Possibly the most famous exponent of the esraj has been Pandit Ranadhir Ray, who died in 1988.Kalipada Ghoshal(1906-1995).
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Ravi Shankar (known then as Rabindra) played the Dilruba in the 1930s, as a member of the dance group of his older brother Uday Shankar.
In the album they had to explore many more acoustic instruments like Esraj, Silver Flute, Trumpet etc. as the album was enriched with vivid orchestration.
The drama commenced with pleasing music of orchestra and it was also accompanied by Indian musical instruments such as the esraj, the Sitar, the Sarangi, the Pakhvaj etc.