakraborty, #NanaPatekar to #AjayDevgan, and many #iconic #Movies, Poster’s photos by him, one of the best personality history of IndianCinema!!

Jagdish Aurangabadkar was not only a photographer, he was cinematographer and a senior Film critic and Journalist.

Jagdish Aurangabadkar

RD Burman was Babu Kishan's Indian Cinema Guru and Babu was his assistant for 13 years in Mumbai.

Some #JagdishAurangabad’s photos which taken by him, his one of the Best #milestone was #Sholay #Deewar #Zangeer #Anand #Namakharam #KabhiKhushiKabhiGam

He never liked to be called a #Celebrity when he was the biggest #celebrity in the history of #IndianCinema, his every photo together used for #IndianHistorical #SHOLAY !!

Jagdish was the one who started to call me Mr.#BehindtheScenes of Bollywood, also used to say to me that the 'real and original Celebrity' never ever tell who they are, that’s #BabuDa in front of my friend #AnilKapoor and others. He used to say I was the behind the scenes of Indian Cinema Guy.

Thanks my friend forever, who always remembered me, he had a very simple love to all and very simple and honest living person.

He could have make millions$ but never tried, he used to tell so many great stories of all his experiences. He should never be forgotten. I was puzzled, frustrated, angry and my heart hurt deeply at the tragic loss of such a great soul. A couple of weeks before he passed I talked with him on the phone and he told me to come back to India, he said Dada come we are going to present you with the best award from Indian Cinema he told me that my contribution to Indian Cinema helped make todays Indian Cinema (Bollywood). I said oh come on and I never went back and then I heard his tragic passing. He was upset at all the new fake people around Indian Cinema.

Jagdish could not stay in a #DishonestWorld. So sad, he never asked for anything from anyone, couldn't ask would not ask for anything, #TimesofIndia gave a huge #tribute with a whole page article on him, he one of the finest person from #IndianCinema!!

Sorry couldn’t keep my tears 😭

This picture was taken by Jagdish of me when my first born daughter Anisha was born. This picture was featured in Mumbai Mid Day Newspaper. The caption was Mr. Behind the Screen, because this was a picture of a huge Bollywood Party but I am off in a corner. This was the 1st and last time I brought my baby to an event.

Babu Kishan & Shaan (Indian Cimema Playback singer) and Biswajit who was a Indian Super star in Bollywood, his son is a Bengali Super star and Babu's friend, Prasenjit.

9/30/2018

Babu Kishan has known Shaan and his sister Sagarika before they even started in Indian Cinema. Kishan was the first to record Shaan's Bengali and Devotional songs.

Arijit Singh in Vancouver meets Babu Kishan

9/30/2018

Babu Kishan meeting the famed Indian (Bengali) Indian Cinema Vocalist Arijit Singh yesterday before the concert last night in Vancouver. Babu knew all the Bengali Musicians and hung out all afternoon at the sound check, then went to the concert. He knew the musicians and their parents were his musician in Mumbai and Bengal. They all knew Babu Kishan and definitely heard of him even if they never met personally.

September 29th, 2018

9/29/2018

#Bollywood’s#UditNarayan, and#MusicLegend #KDBabuKishan !! #moments that matters with #Friends
www.BabuKishan.ca

Album of Sapna Awaits on T-Series composed, produced, released by Babu Kishan!

9/29/2018

Pardesi Pardesi and Chhaiyya Chhaiyya..

#BollywoodFolkQueen:#SapnaAwasti #Produced /#MusicComposed by #MusicLegend #KDBabuKishan #MusicReleased by #TSeries www.BabuKishan.ca

https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Sapna_Awasthi_Jawani_Chaar_Aane_Mein_Le_Lo?id=Big7tbleib2rbb3narrolzosjju

Folk Fusion - Babu Kishan is one of the first to create Folk Fusion in Indian Cinema and Private Albums, he did electronic in the 1970's.

Happy Birthday Krishnendu aka Babu Kishan September 27 ... The roots of Das, Adi - Das in Vancouver! Love Trishula!

9/27/2018

Mango Cheese Cake for India and Maple Syrup, Maple Leaf for Canada. The intersection of 2 worlds. #Babukishan #BaulLineage #IndianMusic #LegendaryIndian #IndianCinema #Bollywood #HistoricalBaul

Babu Kishan @ 13 years of Age. Lyrics, Composition, Producing Music for a Bengali Drama. At age 11 he was awarded the Youngest Music Composer in India. He is a well respected Music Composer and Pandit of India Music, Master of Folk, Classical, Bollywood

9/17/2018

Babu Kishan’s then known as Krishnendu Das creation, his lyrics, music composition and he produced for a popular Bengali drama/ theatre #Aaposh in the 1970's at a very young age. Babu Kishan was 13 years old and he played the Harmonium in this music.

