Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships

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field of music Ashwini Bhide Deshpande, Ustad Iq- bal Ahmed Khan and Nath Narelkar for Hindustani vo- cal; Pandit Nayan Ghosh (ta- bla) and Ronu Majumdar (flute) for Hindustani instru- mental music; Neyveli San- thanagopalan for Carnatic vocal; T.A. Kaliyamurthy (Thavil), Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam) and Dwaram Durga Prasad Rao (violin) for Car- natic instrumental music — have bagged awards. NEW DELHI: Musicologist S.R. Janakiraman, film-maker M.S. Sathyu, classical singer Vijay Kichlu and musician Tulsidas Borkar have been chosen for the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi fel- lowships for the year 2014. Akademi ratnas, or fellow- ships, and awards for 2014 were decided by the General Council of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, also known as the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, at its meeting here on Wednesday. The fellowship of the Aka- demi is considered a rare honour and restricted to a small group at a given time. At present, there are 40 fellows. The General Council also selected 36 artists from the fields of music, dance, theatre and puppetry for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Aka- demi Puraskar) for the year 2014. Nine eminent artists in the In the field of dance, Adayar Janardanan (Bharata- natyam), Uma Dogra (Kath- ak), Amusana Devi (Manipuri), Vedantam Rad- hesyam (Kuchipudi), Sudha- kar Sahoo (Odissi), Anita Sharma (Sattriya), Jagru Mahto (Chhau), Navtej Singh Johar (contemporary dance) and Varanasi Vishnu Nam- boothiri (music for Kathaka- li) have been selected. The eight theatre persons chosen for awards were: As- gar Wajahat, Surya Mohan Kulshreshtha, Chidambar Rao Jambe, Debshankar Hal- dar, Ramdas Kamath, Amod Bhatt, Manjunath Bhagwat Hostota and Amardas Manikpuri. For their contribution to traditional/folk/tribal mu- sic/ dance/theatre and puppetry, eight artistes have been selected. They are: Pu- ran Shah Koti, K. Kesavasa- my, Kalamandalam Ram Mohan, Reba Kanta Mohan- ta, Abdul Rashid Hafiz, K. Shanathoiba Sharma, Ram- dayal Sharma and Thanga Darlong. Director, playwright and writer Akshara K.V. and mu- sician Indudhar Nirody will receive awards for Overall Contribution/Scholarship to Performing Arts. The honour of Akademi fellow carries a purse of Rs. 3,00,000, and Akademi awards Rs.1,00,000. — PTI (From left) Musician Tulsidas Borkar, musicologist S.R. Janakiraman and film-maker M.S. Sathyu. Musicians, film-maker chosen for Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships

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  • eld of music AshwiniBhide Deshpande, Ustad Iq-bal Ahmed Khan and NathNarelkar for Hindustani vo-cal; Pandit Nayan Ghosh (ta-bla) and Ronu Majumdar(ute) for Hindustani instru-mental music; Neyveli San-thanagopalan for Carnaticvocal; T.A. Kaliyamurthy(Thavil), Sukanya Ramgopal(Ghatam) and Dwaram DurgaPrasad Rao (violin) for Car-natic instrumental music have bagged awards.

    NEW DELHI: Musicologist S.R.Janakiraman, lm-makerM.S. Sathyu, classical singerVijay Kichlu and musicianTulsidas Borkar have beenchosen for the prestigiousSangeet Natak Akademi fel-lowships for the year 2014.

    Akademi ratnas, or fellow-ships, and awards for 2014were decided by the GeneralCouncil of the Sangeet NatakAkademi, also known as theNational Academy of Music,Dance and Drama, at itsmeeting here on Wednesday.

    The fellowship of the Aka-demi is considered a rarehonour and restricted to asmall group at a given time. Atpresent, there are 40 fellows.

    The General Council alsoselected 36 artists from theelds of music, dance, theatreand puppetry for the SangeetNatak Akademi Awards (Aka-demi Puraskar) for the year2014.

    Nine eminent artists in the

    In the eld of dance,Adayar Janardanan (Bharata-natyam), Uma Dogra (Kath-ak), Amusana Devi(Manipuri), Vedantam Rad-hesyam (Kuchipudi), Sudha-kar Sahoo (Odissi), AnitaSharma (Sattriya), JagruMahto (Chhau), Navtej SinghJohar (contemporary dance)and Varanasi Vishnu Nam-boothiri (music for Kathaka-li) have been selected.

    The eight theatre personschosen for awards were: As-

    gar Wajahat, Surya MohanKulshreshtha, ChidambarRao Jambe, Debshankar Hal-dar, Ramdas Kamath, AmodBhatt, Manjunath BhagwatHostota and AmardasManikpuri.

    For their contribution totraditional/folk/tribal mu-sic/ dance/theatre andpuppetry, eight artistes havebeen selected. They are: Pu-ran Shah Koti, K. Kesavasa-my, Kalamandalam RamMohan, Reba Kanta Mohan-ta, Abdul Rashid Haz, K.Shanathoiba Sharma, Ram-dayal Sharma and ThangaDarlong.

    Director, playwright andwriter Akshara K.V. and mu-sician Indudhar Nirody willreceive awards for OverallContribution/Scholarship toPerforming Arts. The honourof Akademi fellow carries apurse of Rs. 3,00,000, andAkademi awards Rs.1,00,000. PTI

    (From left) Musician Tulsidas Borkar, musicologistS.R. Janakiraman and lm-maker M.S. Sathyu.

    Musicians, lm-maker chosen forSangeet Natak Akademi fellowships