Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

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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) [ [http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours.html Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards] ]

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 [ [http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours.html Main categories, Akademi Awards] ] .

Award Winners

Music

Hindustani Music

Vocal

*2007 - Vidyadhar Vyas, Govardhan Mishra
*2006 - Rashid Khan
*2005 - Pandit Ramashreya Jha
*2003 - Ghulam Mustafa Waris Khan, Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi
*2002 - Sushila Rani Patel, Sharayu Kalekar
*2001 - Abhay Narayan Mallick, Sangameshwar Gurav, Malini Nag
*2000 - Ajoy Chakraborty, Rita Ganguly
*1999 - Malabika Kanan
*1998 - Puttaraj Gavaigalu, Parveen Sultana, Rajan & Sajan Mishra (Joint Award)
*1997 - L.K. Pandit
*1996 - Dinkar Kaikini, Hafeez Ahmad Khan
*1995 - A. Kanan
*1994 - Sulochana Brahaspati, Zia Fariduddin Dagar
*1993 - Bala Saheb Poochwale, Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
*1992 - Ramarao V. Naik, Shiv Kumar Shukla
*1991 - N. Zahiruddin Dagar, Prabha Atre
*1990 - K.G. Ginde, Dhondutai Kulkarni
*1989 - Jitendra Abhisheki
*1988 - Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram
*1987 - C.R. Vyas, Shobha Gurtu, Pandit Jasraj
*1986 - Asgari Bai, Firoz B. Dastur, Manik Varma
*1985 - Kishori Amonkar, Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
*1984 - Sharafat Hussain Khan
*1983 - Mahadev Prasad Mishra
*1982 - Vasantrao Deshpande
*1981 - Basavaraj Rajguru
*1980 - Nivruttibua Sarnaik
*1979 - Sarachchandra Arolkar
*1978 - Khadim Hussain Khan
*1977 - Girija Devi
*1976 - Narayanrao G. Vyas
*1975 - Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi
*1974 - Shivaputra Siddaramayya Komkali 'Kumar Gandharva'
*1973 - Gangubai Hangal
*1972 - Begum Akhtar
*1971 - Mallikarjun Mansur
*1970 - Nisar Hussain Khan
*1969 - Ramchatur Mallick
*1968 - Mogubai Kurdikar
*1967 - Amir Khan
*1966 - Siddheswari Devi
*1965 - Hirabai Barodekar
*1964 - Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
*1963 - Omkar Nath Thakur
*1962 - Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
*1961 - Y.S. Mirashi Buwa
*1960 - Altaf Hussain Khan
*1959 - Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
*1958 - Ganesh Ramachandra Behere
*1957 - Rasoolan Bai
*1956 - Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale
*1955 - Anant Manohar Joshi
*1954 - Rajab Ali Khan
*1953 - Kesar Bai Kerkar
*1952 - Mushtaq Hussain Khan

Instrumental

*Been/Rudra Veena/Vichitra Veena
**1995 - Ahmad Raza Khan
**1995 - Gopal Krishan
**1981 - Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
**1977 - Asad Ali Khan,1977
**1969 - Dabir Khan

*Flute
**1994 - Raghunath Seth
**1986 - Devendra Murdeshwar
**1983 - Hari Prasad Chaurasia
*Harmonium
**Appa Jalgaonkar,1999-2000
*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
*Santoor
**Shivkumar Sharma,1986
**Bhajan Sopori,1993

*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

*Sarod
**Allauddin Khan,1952
**Hafiz Ali Khan,1953
**Ali Akbar Khan,1963
**Radhika Mohan Maitra,1971
**Sharan Rani Backliwal,1986
**Zarin Sharma,1988
**Amjad Ali Khan,1989
**Buddhadev Dasgupta,1993
**Rajeev Taranath,2000
**Aashish Khan, 2005

*Shehnai
**Bismillah Khan Ali Hussain Khan,1985
**Ali Hussain Khan,1985
**Anant Lal,1989
**Raghunath Prasanna,1996