Babu Kishan & New York, he has had an association with NY since the 1970's visiting every year to 2005, he has been there done that for decades. #allenginsberg #bobdylan

9/7/2018

Babu Kishan @ the #World’s biggest #MusicClub
#Fusion #collaboration #Russian #American & #Indian!! #SpiritualAspect: #Knittingfactory & #Studio54 #Manhattan #NewYorkCity 2004

Rabindranath Tagore and Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, Purna Das Baul and Babu Kishan

9/6/2018

I have been Composing, writing and producing all Baul Music from 70’s, I have created a huge Baul Archive and Preserved Baul from the day I was born in 1962 !!

I made the road for all Bauls today, I made it easier for new comers to have a platform #Bauls to the #World!!

I Still remember how #ShantidevGhosh the right hand of #RabindranathTagore used to degrade 'Sanatan Das Baul' and other Bauls, he only wanted only the Lineage Bauls, because he knew #NabaniDasBaul my grandfather, and if you ever knew Nabani and this lineage and the stories you would know that everybody followed Nabani Das Khyapa Baul and the Bauls in this lineage before him.

#socialmedia #news #indianheritage #baulhistory #theqint #bengal #calcutta #rabindranathtagore #ndtv #timesofkolkata #bobdylan #allenginsberg #purnadasbaul #babukishan #shantiniketan #anandbazar #patrika #aajkal #hindunewspaper #kolkata #india #zeenews #googlenews #amazon #google #birbhum #baul #historicalbaul #getitstraight

I am the one who gave a space & chance to have a seat with #BaulSamratPurnaDasBaul on the stage at Mela's especially Pous and Joy Dev Mela, so that the struggling Bauls can also go in a flow and have a chance, including #SanatanBaul who was just copycat of my Grandfather in dance and copycat of Purna Das in dress, no matter whatever story you make. I knew Sanatana Das Baul and his sons and brought Sanatan to 'All India Radio' and the #RadioStation and encouraged him to record, but it was not successful the record company did not like his voice, he went on my reference. He wanted my help and I tried to help him.

I supported #pabandasbaul who became a good folk singer and Paban’s brother & others like #Subol, #Gour, I have watched what is going on and now am ready to tell the truth of how all came about, and will qualify all these stories and people in my new book to be released in 2018.

I have always been the in a mainstream supporter for #Bauls, I started #Baulmela called 'Gopal Nagar' a huge successful festival. I always worked behind the scenes even in Bollywood with Amitabh Bachchan. I gave the New Baul singers a platform to sing with as much respect, clothes, money for decades.

And I made a easier way to sing a song in #Guru’s name, Made so many to sit in the first row and helped compose music and recorded #BhavaPagla and #ManoharKhyapa poetry, which those where their first popular songs for them.

Babu used to spend so much time with Monahar Khyapa, he loved Babu Kishan. He always stayed at Babu Kishan's home when he came to Calcutta. Babu always gave him a really good place to stay, he had a problem with his leg so Babu set up a place on the first floor, and he remembers always giving him extra food and milk...

Babu introduced Carol Solomon, Usha Harding, Charles Cappwell to Monar Khepa to #BabaPagala another poet who Babu did the same for. Babu Kishan introduced all outsiders to Baul around the world.
#MonarKhepa was a poet and part of our family, he used to be with us all the time. I knew #MonarKhepa he was part of our family and had an ashram in JoyDev and most of the Bauls worked for him to have free food. #MonarKhepa always asked me to compose music to his lyrics and get to get my #purnadasbaul to sing. #MonarKhepa was not a Baul, he was poet, I know his story more than anybody.

Babu Kishan introduced Carol Solomon to Monar Khepa, he introduced her to everyone. Babu was her translator for Bengali in India and America. Baul was too difficult for her and she changed the line and made Baul 'Bangladesh Baul' which never existed before. The real story to come in Babu’s book.

Nitai Khepa and Sanatana Das Baul copied 'Nabani Das Baul' or should I say tried to, Nabani was a Mystic Genuis you can not copy Baul essence. Santana Das Baul used to talk behind Babu's back because Babu used to wear jeans and when Babu confronted him he would say I am just kidding. Babu Kishan knows all these new Bauls from a very young age and he will tell all in his new Book. He tried to help Sanatan Das Baul so many times.

If there is one thing Babu does not like it is dishonesty his own family could not train him to be untruthful.
When the late Carol Solomon took that picture of 'Nitai Khepa' who do you think Carol Solomon was with, she was with Babu Kishan? He introduced her to all.

Babu knew all these people personally Carol was his friend for decades, she too would stay at Babu Kishan's home and Babu would book them in the tourist lodge in Shantiniketan and when they were gone for a few days he found them in really bad shape. Too long of story to tell here but will be told in the book.

