Comment on Moumita by Pt. Jasraj

[sumitnag]

Jasraj-ji's sister-in-law (boudi) is a Bengalee lady Kankana Banerjee., who herself is a fairly good classical vocalist.

[kidcaper007]

Did not know Jasraj-ji could speak Bengali. Nice.

[omsatya]

@kidcaper007 He knows practically every language spoken in India! He gave me an example of Marathi, Gujrati, Bengali, Kannada, Sanskrit, Hindi, and many more!!!

[chiniwillly]

I need a translation.

[jerkosome]

tht makes me feel real good... :)

[purplepenguin25]

BENGALI PRIDE!!! : )

[taposhi]

Oh thank you for answering my question.=)

[taposhi]

Jasraj is bangali?

[shailendrakmishra]

He is not bengali but looks like he can speak the language very well. After all Calcutta for musicians is a special place, so I am not surprised that he can speak bengali so well. He must have lived there for some time and performed in the city countless no. of times.

[jhamelaa]

You are right. Many other famous musicians speak good Bengali! I have heard many musicians from classical space as well as from Mumbai film industry; Rajan/Sajan Mishra to Udit Narayan -- most of them speak quite good Bangali. The other point to remember is that both Hindi and Bengali came from Sanskrit; hence, there are many similarities in these languages.

[omsatya]

@taposhi No, I dont think so, the mewati gharana are mainly from rajasthan. He speaks many languages (:

[TheVitalstatistix]

@omsatya And he is married to the iconic filmmaker the late V Shantaram's daughter, Madhuraji, who hails from Maharashtra! And his daughter-in-law is a Chitrapur Saraswat, whose mother tongue Konkani is as melodious as the song of Ma Saraswati