Raga Mohanam/Bhoopali - Drut gat in Teentaal

Murali Prasādam (Raga Mohanam / Bhoopali) is a collaborative studio album featuring Carnatic vocalist M. Balamuralikrishna and Hindustani flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia. Navras Records released the album on CD in May 1995. The recording showcases a jugalbandi-style fusion of Carnatic and Hindustani classical traditions, centered on the shared raga structure of Mohanam (Carnatic) and Bhoopali (Hindustani).

The album includes four tracks, with the fourth track titled Raga Mohanam/Bhoopali – Drut gat in Teentaal. This composition spans 15 minutes and 27 seconds and exemplifies an improvised drut gat (fast-paced section) set to the 16-beat teentaal rhythmic cycle. The performance integrates Balamuralikrishna’s vocal phrasing with Chaurasia’s flute elaborations, emphasizing the raga’s pentatonic scale and symmetrical melodic contours. The track omits lyrical content, focusing on instrumental and vocal interplay.

Production details beyond the label, release date, and format remain undocumented in available sources. The album’s reception and commercial performance are not recorded in public archives. Navras Records, the issuing label, specialized in Indian classical and fusion recordings during the 1990s but released limited catalog metadata for this specific title.