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  Exclusive: Purbayan Chatterjee shares his experience of training Farhan Akhtar for The Beatles

  Entertainment | May 30, 2026 23:16 IST

  Sitar virtuoso Purbayan Chatterjee, who trained Farhan Akhtar to play the sitar for his upcoming film The Beatles, spoke exclusively to India TV about the experience.

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  Musician Shubhendra Rao accuses airline of breaking his sitar

  November 02, 2019 13:16 IST

  Celebrated Indian classical musician Shubhendra Rao on Friday night took to social media and accused Air India of breaking his sitar.

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  Bollywood is killing Hindustani culture, says sitar player Imrat Khan

  Bollywood | October 07, 2012 10:52 IST

  New Delhi, Oct  7:    Leading sitar exponent Imrat Khan of the Etawah gharana, who is one of the few surviving players of surbahar, a variation of veena, says that India should put clamps on "sleazy

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  Big B To Take Up Sitar, Sarod Lessons

  Bollywood | March 21, 2012 16:18 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 21: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is planning to learn to play the musical instruments sitar and sarod.The 69-year-old actor, who is recovering at home from his abdominal surgery which happened last month, is