Sitar Samrat Nikhil Banerjee: Raga Piloo: Live : Copenhagen Denmark: 1982

Deeply respected and loved Shri Nikhil Banerjee has played the Raga Piloo at various times. In 1983 a formal recording with Anindo Chatterjee. in 1975 an LP with Anindo Chatterjee In 1978 in Stockholm with Anindo Chatterjee ESP 165504 LP. Raga Piloo 1983 in October 1985 Live in San Francisco with Zakir Hussain. In this wonderful gift of the Raga Piloo, the name of the Tabla player is withheld until confirmed. Piloo is normally used for light classical compositions like thumri, dadra, kajri, chaiti, holi etc. Nikhil l Banerjee has elevated the Piloo to a full scale Raga presentation. A few popular melodies in Piloo: Ab ke baras bhej bhaiya ko babul by Asha Bhosle from Bandini(1963), lyrics Shailendra, music SD Burman Dheere se aa ja ri ankhiyan mein by Lata Mangeshkar (solo) and Lata and Chitalkar (duet) from Albela (1951), lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music C Ramachandra