The Seventh Seal: Ustad Shujaat Khan

The Seventh Seal: Ustad Shujaat Khan

1 December 2018

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© Thinkworks Pvt Ltd – Shujaat Khan is the seventh generation of sitarists from the Imdad Khan Gharana of music. His father is the legendary Bilayat Khan. While Shujaat Khan is widely deemed as the best sitar player of his generation, his legacy is both a blessing and a curse, as he has struggled to find an identity separate from the generations that went before him. This is a sublime story of finding one’s voice through music, an intimate relationship with the sitar that blossoms into a relationship with the self. If music is the language of divinity, what is the price to pay for being a purveyor of that language?