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Ek Tara is a 2015 Indian musical drama Marathi-language language film directed by Avadhoot Gupte. The film released on 30 Jan 2015. It stars Santosh Juvekar and Tejaswini Pandit in lead. It is Santosh Juvekar's third film with Avadhoot Gupte after Zenda and Morya.
Cast
Santosh Juvekar as Dyaneshwar Lokhande "Mauli"
Tejaswini Pandit as Urja
Urmila Nibalkar as Chatura
Sagar Karande as Vithu
Amol Gupte as Chhota Shaukat
Mangesh Desai as Sadaba
Abhedya Gupte as Omkar Lokhande, child artist
Raiees Lashkaria as Urja’s Boss
Sunil Tawade as Amar Thite, sarpanch
Chaitanya Chandratre as Amogh
Santosh Mayekar as Padmbhushan Gattamvar
Maadhav Deochake
Soundtrack
The lyrics for the film are penned by Guru Thakur, Avadhoot Gupte with music composed by Avadhoot Gupte.
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Reception
The film has received positive reviews. Times of India's Mihir Bhanage gave film 3 stars saying, " the film is good to watch and can be put on your weekend watch list.".
References
External links
Ek Tara at IMDb- Source: Ektara
The ektara (Bengali: একতারা, Hindi: एकतारा, Urdu: اِک تارا, Nepali: एकतारे, Punjabi: ਇਕ ਤਾਰਾ, Tamil: எக்டரா; literally 'one-string', also called actara, iktar, ektar, Sindhi: يڪتارو, yaktaro, gopichand, gopichant, golki Nepali: गोल्, gopijiantra, tun tuna) is a one-stringed musical instrument used in the traditional music of the Indian subcontinent, and used in modern-day music of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.
Two-stringed versions are called dotara (two strings), a name which also applies to other instruments.
In origin, the ektara was a regular string instrument of wandering bards and minstrels and is plucked with one finger. The ektara is a drone lute consisting of a gourd resonator covered with skin, through which a bamboo neck is inserted. Ektara is commonly played by folk singers, bauls, and Bengali fakirs (Muslim devotees). It is used in parts of India and Nepal today by Yogis and wandering holy men to accompany their singing and prayers. In Nepal, the instrument accompanies the singing of the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Performance
Grove Music Online describes the playing of an ektara as: "The ektārā player holds his instrument upright, gripping the neck just above the resonator and plucking the playing string or strings with the index finger of the same hand. If he is dancing, he supports the gourd resonator with his other hand, in which he carries clusters of small bells which sound as he beats his hand against the gourd." Pressing the two halves of the neck together loosens the string, thus lowering its pitch. The modulation of the tone with each slight flexing of the neck gives the ektara its distinctive sound. There are no markings or measurements to indicate what pressure will produce what note, so the pressure is adjusted by ear. The various sizes of ektara are soprano, tenor, and bass. The bass ektara, sometimes called a dotara often has two strings (as literally implied by do, 'two').
Use
The ektara is a common instrument in Baul music from Bengal. Some controversy has arisen in recent years over the adoption and alleged corruption of Baul music by popular bands and films in Bengal. It has become common to mix traditional instruments like the ektara with more modern sounds in an attempt to appeal to a wide audience, which according to Purna Das Baul is "destroying the true beauty" of Baul music.
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The ektara is commonly used in kirtan chanting, a Hindu devotional practice of singing the divine names and mantras in an ecstatic call and response format. The ektara is used by Sadhus (wandering holy men) for Sufi chantin, as well as by the Bauls of Bengal.
Gallery
See also
Music of Bengal
Tumbi, Punjabi musical instrument
Kendara
References
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