Gowri Shanker Journalist: February 2017

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

GYAN BAGH PALACE--HYDERABAD

C R Gowri Shanker

February 21, 2017

165-year-old palace was one of the most expensive mansions of that era frequented by royals.

Gyan Bagh Palace

Hyderabad: The 165-year-old Gyan Bagh Palace, also known as Dhanraj Gir Palace, situated in the heart of Hyderabad, is being renovated.

Built in the European style, the palace was one of the most expensive mansions of that era and frequented by royalty.

It was featured in the 1975 super-hit Telugu film Mutyala Muggu when the heroine Sangeetha decorates the courtyard of the palace with a muggu (rangoli) as the popular song Mutyamanta Pasupu Mukhamentho Chaya plays on.

Rajkumari Indira Devi Dhanrajgiriji and her nephew Tejvan Gir Dhanrajgir (Tarun Dhanrajgir) told Deccan Chronicle that the renovation will be done in phases and the work has just started. The family is paying for the facelift, and refused to reveal how much it costs them.

Theirs was the second richest family in the south after the Nizam's family and they were once called the Rockefellers of Hyderabad.

C R Gowri Shanker, the author with Rajkumari Indira Dhanraj Giriji at the Gyan Bagh Palace.

Pics courtesy: Rajkumari Indira Devi Dhanraj Giriji.

Magnificient view of Gyan Bagh palace

C R Gowri Shanker with Rajkumari Indira Devi Dhanraj Giriji at the Gyan Bagh Palace

A view of the imposing palace

Collection of rare photographs of family and friends

Painting of Rajkumari Indira Devi Dhanrajgiriji

Mahakavi Seshendra with wife Rajkumari Indira Devi

Portrait of Raja Saheb Dhanrajgirji Bahadur wearing a Jamewar Sherwani

Nizam VI Mir Mahaboob Ali Khan (1869-1911)

Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan (1911-1948)

Maharaja Sir Kishan Pershad, Prime Minister of Hyderabad State

Rajkumari in the drawing room

Mahakavi Seshendra

Beautiful Mirror

Eyecatching Chandelier

Mutyala Muggu, a 1975 super hit national award winning Telugu-language drama adaptation of Uttara Ramayana from the writer-director duo of Ramana and Bapu was shot mostly in Gyan Bagh Palace Hyderabad.
The film stars Sangeeta, Sreedhar, Kanta Rao, Rao Gopal Rao, Mukkamala, Allu Ramalingaiah and Nutam Prasad.
Mutyala Mugga film has garnered two National Film Awards. The film was blockbuster. Rao Gopal Rao received widespread acclaim for his role. The film was remade in Hindi as Jeevan Jyoti 1976.
The movie was shot in the Gyan Bagh Palace in Hyderabad and on the Pulidindi Canal. Pulidindi is located in Atreyapuram Mandal of Amalapuram in Konaseema district, Andhra Pradesh State.

Film release: 1975
Director: Bapu
Writer Mullapudi Venkata Ramana-Bapu

Star cast:
Sangeeta as Lakshmi, Sreedhar's wife
Sreedhar as Sreedhar, Raja's son
Kanta Rao as Raja Rama Dasu
Rao Gopal Rao as Contractor
Allu Ramalingaiah as Joginadham
Mukkamala as Raja's brother-in-law
Sakshi Ranga Rao
Nutan Prasad as Kishtayya
Jayamalini as Kistayya's wife
Suryakantam as Contractor's wife
Pisupati Venkteswara Rao as temple Pujari
Mada
Arja Janardhana Rao as Hanuma

Awards: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
Cinematography: Ishan Arya, Baba Azmi
Music director: Sajjad Hussain, K V Mahadevan
Production: Sri Rama Chitra

Comments:

Greetings!
Please do not mention incorrect information about individuals while writing about heritage buildings of Hyderabad.
I , G.Saatyaki , S/o Seshendra Sharma , here by clarify that my father was not married to Kumari.Indira Dhanrajgir ( This is how her name appears in Makhdoom Mohiuddeen's books ) . It was a nasty affair / relation , opposed by her father and brothers right from the 1st day. She was married to SriKishen Seth , Nephew of
Maharaja Kishen Pershad ( Nizam's... More
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IDIndira Devi Dhanrajgiri25 Dec 2017 7:00 PMFollow
Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma:

Rubbish and Untruth will Sue Satyaki for Defamation.

