But it was Kathak, that most graceful Indian classical dance form, which became his calling in life.
He was the consummate artiste, a poet, writing under the pen-name 'Brijshyam', a vocalist who had mastered thumri and other forms too, and also an instrumentalist. The legendary dancer, a guru in the traditional sense who not just took Kathak to the world but also passed on his craft to generations of students, would have been 84 on February 4. We think it was cardiac arrest as he was also a heart patient… He was laughing and smiling in his last moments," said his granddaughter Ragini recalling the last moments of a life dedicated to dance. “He had his dinner and we were playing ‘antakshari’ because he loved old music… suddenly his breathing became uneven. He grew up with the ghungroo, tabla and harmonium striking rhythms of harmony and as took his last breath in the early hours of Monday his home was quite fittingly alive with the sound of music – this time old songs he so loved.
New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) He romanced Kathak like few others ever did, his mastery over the classical dance form writing him into lasting fame as one of India’s greatest performing artistes.īirju Maharaj lived as he died.
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