Surbahar came under the male bastion but Ut Allauddin Khan decided to train his daughter in his trademark been ang. “The surbahar was so big that she had to sit on a stool and play,” says Vyas in the film. He says that his experience of his film on Begum Akhtar, where the protagonist wasn’t alive, came in handy after Devi passed away. “When baba taught us a raga, he’d tell us to meditate on it, to let our mind and heart absorb it. Don’t let distractions draw you away while playing the raga,” says Devi talking with much difficulty due to her paralysis.

Source: Indian Express October 11, 2019 00:45 UTC