Indira Devi Dhanraj Giri Ji
Wife of Seshendra Sharma
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Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma22 Mar 2017 9:04 AMFollow
This is the image of Srikishen Seth , Ms.Indira Dhanrajgir's Husband .
He was Maharaja Kishen Pershad's Nephew , the then Prime Minister of
Nizam.

Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma
http://seshendrasharma.weebly.com
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Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma18 Apr 2017 10:06 AMFollow
There is a limit to false reporting of facts too. It is clear from these images
that only that part of the building in which she lives is whitewashed from outside.
The inside images make it clear that "renovation" is no where in the picture or in near future.
The heir apparent , her younger brother , Mahendra Pratap Gir , is the person who should make it public
whether any such "renovation"is going to be taken up. These pictures show clearly
that the... More
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Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma15 May 2017 3:38 PMFollow
One day when swarms of lamps vanish, in the light of a lonely lamp I ask the dumb pillars

“Can’t you liberate me from the disgust of this existence?

I ask those stand still forest flame trees

Which blossom flowers at that very place year after year” can’t you rescue me?

I ask those high roof tops and this Venetian furniture

Which every one feels are greater than me,

“can’t you rescue me from the disgust of this existence?”

All... More
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Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma22 Sep 2017 4:45 PMFollow
Indira Dhanrajgir was the favourite Zarda Pan of Makhdoom Hohiuddeen ( Famous Poet ) Shiv. K. Lal ( IPS) for 3 decades . they are her prime time and the best beneficiaries.
Shrikishen Seth is her worst victim. and my father's is much worse a... More
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IDIndira Devi Dhanrajgiri25 Dec 2017 6:33 PMFollow
Rubbish and Untruth will Sue Satyaki for Defamation.

Indira Devi Dhanraj Giri Ji
Wife of Seshendra Sharma
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Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma25 Jan 2018 3:46 PMFollow
My Dear Journalist Friends of Deccan Chronicle! Hearty Greetings
This is a Spam account and its holder is one of the domesticated canines of Ms. Indira Dhanrajgir.
a) Ms. Indira Dhanrajgir is 92 years old and confined strictly to wheel chair and bed. The distance between her and her grave is less than 2 steps. She is 100 percent Computer Illiterate and Internet Illiterate. One of the domesticated canines living off her crumbs has been creating these spam accounts, posting false info and... More
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Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma12 Jun 2018 11:00 AMFollow
SESHENDRA SHARMA’S COPYRIGHTS :
JUDGEMENT IN FAVOUR OF HIS SON SAATYAKI

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After 11 long years our Judiciary has unraveled the crime story behind the veil of copyrights.
In my interview ( by Prof.Satyanarayana , Present V.C , Telugu University ) I said the document produced by that lady is a Palace Intrigue and it is vindicated conclusively by the Forensic Analysis and the court. This... More
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Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma22 Jun 2018 9:53 AMFollow
In this interview to Aadab Hyderabad , Telugu Daily News Paper date 18th June 2018
I have elaborated at length on the court judgment in father's copyrights case , which gave permanent injunction in my favor and criminal act / submission of... More
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Saatyaki S/o Seshendra Sharma23 Mar 2019 10:16 AMFollow
Makhdoom Mohiuddin is Quli Qutub Shah of 20th century. Quli laid the foundation of ghazal. It is a historical fact that in the hands of Makhdoom gazal attained amazing heights and its crowing glory. Bhagmathi (Lady Love) inspired and enticed Quli into love ghazal. Similarly, there was lady love in Makhdoom’s life and literature also. Ms.Indira Dhanrajgir is life-force of Makhdoom’s love ghazals. All his love ghazals are addressed to her. Ms.Indira is Bhagmathi of Maqdoom’s life and 20th century urdu gazal. Indira Ji’s name appears conspicuously in several pages in his Magnum Opus ‘Bisat-e-Raqs”. Without an elaborate discussion on this vital aspect any account of Makhdoom’s life or poetry is shallow and meaningless. All the researchers and critics should work on this component of Makhdoom’s literature. saatyaki saatyaki@gmail.com http://seshendrasharma.weebly.com
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