Page 10 - SOUND ... MUSIC II- MODULE

He really liked the sound of the shehnai played by Bismillah Khan and that is why he named his
movie as Gunj Uthi Shehnai.

The film was a hit, and one of Bismillah Khan‘s compositions, ―Dil ka khilona hai toot gaya ...,‖
turned out to be a nationwide chartbuster!

chartbuster: record breaker

There was a song in movie Gunj Uthi Shehnai named “Dil ka khilona hai toot gaya….”. It was
composed by Ustaad Bismillah Khan and became a chartbuster, it broke all records.

Despite this huge success in the celluloid world, Bismillah Khan‘s ventures in film music were
limited to two: Vijay Bhatt‘s Gunj Uthi Shehnai and Vikram Srinivas‘s Kannada venture,
Sanadhi Apanna.

celluloid: old fashioned way of referring to films
venture: project that often involves risk, something which has a lot of risk

Although this song was a chartbuster, Bismillah Khan got a lot of success in this film, but he
composed music for only two films. The names of the movies were - Gunj Uthi Shehnai made
by Vijay Bhatt and a Kannada Movie made by Vikram Srinivas called „Sanadhi Apanna‟.

―I just can‘t come to terms with the artificiality and glamour of the film world,‖ he says with
emphasis

emphasis: to lay stress on something

Ustaad Bismillah khan would say that he did not like the artificial world of films and the glamour
that was there in the film world. That was why he did not compose music for many movies.

Awards and recognition came thick and fast.

thick and fast: he got a lot of awards and was recognized at many places

Bismillah Khan got a lot of recognition and was honoured with awards.

Bismillah Khan became the first Indian to be invited to perform at the prestigious Lincoln Centre
Hall in the United States of America. He also took part in the World Exposition in Montreal, in
the Cannes Art Festival and in the Osaka Trade Fair.

Bismillah Khan ji performed all over the world. He performed in United States of America at the
Lincoln Centre Hall, he performed in Montreal, Australia in the World Exposition, he performed
at the Cannes Art Festival and he also performed in Japan at the Osaka Trade Fair.