*Sitar
**Yusuf Ali,1958
**Wahid Khan,1960
**Ravi Shankar,1962
**Mustaq Ali Khan,1968
**Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee,1974
**Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan,1987
**Imrat Hussain Khan (also Surbahar),1987
**Balram Pathak,1989
**Uma Shankar Mishra,1992
**Shamim Ahmed Khan,1994
**Debu chaudhary,1996
**Mani Lal Nag,2001
**Arvind Natverlal Parikh,2003
**Shahid Parvez Khan, 2006

*Surbahar
**Imrat Hussain Khan (also Sitar),1987
**Annapurna Devi,1991

*Tabla
**Ahmed Jan Thirakwa,1954
**Jahangir Khan,1959
**Kanthe Maharaj,1961
**Masit Khan,1970
**Karamatulla Khan,1976
**Samta Prasad Maharaj,1979
**Alla Rakha,1982
**Kishan Maharaj,1984
**Zakir Hussain,1990
**Shaikh Dawood,1991
**Swapan Chaudhuri,1997
**Lalji Gokhale,1997
**Pandharinath Gangadhar Nageshkar,1998
**Shankar Ghosh,2000
**Suresh B.Gaitonde,2002
**Anindo Chatterjee,2002
**Kumar Bose,2006

*Violin
**Gajananrao Joshi,1972
**Vishnu Govind Jog,1990
**N. Rajam,1990
**D.K. Datar,1995
**Sisir Kana Dhar Chowdhury,1997

Carnatic Music

Vocal

*2004 - Thiruvengadu A Jayaraman
*2003 - Trichur V. Ramachandran, M.A. Narasimhachar
*2002 - T.R. Subramanyam
*1997 - M.S. Balasubramanya Sarma
*1996 - T.K. Govinda Rao
*1995 - R. Vedavalli
*1994 - C.S. Krishna Iyer
*1993 - Trichy Swaminathan Iyer
*1992 - K.R. Kumaraswamy Iyer
*1991 - S. Rajam
*1990 - T. V. Sankaranarayanan
*1989 - Titte Krishna Iyengar
*1988 - Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
*1987 - Mani Krishnaswami
*1987 - Madurai N. Krishnan
*1986 - Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy
*1986 - B. Rajam Iyer
*1985 - Voleti Venkatesvarulu
*1984 - Maharajapuram V. Santhanam
*1983 - D. K. Jayaraman
*1982 - T.M. Thiagarajan
*1981 - Radha and Jayalakshmi
*1980 - Seerkhazhi S. Govindarajan
*1979 - R K Srikanthan
*1978 - Madurai S. Somasundaram
*1977 - Sripada Pinakapani
*1976 - K.V.Narayanaswamy
*1975 - M. Balamurali Krishna
*1974 - M. D. Ramanathan
*1973 - B.S. Raja Iyengar
*1972 - T. Mukta
*1971 - N. Channakeshaviah
*1970 - M. L. Vasanthakumari
*1969 - Dandapani Desigar
*1968 - Alathur S. Srinivasa Iyer
*1967 - C. Venkata Rao
*1966 - M.R. Srirengam Iyengar
*1965 - T. Brinda
*1964 - Chittoor S. Subramanyam
*1963 - B. Devendrappa
*1962 - D. K. Pattammal
*1961 - Mudikondan C. Venkatarama Iyer
*1960 - Madurai Mani Iyer
*1959 - G. N. Balasubramaniam
*1958 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
*1957 - Musiri Subramania Iyer
*1956 - M. S. Subbulakshmi
*1955 - Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer
*1954 - Mysore K. Vasudevacharya
*1953 - Semmangudi R. Srinivasa Iyer
*1952 - Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar

Instrumental

*Clarionet
**A.K.C. Natarajan 1994

*Flute
**Palladam Sanjeeva Rao, 1954
**T. Viswanathan 1987
**T.N. Swaminatha Pillai,1961
**Sikkil Sisters - Kunjumani & Neela,1989
**T. R. Mahalingam, 1965
**Kesi Narayanaswamy, 1997
**Natesan Ramani, 1984
**T.S. Sankaran, 1999
*Ghatam
**T. H. Vinayakram, 1988
**Umayalpuram K. Narayanaswamy, 1995
*Gottuvadyam
**Budalur Krishnamurthi Sastri,1958

