Hirabai Barodekar | Durga | सखी मोरी रुम झुम | sakhii morii rumjhum | 1923

From Magriel & Perron:
सखी मोरी रूम झुम
बादल गरजे बरसे
रैन अंधेरी काली बिजली चमके
कैसे जाऊं मैं पिया पास
बादल गरजे बरसे

From elsewhere:
सखी मोरी रुम झुम
बादल गरजे बरसे ।
रैन अन्धेरी काली, बिजली चमके
कैसे जाऊं मैं जल भरन
बादल गरजे बरसे ॥

See a 1932 rendition by Naryanrao Vyas:    • Narayanrao Vyas | Durga | सखी मोरी रुम झुम...  

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Mrs. Hirabai Barodkar – सखी मोरी रुमझुम / लागीरे मोरी
His Master's Voice – P. 6209
Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Released: 1927
This is from her HMV Black Label Records: P series that she recorded between1923-26
Manufactured By – The Gramophone Co., Ltd., Calcutta

A. सखी मोरी रुमझुम - दुर्गा | Sakhi Mori Rumjhum - Durga
B. लागीरे मोरी - कामोद​ | Lagire Mori - Kamod

Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): G.C.-13-13891
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): G.C.-13-13892
Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched): 13-13891 BD 1012
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched): 13-13892 BD 1013

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To mark the death anniversary of Hirabai Barodekar (May 29, 1905 – November 20, 1989).

Hirabai Barodekar was born in Baroda village near Miraj, the daughter of Abdul Karim Khan and Tarabai Mane. As a child she listened to her brother Abdul Rahman’s lessons and practised privately.

After Tarabai separated from Abdul Karim Khan, she invited Abdul Wahid Khan to teach the children and renamed them: Sureshbabu Mane (Abdul Rahman), Hirabai Barodekar (Champakali/Champutai), Kamlabai Barodekar (Gulab), Saraswati Mane [Rane] (Sakina/Chotutai) and Krishnarao Mane (Abdul Hamid/Papa). Hirabai also trained with Sureshbabu Mane, Ramkrishnabuwa Vaze and Govindrao Tembe.

Her first public appearance was in 1921 at the annual gathering of the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Mumbai. She cut her first 78 rpm record in February 1923 (P 5687, Pilu and Khamaj). Two more discs followed in the same session under the name Miss Hirabai, and between 1923 and 1926 she recorded over 20 songs on HMV’s black-label P-series.

After her marriage to Manikchand Gandhi in 1924, the records appeared as Mrs Hirabai Barodekar. Two songs from the Marathi drama Patwardhan were recorded in 1926; no further discs appeared for about a decade.

During 1929–33 she sang and acted in productions staged by her company Nutan Sangeet Natak Mandali. She later appeared in Suvarna Mandir (1934), Pratibha (1937), Sant Janabai (1938), Municipality (1941) and Lalat (1947). Film material is largely lost; few gramophone extracts survive. The well-known 'akelii mat jaiyo jamunaa ke tiir' is from Lalat.

Her repertoire covered khayal, thumri, bhajan, bhavgeet and natyageet. She performed widely and gave ticketed concerts from an early stage. Among her students were Manik Verma, Prabha Atre, Malati Pande, Janaki Iyer, Sita Mavinkurve, Suvarna Chandrashekharan, Shaila Pandit and Pratibha Paranjpe.

Hirabai Barodekar died on November 20, 1989.

Since 1992 the Sureshbabu–Hirabai Smruti Sangeet Samaroh has been organised annually in Mumbai.



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