Raga Patdeep

Ru‐Ba‐Ru: A Unique Confluence Of Sarangi & Mandolin is a collaborative studio album by Indian classical musicians Ustad Sultan Khan and U. Srinivas. The album released on December 1, 2007 under the Music Today label in digital media format.

The album showcases a fusion of the sarangi, performed by Sultan Khan, and the mandolin, performed by Srinivas. The second track, titled Raga Patdeep, spans 20 minutes and 28 seconds. The composition exemplifies the artists’ improvisational interplay within the framework of the Patdeep raga, a melodic structure associated with late evening performances in Hindustani classical tradition.

Sultan Khan, a prominent exponent of the Indore gharana, contributed his mastery of the sarangi, a bowed string instrument central to North Indian classical music. Srinivas, renowned for adapting the mandolin to Carnatic music, integrated South Indian classical techniques into the collaboration. The album’s title, Ru‐Ba‐Ru, reflects the Hindi phrase for ‘face-to-face,’ emphasizing the live, interactive nature of the recording.

No additional details about the production team, recording location, or other contributing artists are publicly documented. The album remains a noted example of cross-gharana collaboration between Hindustani and Carnatic traditions in the late 2000s.