All Baul history now, real original #Bauls are gone and will go completely end after me because all the information is with Babu Kishan.

Rabindranath Tagore gave the title (Khepa) Khyapa Baul to Nabani Das Baul and used Khyapa Baul in all of his poetry and that Khepa Baul is only Nabani Das Khyapa Baul.

Now Bauls are only tourist attractions and just singers, at least please try to sing on a track and note rather than just screaming, dancing like plastic, we did a hard work dear, at least respect the #Pioneers.. still no #Bauls can even #reach or #dream as to #PurnaDasBaul or #RabindranathTagore’s inspiration #NabaniDasKhyapaBaul this all just real history.
#Produced #Composed & some written the original Babu Kishan poetry on these albums by #MusicLegend: #BabuKishan aka #KrishnenduDas

Monohar Khepa a poet who Babu Kishan knew very well, he used to stay at their house all the time, Babu had a special place for him to stay because it was too difficult to climb the stairs. Monohar Khepa always wanted Babu to compose music for his poetry and to try to get his dad to sing the poetry. He was a poet not a Baul, he followed this lineage of Baul.

Babu's dad Purna Das Baul claims in his book that Monhar Khepa was his Guru. In many ways everybody a Baul meet can be our Guru, Babu was very fond of Monahar Khepa and knew him well and liked him well, however, he never considered him a Baul Guru in the lineage of Baul Guru's he considered him a great poet.

Bhava (Bhaba) Pagla beside Purna Das Baul, he often stayed at Babu Kishan house and never claimed to be a Baul, he was a poet and a regular BABA not a Baul, he followed Baul, who Babu Kishan composed music for.

<<Previous

Forward>>

Babu Kishan
Blog

Pandit Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das's
unique, personal stories, past and present of 40 years in Indian Cinema (Bollywood) and a lifetime in Indian Music in India and around the world with all the Greats of Indian Music and Greats outside of India.

"Spotlight on Babu Kishan" aka Krishnendu Das coming soon to Youtube.

These are not just fan photo's, these are stories and people who Babu Kishan worked with and had personal relationships with over long periods of time in India and outside of Indian since the 1970's because Babu has been traveling the world from India since the 1971.. Before the internet, before Indian's were even coming to America. Babu Kishan has already been there done that ambassador of Indian Culture.

It was difficult back then, which today is so easy to do.

Babu Kishan is one of the very few pioneers of Indian Music who went outside of India. He is a leader in the recording and producing, of Indian music in India. He had a hand in all the Major Music Companies in Bombay India and was there from the beginning.

He is the first to create fusion music and World Music in India playing with Bob Dylan 40 concerts around the USA, jamming The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Beach Boys and many more.

His Bollywood Music Guru was RD Burman whom he was an assistant to for 14 years.

He speaks and has recorded in an unlimited amount of Indian Languages, and is a Sanskritist (oral and classical) at the highest Levels.

He is the first to record the Hanuman Chalisa and to help create many of India's top Music Companies in Mumbai. He categorized all of India's Folk music for the Record Companies in Mumbai. He is a Folk Music Expert.

Today anybody can have a picture with a famous person but to actually have friendships and have worked in Indian Cinema at the beginning of the stories is way different. He was one of the original people who actually created Bollywood & the name Bollywood in Bombay.

Babu Kishan is a behind the scenes of Indian Cinema and Indian a Music Legend.
___
Babu Kishan has been a:
Cultural Representative of India for 40 years,
traveling worldwide as a representative of 'India'.
With the
Sangeet Natak Akademi
"Indian National Academy of Music Dance and Drama"
&
ICCR "Indian Council of Cultural Relations"
_

New Book on Babu Kishan's life coming soon!

Master of Indian Music
Pandit
Indian Music
Indian Folk
Indian Cinema
Bollywood
Music Director
Music Composer
Music Producer
Fusion

Multi-Instrumental playing 15 or more instruments.

Released over 1000 albums

Produced over 60 albums

'150 Musical Scores for Indian Cinema'

Master of
Indian Classical,
Baul, Bhajan, Kirtan, chant Master
Baul Kirtan
East West
Fusion

An Award winning Music Composer and Film maker.

As an 11 year old he was awarded, "The youngest Music and Film Director in Bengal" in 1978 in the 1980's he was highly awarded as a Music Composer in Bengal. He went on to receive a 2007 award for his contribution to Bollywood, A lifetime Achievement
Award from Bollywood Buddy.

Babu then known as Krishnendu Das composed all of his famous fathers music and those albums were the most successful of Purna Das Bauls career.

RSS Feed

Babu Kishan​Blog

Archive

Babu Kishan
Blog