Gurugram (Haryana) [India], December 13 (ANI): Renowned Sarod player Ayaan Ali Bangash put up a beautiful show, playing several ragas at the Crest Club in Gurugram on Sunday.

New Delhi Sep 18 PTI Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is widely credited with putting the sarod on the world map but the musician amongst Indias best known says his first love is the tabla and not the stringed instrumentKhan in an interview to Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Sansad TV said he was so drawn to the tabla as a child that his worried father hid the musical instrument from him for a few monthsThe tabla is my first love As a child I was drawn towards the tabla that my father got so worried that it was hidden from me for a few months But the tabla is very important for every musician to understand the rhythm the lay I encourage many young tabla players also they were unknown but talented people he revealedAsked about what made him choose music as his field the sarod exponent said every human being is born with sound and rhythm some realise and some dont realiseThere is the world of sound and the world of language Naturally people are more busy with the world of language I could not understand the world of language So thank god I live in the world of sound because through sound I cannot manipulate If I am out of tune youll get to know it is so transparent he explainedBorn to sarod maestro Haafiz Ali Khan he is the sixth generation in the legendary line of the Senia Bangash School and has performed internationally since the 1960sCalling himself very fortunate for being born into a family of musicians the 75-year old said he salutes all the big names -- including Pandit Ravishankar Ustad Alla Rakha Ustad Allauddin Khan Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Pandit Kumar Gandhrava -- for doing it on their own without parents who were musicians They all made such a difference What a contribution And their parents were not musicians so I salute them My respect to them It is an advantage that you are born in a family of musicians he addedThat said he also argued that not every person who is born in the family of musicians achieve everything and get what they wantKhans two sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash like their father are sarod players and represent the seventh generation of the musical lineageAnd the eighth generation from the looks of it is already on its way to follow the footsteps of their ancestorsOn my 75th birthday my grand-children gave me a surprise a musical tribute Ayaan has two boys -- nine years old They played Rag Tilak Kamod It is on YouTube Since they are not going to school due to the pandemic they are practising music for two hours a day now So they are into music they are enjoying playing music said the visibly happy KhanFor the unversed Khans family is also credited for inventing sarod by adapting it from the Afghan rababThere is a reason for invention The rabab was not expressive sarod was more expressive Just like sitar the ancient instrument in our country is veena but sitar became more expressive he saidThe newly launched Sansad TV a news channel combining the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha TV has a host of chat shows on its list being hosted by politicians senior government officials and experts including Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Karan Singh Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and Shiv Senas Priyanka Chaturvedi PTI MG MAH MAH MAH