Guest guest Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 I was listening to Radio Krishna at www.utahkrishnas.com and was quite impressed by their collection of Bhajans, some very original ones too, but one program kind of upset me, because this contained some bhajans that used filmi tunes and filmi themes. This sort of musical style dilutes the very spirit of spiritual music. Spiritual music has always been different,so people get attracted to singers like Baiju Bawra and Tansen (who were both disciples of Haridas Thakur).However, people in Kaliyuga are trying to bring in filmi tunes, which really does not go well with the message of spiritual truths.In South India, the tradition of spiritual music has been maintained extremely well.I salute those performers. I personally feel Kirtan should not be diluted by using Filmi tunes. Kirtan has its own style.Use of Hindustani Classical style, or Carnatic Style is essentially vedic in nature, drawn from Samaveda. Filmi tunes are drawn from various diluted sources,and never spiritual. Haridas Thakur ( I visited His Lotus feet at His Samadhi in Nidhivan,Vrindavan, it is the only Samadhi of a saint located within Vrindavan's famous Rasa Lila grounds -called Nidhivan) is well known amongst the Vaishnavas as the saint who always saing praises of Lord Krishna,and was well versed in Samaveda. The austere spiritual presence of Krishna's Lotus Feet is there,and it is inspiring to be there). So for those who compose songs of Bhakti, this could be a good guideline, not to use filmi tunes.There is so much rich heritage to draw from, who do we succumb to filmi tunes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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