78 rpm Records of Indian Music: Bashir Quaval of Poona

Unless I miss my guess, this still from the 1936 Hindi film Miss Frontier Mail (featuring Fearless Nadia!) is of Bashir Quaval playing harmonium and singing. He is featured on some songs in the movie, and the voice certainly sounds similar to these two naat-s. See the clip here.

Since much of India’s early film industry was based in Pune, the geographical suffix makes sense.

Madine ke raajaa madine

Pyaari pyaari suratwale

Hi Warren,
This may not be a good place to ask but I do not have your email address. I wonder if you can play Indian classic music for our Silk Road Concert at Yenching Institute/Harvard, possibly Dec 15 Sun. Richard recommended you for our concert. Please let me know.

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