The Guru-shishya Parampara: Kanhaiyalal Mishra and his Students

Kanhaiyalal Mishra is the senior disciple of the illustrious Pandit Hanuman Prasad Mishra of Banaras (Varanasi). He is one of the most prominent living sarangi players of Banaras. This film shows him teaching sarangi to his students and talking about the teaching process. It juxtaposes discussion of his disciplinarian approach to teaching (probably with considerable exaggeration) with one student's unreserved expressions of devotion and gratitude towards Kanhaiyalal. Riyaz (practice) is a focal point of discourse; both its necessity and the obstacles to actually doing it are discussed. A film by Nicolas Magriel 2012 Growing into Music. Funded by AHRC - Beyond Text