Legendary tabla player Kishan Maharaj, violin virtuoso TN Krishnan, Kathak danseuse Rohini Bhate and theatre personality Gursharan Singh were on Thursday conferred Sangeet Natak Akademi's Ratna (Fellows) by President APJ Abdul Kalam at a function here.
NEW DELHI: Legendary tabla player Kishan Maharaj, violin virtuoso TN Krishnan, Kathak danseuse Rohini Bhate and theatre personality Gursharan Singh were on Thursday conferred Sangeet Natak Akademi's Ratna (Fellows) by President APJ Abdul Kalam at a function here.
The Ratna, the highest award of the country's apex body for performing arts, is restricted to 30 eminent living personalities at any given time.
In addition, 33 prominent artistes were also given the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 2006, the highest national recognition given to practising artistes.
The award carries an amount of Rs 50,000, a shawl and a Tamrapatra (a brass plaque) for excellence in the fields of music, dance, theatre and puppetry.
The awardees include Vijay Kichlu and Rashid Khan (Hindustani vocalists), Shahid Parvez Khan (sitar), D Pasupathy and Chingleput Ranganathan (Carnatic vocal), Kumar Bose (tabla), N Ravi Kiran (Carnatic instrumental -- chitra veena) and Thiruvaarur Bhakthavatsalam (Carnatic instrumental -- Mridangam).
In the category of dance, S Narmada (Bharat Natyam), Kottakkal Chandrasekharan (Kathakali), Kalamanadalam Vimala Menon (Mohiniattam) and Pasumarthy Rattiah (Kuchipudi) were among the winners.
For excellence in theatre, the awardees are Prabhat Kumar Bhattacharya (playwriting), R Nagesh, Amitava Dasgupta and E Joychandra Singh (direction), Geta Dey, K Kaladharan and Dharani Burman (acting) and Gautam Bhattacharya (allied theatre arts -- lighting).
Rekha Jain has been selected in the category of Overall Contribution to Performing Arts.
In the category of awards for excellence in traditional, folk, tribal music, dance, theatre and puppetry, the awardees include Syed Iqbal Malangami (folk musician from Kashmir), Naurang Lal Bhat (puppeteer from Rajasthan), K Aravamudha Chariar (Hari Katha, Tamil Nadu) and Sharif Idu (Dhadi folk music, Punjab).
Music
Vijay Kichlu - Hindustani Music (Vocal)
Rashid Khan - Hindustani Music (Vocal)
Shahid Parvez Khan - Hindustani Instrumental Music (Sitar)
Kumar Bose - Hindustani Instrumental Music (Tabla) D Pasupathy - Carnatic Music (Vocal) Chingleput Ranganathan - Carnatic Music (Vocal)
N Ravi Kiran - Carnatic Instrumental Music (Gottuvadyam-Chitra Veena) Thiruvaarur Bhakthavatsalam - Carnatic Instrumental Music (Mridangam)
Dance
S Narmada – Bharata Natyam
Munna Lal Shukla – Kathak
Kottakkal Chandrasekharan – Kathakali
Surendranath Jena – Odissi
Pasumarthy Rattiah – Kuchipudi
Kalamandalam Vimala Menon – Mohiniattam
Garima Hazarika - Creative and Experimental Dance
Kalamandalam Gangatharan - Music for Dance (Kathakali Pattu)
Theatre
Prabhat Kumar Bhattacharya – Playwriting
R Nagesh – Direction
Amitava Dasgupra – Direction
E Joychandra Singh – Direction
Geeta Dey – Acting
K Kaladharan – Acting
Dharani Burman – Acting
Gautam Bhattacharya - Allied theatre arts – Lighting
Traditional/Folk/Tribal Music/Dance/Theatre and Puppetry
K Aravamudha Chariar - Hari Katha, Tamil Nadu
Emerson Thanghiew - Traditional Dance, Meghalaya
K Mangi Singh - Pena, Traditional Music, Manipur
Om Prakash Sharma - Mach, Madhya Pradesh
Naurang Lal Bhat - Puppetry (Kathputli-Making, Rajasthan)
Syed Iqbal Malangami - Folk Music, Kashmir
Sharif Idu - Traditional/Folk Songs-Dhadi Folk Music, Punjab
Het Ram Tanwar - Traditional Folk Music, Himachal Pradesh
Overall contribution to performing arts:
Rekha Jain.
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