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Sangeet Natak Akademi announces Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the years 2019, 2020 & 2021.

 

128 artists selected for the Award

 

Ten eminent personalities in the field of performing arts also selected as Akademi Fellows

 

Posted On: 25 NOV 2022 6:21PM by PIB Delhi

The General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, New Delhi, at its meeting held from 6-8 November 2022 at New Delhi unanimously elected Ten (10) eminent personalities in the field of performing arts as Akademi Fellows. The Fellowship of the Akademi is a most prestigious and rare honour, which is restricted to 40 at any given time. With the election of ten (10) Fellows, there are presently (39) Fellows of Sangeet Natak Akademi.     

 

The General Council also selected one hundred and twenty-eight (128) artists from the field of Music, Dance, Theatre, Traditional/Folk/Tribal Music/Dance/Theatre, Puppetry and Overall contribution/scholarship in the Performing Arts for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the years 2019, 2020 & 2021. These one hundred and twenty eight (128) artists include three joint awards. 

 

The eminent artists cover the entire gamut of the performing arts such as vocal music, both Hindustani and Carnatic; instrumental music, both Hindustani and Carnatic including Flute, Sitar and Mridangam; Sugam Sangeet as well as Harikatha; the major forms of Indian dance such as Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Sattriya, Mohiniattam as well as Contemporary Dance; the different specializations of theatre such as playwriting, direction, acting, make-up, lighting, stage design; the other major traditions of theatre like Isai Natakam; the folk and tribal arts as well as the arts of puppetry and instrument making.

 

The honour of Akademi Fellow carries a purse money of Rs.3,00,000/- (Rupees three lakh) while the Akademi Award carries a purse money of Rs 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh), besides a Tamrapatra and Angavastram.

 

The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards will be conferred by the President of India in a special investiture ceremony.  

 

The following have been selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship by the General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi in its meeting held on 8 November 2022 at The Ashok, New Delhi:

 

1. Saroja Vaidyanathan

 

2. Sadanam Krishnan Kutty

 

3. Darshana Jhaveri

 

4. Chhannu Lal Mishra

 

5. A K C Natarajan

 

6. Swapan Chaudhuri

 

7. Malini Rajurkar

 

8. T. V. Gopalakrishnan

 

9. Teejan Bai

 

10. Bharat Gupt

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi New Delhi

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2019

 

 

Field of Activity: Music - 11

 

Vinayak Torvi Hindustani Vocal

Prem Kumar Mallick Hindustani Vocal

Chetan Kumar Joshi Hindustani Instrumental - Flute

Manju Nandan Mehta Hindustani Instrumental – Sitar

Charumathi Ramachandran Carnatic Vocal

Pala C.K. Ramachandran Carnatic Vocal

Mala Chandrasekhar Carnatic Instrumental – Flute

Trivandrum V Surendran Carnatic Instrumental – Mridangam

O. S. Arun Other Major Traditions of Music – Sugam

Sangeet

 

Sharma Bandhu Other Major Traditions of Music - Sugam Sangeet

(Gopal Sharma, Shukdev Sharma,

Kaushlendra Sharma and Reghvendra Sharma),

 

D. Uma Maheshwari Other Major Traditions of Music – Harikatha

 

 

Field Of Activity: Dance -09

 

Vasundhara Doraswamy Bharatanatyam

 

Raghav Raj Bhatt & Mangla Bhatt Kathak

 

Kottakkal Nandakumaran Nair Kathakali

 

Manju Barggavee Kuchipudi

 

Sutapa Talukdar Odissi

 

Ranjumoni Saikia Sattriya

 

Nirmala Paniker Mohiniattam

 

Mamta Shankar Contemporary Dance/Overall

 

Brajendra Kumar Pattnaik Chhau

 

 

 

 

Field of Activity: Theatre - 09

 

Hrishikesh Sulabh Playwriting

Bharti Sharma Direction

Kumar Sohoni Direction

Abinash Sarma Direction

Alok Chatterjee Acting

Pranjal Saikia Acting

N.K. Ramakrishna Allied Theatre Arts - Make-up

Souti Chakraborty Allied Theatre Arts  - Lighting

K.S. Krishanappa Other Major Traditions of Theatre - Isai Natakam

 

 

Field of Activity - Traditional / Folk / Tribal Dance / Music / Theatre and Puppetry - 10

 

Mamta Chandrakar Folk Music Chhattisgarh

Ram Lal Folk Music, Uttarakhand

Shankarbhai Hakabhai Dharjiya Folk Music & Dance, Gujarat

Nathulal Solanki Folk Music, Rajasthan

Panduram Ghotkar Folk Music, Maharashtra

Peruvanam Kuttan Marar Thayambaka, Kerala

Urmila Pandey Folk Music, Madhya Pradesh

Sayed Mohmmed P.P. Folk Music & Dance, Lakshadweep

Majid Gulabsaheb Satarmaker Instrument Making, Maharashtra Dulal Kanji Instrument Making, West Bengal

 

Field of Overall Contribution / Scholarship in Performing Arts- 02

 

