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Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2024 Winner | Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards
The Sangeet Natak Akademi recently unveiled the names of six Akademi Fellows and 92 artists, who will be receiving the prestigious award for the years 2022 and 2023. Among the recipients are renowned actors Ashok Saraf and Rajeev Verma, as well as talented singer Bombay Jayashri. It’s truly an honour to be recognized by such a distinguished institution and we congratulate all the winners on their well-deserved achievement.
The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama recently announced its selection of distinguished personalities for the prestigious Akademi Fellowships. Among the esteemed fellows are folklorist and author Vinayak Khedekar, talented veena player R Visweswaran, graceful Kathak dancer Sunayana Hazarilal, renowned Kuchipudi dancing couple Raja and Radha Reddy, visionary theatre director Dulal Roy, and acclaimed playwright DP Sinha.
In addition to the Akademi Fellowships, the Academy also unveiled the names of 92 exceptional artists from various fields who will be awarded the Akademi Puraskar for their contributions to music, dance, theatre, traditional/folk/tribal music/dance/theatre, puppetry, and overall scholarship in the performing arts for the years 2022 and 2023. The prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards will be conferred by President Draupadi Murmu in a special investiture ceremony at a later date.
The Academy also announced the names of 80 talented young artists who will receive the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for their outstanding achievements in the field of performing arts for the years 2022 and 2023.
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards Fellows:
List of Fellows-
1. Vinayak Khedekar
2. R. Visweswaran
3. Sunayana Hazarilal
4. Raja & Radha Reddy
5. Dulal Roy
6. D.P. Sinha
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2023 Winner :
Let’s explore winners of Sangeet Natak Awards 2023 for the different fields –
Field of Activity: Music | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2023 Winner
1. Kalapini Komkali Hindustani Vocal
2. Vinod Kumar Dwivedi Hindustani Vocal
3. Harvinder Kumar Sharma Hindustani Instrumental- Sitar
4. Moinuddin Khan, Rajasthan Hindustani Instrumental – Sarangi
5. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath Carnatic Vocal
6. Shankar Sastry Carnatic Vocal
7. Neyveli Narayanan Carnatic Instrumental- Mridangam
8. H.K. Venkataram Carnatic Instrumental – Violin
9. S. Shekhar Creative & Experimental Music
10. Niladri Kumar Creative & Experimental Music
11. L V Gangadhara Sastry Other Major Traditions of Music
12. Sangita Gosain Other Major Traditions of Music- Odissi Music
Field of Activity: Dance | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2023 Winner
1. Urmila Sathyanarayanan Bharatanatyam
2. Jagdish Gangani Kathak
3. Margi Vijayakumaran Kathakali
4. Latasana Devi Manipuri
5. Maddali Usha Gayatri Kuchipudi
6. Snehaprava Samantaray Odissi
7. Bhaben Borbayan Sattriya
8. Pallavi Krishnan Mohiniattam
9. Parikshit Mahato Chhau
10. Nirupama & Rajendra Creative & Experimental Dance
11. Perini Prakash Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance Theatre- Periniattam
12. Kalinath Mishra Music for Dance
Field of Activity: Theatre | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2023 Winner
1. Asif Ali Haider Khan Playwriting
2. Pali Bhupinder Singh Playwriting
3. Surinder Sharma Direction
4. Zahoor Alam Direction
5. Anil Kumar Rastogi Acting
6. Rajiv Verma Acting
7. Anoop Joshi Allied Theatre Arts- Lighting
8. Sandeep Dutta Allied Theatre Arts- Lighting
9. Piyal Bhattacharya Other Major Traditions of Theatre –Sanskrit Theatre
Field of Activity: Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2023 Winner
1. Kanta Kashinath Gaude Folk Music, Goa
2. Swapan Mukhopadhyay Folk Music, West Bengal
3. Rakesh Bhatt Folk Theatre/Music, Uttarakhand
4. Krishna Lal Sehgal Folk Song- Himachal Pradesh
5. Bharat Sharma Vyas Folk Music, Bihar
6. Helen Giri Folk & traditional Music, Meghalaya
7. P.K. Kunhiraman l Traditional Music – Chenda, Kerala
8. Abdul Gaffar Das Kanihami Folk Music, Jammu & Kashmir
9. Jayantibhai Maganbhai Sharma Instrument Making, Gujarat
10. K. Pajanivel Martial Arts, Puducherry
11. Gurpreet Singh Khalsa, Martial Arts, Punjab
Field of Activity: Overall Contribution/Scholarship in Performing Arts | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2023 Winner
