Junior Dagar Brothers

The Junior Dagar Brothers were Nasir Zahiruddin (1933–1994) and Nasir Faiyazuddin (1934–1989), a pair of Indian singers of the classical dhrupad genre. They were the 19th generation of an unbroken chain of the Dagar vani Dhrupad tradition. Their father, vocalist Nasiruddin Khan, died in 1936, and consequently they learned dhrupad from their elder brothers, the Senior Dagar Brothers, Nasir Moinuddin Dagar and Nasir Aminuddin Dagar.

The brothers were born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Their musical career unfolded in Delhi. After the untimely demise of Nasir Moinuddin Dagar in Calcutta in 1967 they became the only pair carrying on the jugalbandi singing. The Dagar Brothers took Dhrupad to Europe, America and Japan. In India they formed the Dhrupad Society to popularise Dhrupad, inviting exponents from all gharanas to share their platform. They also trained many students, including Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar, the son of Nasir Faiyazuddin Dagar.

In May 2023, Wasifuddin Dagar claimed that the song "Veera Raja Veera" Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023) with music by A.R. Rehman had been adapted from a 1978 Dhrupad composition by the Junior Dagar Brothers without attribution.[1] The Supreme Court in its judgment in February 2026 gave the direction to add the following line in the song credits: “Composition inspired from the Dagarwani tradition Dhrupad, first recorded as Shiv Stuti by late Ustad Nasir Faiyazuddin Dagar and Ustad Nasir Zahiruddin Dagar, popularly known as Junior Dagar brothers."[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Nair, Malini (7 June 2023). "'I'm a small man but my music is huge': Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ Bawa, Anmol Kaur (20 February 2026). "AR Rahman Agrees In Supreme Court To Acknowledge Dagar Brothers' 'Shiv Stuti' Performance In 'Veera Raja' Song". Live Law. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  3. ^ Kumar, Ritika (20 February 2026). "AR Rahman agrees to credit Junior Dagar brothers in Veera Raja Veera song after SC intervention in copyright case". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
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