*Kanjira
**G Harishankar, 2001
*Mridangam
**Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer, 1956
**C.S. Murugabhoopathy, 1975
**Kolanka Venkataraju, 1979
**Palghat R. Raghu, 1983
**T.K. Murthy, 1987
**T.V. Gopalkrishnan 1990
**Vellore G. Ramabhadran, 1991
**Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, 1992
**Dandamudi Rammohan Rao, 1994
**Guruvayur Dorai, 1996
**Karaikudi Mani 1999
**V. Kamalakar Rao, 2000
**YellaVenkataeshwara Rao, 2002

*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
*Saxophone
**Kadri Gopalnath, 2003
*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

*Bharatanatyam
** Sucheta Bhide-Chapekar (Pune, Maharashtra), 2007 [cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Pune/Chapekar_bags_Akademi_award/articleshow/2636000.cms |title=Chapekar bags Akademi award |publisher=Times of India]
* Creative Dance/Choreography
** Rajkumar Singhajit Singh 1984 [ [http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_dance_cdc.html Official list of awardees - Creative Dance/Choreography] the Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website.]

Drama

Acting

Direction

Playwrighting

* Mohan Rakesh (1968) [ [http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_drama_playwriting.html Drama - Playwritings Official listings] ]

Other Aspects of Theatre

Other Forms of Music, Dance & Theatre

*Mani Madhava Chakyar (Kutiyattam, Kerala), 1964
* Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair Kathakali Kerala 1972
* Mathoor Govindan Kutty Kathakali Kerala 2005
*Teejan Bai (Pandavani, Madhya Pradesh), 1995

Puppetry

*Kathinanada Das (Ravanchhaya, Orissa), 1978
*U. Kogga Devanna Kamath (Gombeatta, Karnataka), 1979
*K.L. Krishnan Kutty Pulavar (Tholpava Koothu, Kerala), 1980
*M.R. Ranganatha Rao (Karnataka), 1981
*Meher Rustom Contractor (Gujarat), 1983
*Suresh Dutta (West Bengal), 1987
*Dadi Dorab Pudumjee (Delhi), 1992
*T. Hombiah (Karnataka), 1995
*Kolhacharan Sahu (Ravanchhaya, Orissa), 1998
*B.H. Puttaswamachar (Karanataka), 1999-2000
*Hiren Bhattacharya (West Bengal), 2001
*Puran Bhatt (Rajasthan), 2003

Performing Arts in the Media

*Salil Chowdhury (Music), 1988
*Sudhir Phadke (Music), 1991
*Naushad Ali (Music), 1992
*K. J. Yesudas (Music), 1992
*Prem Matiyani (Theatre), 2001

Overall Contribution

*Kanak Rele (Dance), 1994
*B. V. K. Sastry (Performing Arts), 1999-2000
*K.V. Subbanna (Theatre), 1994
*Nemichandra Jain (Performing Arts), 1999-2000
*Sunil Kothari, 1995
*Shanta Serbejeet Singh (Performing Arts), 1999-2000
*Ram Gopal Bajaj (Theatre), 1996
*Romesh Chander (Theatre), 2002

Films

*Acting
**Ashok Kumar Ganguli, 1959
**Chhabi Biswas, 1960
**Durga Khote, 1958
**Lalita Pawar, 1961

*Direction
**Debaki Bose, 1957
**Satyajit Ray, 1959

*Lyric Composer
**Ram Chandra Dwivedi 'Pradeep', 1961

*Music Direction
**Sachin Dev Burman, 1958

*Screenplay
**Gajanan D. Madgulkar (Ga Di Ma), 1957
**Mukhram Sharma, 1961

See also

* List of Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees for kathakali

References

External links

* [http://www.sangeetnatak.com/ The official Academy home page]
* [http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours.html Sangeet Natak Akademi official list of awardees]