1. Gopalan Nair Venu (Venu. G) Overall contribution in performing arts.
2. Jagdish Trivedi Scholarship in performing arts
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2023 Winner :
Let’s explore winners of Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskaar 2023 for the different fields –
Field of Activity: Music | Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2023 Winner
1. Anuja Zokarkar Hindustani Vocal
2. Monica Soni Hindustani Vocal
3. Rishi Shankar Upadhyay Hindustani Instrumental– Pakhawaj
4. Sarang Kulkarni Hindustani Instrumental – Sarod
5. S. R. Vinay Sharva Carnatic Vocal
6. Ramakrishna Murthy Carnatic Vocal
7. Akshay Anantapadmanabhan Carnatic Instrumental –Mridangam
8. Saikhom Pinky Devi Creative & Experimental Music
9. Satyavathi Chauhan Creative & Experimental Music
10. Nagesh Adgaonkar Other Major Traditions of Music (Abhang)
Field of Activity: Dance | Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2023 Winner
1. Apoorva Jayaraman Bharatanatyam
2. Meghranjani Medhi Kathak
3. Kalamandalam Vipin (Vipis V.S) Kathakali
4. Pukhrambam Reepa Devi Manipuri
5. M. Surendra Nadh Kuchipudi
6. Debasish Pattnaik Odissi
7. Mukunda Saikia Sattriya
8. Vidyamol Pradeep Mohiniattam
9. Sunita Mahato Chhau
10. Venkateshwaran Kuppuswamy Music for Dance
Field of Activity: Theatre | Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2023 Winner
1. Priyadarshini Mishra Playwriting
2. Bendang Walling Direction
3. Suvojit Banerjee Direction
4. Rutuja Bagwe Acting
5. Vipan Kumar Acting
6. Shruti Singh Acting
7. B. Mallikarjuna Rao Allied Theatre Arts – Make-up
8. Puneet Dimari & Amit Khanduri Other Major Traditions Of Theatre (Ramleela)
(Joint Award)
Field of Activity: Other Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre
and Puppetry | Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2023 Winner
1. Angadi Bhaskar Folk Music – Dappalu, Andhra Pradesh
2. Alok Bishoyi Folk Dance & Music, Odisha
3. M. Prakash Folk Dance, Puducherry
4. Padma Dolkar Folk Music & Dance, Ladakh
5. Sukhram Pahan Folk Music, Jharkhand
6. Yusuf Khan Mewati Folk Music, Rajasthan
7. Ravi Shankar Folk Instrument (Chenda)
8. Kushal Dixit Folk Dance, Gujarat
9. Priyanka Shakti Thakur Traditional Theatre, Maharashtra
10. Anureet Pal Kaur Folk Music, Punjab
11. Charu Sharma Folk Music, Himachal Pradesh
Field of Activity: Overall Contribution/Scholarship in Performing Arts  | Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2023 Winner
1. Laxminarayan Jena – Overall contribution in performing arts
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2022 Winner :
Let’s explore winners of Sangeet Natak Awards 2022 for the different fields –
Field of Activity: Music | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022 Winner
1. Devaki Pandit Nambeear Hindustani Vocal
2. Harvinder Singh Hindustani Vocal
3. Dharamnath Mishra Hindustani Instrumental-Harmonium
4. Basant Kabra Hindustani Instrumental –Sarod
5. Maharajapuram Ramachandran Carnatic Vocal
6. Manda Sudharani Carnatic Vocal
7. Jayanthi Kumaresh Carnatic Instrumental- Veena
8. Vinukonda Subrahmanyam Carnatic Instrumental – Thavil
9. Purushottam Upadhyay Creative & Experimental Music