Utpal K. Banerjee Reetha Rajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi New Delhi

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2020

 

 

Field Of Activity: Music - 11

 

Sumitra Guha Hindustani Vocal

Arati Ankalikar Tikekar Hindustani Vocal

Dal Chand Sharma Hindustani Instrumental - Pakhawaj

Kushal Das Hindustani Instrumental – Sitar

R.K. Padmanabha Carnatic Vocal

G. Balakrishna Prasad Carnatic Vocal

Patri Satish Kumar Carnatic Instumental –Mridangam

M.A. Sundaraswaram Carnatic Instrumental – Violin Bickram Ghosh Contemporary Music

Anup Jalota Other Major Traditions of Music –Sugam Sangeet

N. Irabot Singh Other Major Traditions of Music – Nata Sankirtana

 

 

Field Of Activity: Dance - 09

 

Meenakshi Chitharanjan Bharatanatyam

 

Kumkum Dhar Kathak

Sruti Bandopadhay Manipuri Pasumarthy Vithal   & Bharathi Vithal Kuchipudi (Joint Award)

Rabindra Atibudhi Odissi

Trilochan Mohanta Chhau

Bhushan Lakhandri Contemporary Dance

Prema Ramamurthy Music for Dance

Arambam Tombinou Devi Music for Dance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field of Activity: Theatre - 09

 

Lokendra Trivedi Direction

Mithilesh Rai Direction

Prashant Damle Acting

Bhupesh Joshi Acting

Amit Banerjee Acting

M. Purushottam Allied Theatre Arts –Costume Design

Raghav Prakash Allied Theatre Arts – Lighting

N. Jadumani Singh Allied Theatre Arts – Stage Design

P P Kandaswami (Therukoothu) Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance Theatre

 

 

Field of Activity - Traditional / Folk / Tribal Dance / Music / Theatre and Puppetry - 10

 

Balkar Sidhu Folk Dance, Punjab

Nandlal Garg Folk Music, Himachal Pradesh

B. Lalthlengliana Folk Theatre, Mizoram

Ranjana Kumri Jha Folk Music, Bihar

 

S. G. Lakshmidevamma Folk Music, Karnataka Tarubala Debbarma Folk Music and Dance, Tripura

Sang Jangmu, Folk Dance, Arunachal Pradesh

Gafoor Khan Manganiar Folk Music, Rajasthan

Zachunu Keyho Folk Music, Nagaland

Meena Nayak Puppetry, Maharashtra

 

 

Field of Overall Contribution / Scholarship in Performing Arts - 02

 

Mahesh Champaklal Nandkishore Kapote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi New Delhi

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards ( Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2021

 

 

Field Of Activity: Music - 11 

 

Uday Bhawalkar Hindustani Vocal

Subhra Guha Hindustani Vocal

Sangeeta Shankar Hindustani Instrumental - Violin

Ravindra Yavagal Hindustani Instrumental – Tabla

Sudha Ragunathan Carnatic Vocal

Radha Namboodiri Carnatic Vocal

D. Balakrishnan Carnatic Instrumental –Veena Thanjavur R. Govindarajan Carnatic Instrumental – Thavil

 

Susmita Das Other Major Traditions of Music – Sugam Sangeet

H. R. Leelavathi Other Major Traditions of Music - Sugam Sangeet

Kumud Diwan Other Major Traditions of Music – Thumri

 

 

Field Of Activity: Dance -09

 

Jayalakshmi Eshwar Bharatanatyam

Shama Bhate Kathak

Inchakkattu Ramachandran Pillai Kathakali Thokchom Ibemubi Devi Manipuri

N. Sailaja Kuchipudi

Neena Prasad Mohiniattam

Bhuvan Kumar Chhau

Kalamandalam Girija Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance Theatre-

(Kuttiyattam)

 

Bijay Kumar Jena Music for Dance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field of Activity: Theatre - 09

 

R. Venugopal Rao (Surabhi) Direction Lalit Singh Pokharia Direction

Sudesh Sharma Direction

Ajay Malkani Direction

Manoj Pattnaik Direction

Neeleshwar Mishra Acting

Y. Gee Mahendra Acting

Gunindra Nath Ojah Traditional play of Assam- Ankiya Bhaona

 

(Music and Direction)

 

Vilas Janve Mime

 

 

 

Field of Activity - Traditional / Folk / Tribal Dance / Music / Theatre and Puppetry -10

 

Silbi Passah Folk Music, Meghalaya

Durga Prasad Murmu Folk Music and Dance, Jharkhand

Prashanna Gogoi Folk Music & Dance, Assam Gartigere Raghanna (H. N Raghavenda) Folk Music, Karnataka

S Samundaram Folk Music, Tamil Nadu

Data Ram Purohit Folk Music & Theatre, Uttarakhand Mahavir Singh Guddu Folk Music & Dance, Haryana

N Tiken Singh Folk Music, Manipur

N. Sekar Folk Music, Puducherry

R. Murugan Instrument Making, Tamil Nadu

 

Field of Overall Contribution / Scholarship in Performing Arts -02

 

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