Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Award Information
Category Performing arts
Instituted 1954
Last Awarded 2007
Awarded by Govt. of India
Description Highest award for
performing arts in India

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (Akademi Puraskar) is given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi - India's apex body for performing arts. It is the highest national recognition given to practicing artistes. The actual award consists of the sum of Rs. 50,000, a shawl and a Tamrapatra (a brass plaque) [1]

The awards are given in following categories: Music, Dance, Drama, Other Forms of Music, Dance & Theatre, Puppetry, Performing Arts in the Media, Overall Contribution and Films [2].

Kutiyattam maestro Guru Māni Mādhava Chākyār receiving Sangeet Natak Academy Award from the President of India- Dr.S Radhakrishnan in 1964.
Kutiyattam maestro Guru Māni Mādhava Chākyār receiving Sangeet Natak Academy Award from the President of India- Dr.S Radhakrishnan in 1964.

Contents

Award Winners

Music

Hindustani Music

Vocal

Instrumental
  • Pakhawaj
    • Govind Rao Burhanpurkar,1955
    • Sakharam Tavde,1965
    • Ayodhya Prasad,1967
    • Purushottam Das,1978
    • Ramshankardas Pagaldas,1988
    • Chhatrapati Singh Ju Deo,1991
    • Gopaldas Panse,1993
    • Ram Ashish Pathak,1995
    • Bhawani Shankar Kathak,2003
  • Sarangi
    • Shakoor Khan,1966
    • Ram Narain,1975
    • Gopal Misra,1976
    • Sabri Khan,1986
    • Hanuman Prasad Mishra,1988
    • Abdul Lateef Khan,1990
    • Sultan Khan,1992
    • Inderlal Dhandra,1996

Carnatic Music

Vocal

Instrumental
  • Nagaswaram
    • Thiruvaduthurai N. Rajratnam Pillai, 1955
    • Dr.Thiruvengadu Subramania Pillai, 1962
    • P.S. Veeruswamy Pillai, 1966
    • T. S. Natarajasundaram Pillai, 1972
    • Sheik Chinna Moulana, 1976
    • Namagiripettai K. Krishnan 1981
    • Domada Chitiabbayi, 1995
  • Thavil
    • Valangaiman A. Shanmugasundaram Pillai, 1985
    • Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam 1988
  • Veena
    • Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer, 1952
    • L. Subramanya Sastri, 1960
    • K.S. Narayanaswami, 1968
    • Devakottai A. Narayana Iyengar 1969
    • Doreswamy V. Iyengar, 1970
    • Emani Sankara Sastry, 1973
    • S. Balachander, 1977
    • Tanjavur K.P. Sivanandam, 1980
    • Raajeswari Padmanabhan, 1986
    • R. Pichumani Iyer, 1988
    • "Vainika Sarvabhouma"Dr.Chitti Babu, 1990
    • M.K. Kalyanakrishna Bhagavathar, 1992
    • Kalpakam Swaminathan, 1993
    • R.N. Doreswamy, 2001
    • E. Gayathri 2002
  • Violin
    • Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, 1953
    • T. Chowdiah, 1957
    • Kumbakonam Rajamanickkam Pillai, 1959
    • T.K. Jayarama Iyer, 1963
    • K.N. Chinnaswamy Iyer, 1964
    • K.S. Venkataramiah 'Papa', 1967
    • Madurai S. Subramanya Iyer, 1971
    • T.N. Krishnan, 1974
    • Lalgudi G. Jayaraman, 1978
    • M. S. Gopalakrishnan, 1982
    • M. Chandrasekaran, 1986
    • Chalakudy N.S. Narayanaswamy, 1988
    • R.K. Venkatarama Sastry, 1989
    • Kandadevi S. Alagiriswamy, 1991
    • Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, 1993
    • Annavarapu Ramaswamy, 1996
    • T. Rukmini, 1997
    • M.S. Anantharaman, 1998
    • R.R Keshava Murthy, 2000
    • A. Kanyakumari, 2003

Creative Music

  • Vishnudas Shirali 1973
  • Timir Baran Bhattacharya 1976
  • Rai Chand Boral 1978
  • Vijay Raghav Rao 1982
  • Chidambaram S. Jayaraman 1983
  • Anil Biswas 1986
  • M.B. Srinivasan 1986
  • Hemanta Kumar Mukhapadhyay 1986
  • Bhaskar Chandavarkar 1988
  • Vanraj Bhatia 1989
  • L. Subramaniam 1990
  • V. Balsara 1994
  • Atul Desai 1995
  • Satish Bhatia 1997
  • Vishwa Mohan Bhatt 1998
  • S. Rajaram 2001
  • K.P. Udayabhanu 2002

Dance

Drama

Acting

Direction

Playwrighting

Other Aspects of Theatre

Other Forms of Music, Dance & Theatre

Puppetry

Performing Arts in the Media

Overall Contribution

Films

See also

References

External links

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