10. Osman Mir Creative & Experimental Music
11. Sapam Kullabi Singh Other Major Traditions of Music- Nata Pung
12. Sitaram Singh Other Major Traditions of Music- Sugam Sangeet
Field of Activity: Dance | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022 Winner
1. Manjula Ramaswamy Bharatanatyam
2. Nalini and Kamalini Asthana Kathak
3. Kalamandalam Balasubrahmaniyam Kathakali
4. S. Noyonshakhi Devi Manipuri
5. Bhagavatula Sethuram Kuchipudi
6. Niranjan Rout Odissi
7. Gobinda Saikia Sattriya
8. Kala Vijayan Mohiniattam
9. Sadhucharan Mahato Chhau
10. Bharat Sharma Creative & Experimental Dance
11. Karuna Borah Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance Theatre- Ankiya Bhaona
12. Pusthakam Ramaa Music for Dance
Field of Activity: Theatre | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022 Winner
1. Gunakar Dev Goswami Direction
2. Sohan Lal Kaul Playwriting
3. Suresh Sharma Direction
4. Susairaj A Direction
5. Ashok Saraf Acting
6. Prem Lata Mishra Acting
7. Yumnam Sadananda Singh Mime
8. Daulat Ram Vaid Allied Theatre Arts- Lighting
9. Margi Madhu Chakyar Other Major Traditions of Theatre -Kutiyattam
Field of Activity: Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022 Winner
1. Shailesh Shrivastava, Folk Music Uttar Pradesh
2. Vijay Shamrao Chavan Folk Music-Dholak, Maharashtra
3. Tsering Jorgais Folk Music, Ladakh
4. Olen Megu Damin Folk &Traditional Music & Dance, Arunachal Pradesh
5. Nitu Kumari Nootan Folk Music, Bihar
6. Gaffruddin Mewati Jogi Folk/Traditional Music – Bhapang, Rajasthan
7. Tarawati Bori Folk /Traditional, Music, Assam
8. K. Viswanatha Pulavar Puppetry – Tholpavakoothu
9. Mahendrakumar Karsandas Andani Folk Dance, Gujarat
10. Chingtham Ranjeet Khuman Thang Ta, Manipur
11. Poonam Tivari Folk Music, Chhattisgarh
Field of Activity: Overall Contribution/Scholarship in Performing Arts | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022 Winner
1. Lakshahira Das Overall contribution in performing arts.
2. Prameela Gurumurthy Scholarship in performing arts
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2022 Winner :
Let’s explore winners of Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskaar 2022 for the different fields –
Field of Activity: Music | Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2022 Winner
1. Samit Mallick Hindustani Vocal
2. Samarth Janve Hindustani Vocal
3. Sangeet Mishra Hindustani Instrumental– Sarangi
4. Partho Roy Choudhury Hindustani Instrumental – Santoor
5. Gayatri K Carnatic Vocal
6. Sweta Prasad Carnatic Vocal
7. B. AnanthaKrishnan Carnatic Instrumental –Violin
8. Sahana S.V Carnatic Instrumental – Veena
9. Manoj Rai Creative & Experimental Music
10. Nandini Purab Gujar Other Major Traditions of Music (SugamSangeet)
Field of Activity: Dance | Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2022 Winner
1. Mandakranta Roy Bharatanatyam
2. Kadam Saurinbhai Parikh Kathak
3. Urmika Maibam Manipuri
4. T.Reddi Lakshmi Kuchipudi
5. Arupa Gayatri Panda Odissi
6. Dimpee Baishya Sattriya
7. Akshara M Das Mohiniattam
8. Pradyumna Kumar Mohanta Chhau
9. Mingma Dorjee Lepcha Creative & Experimental Dance
10. Aparna Nangiar Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance
Theatre (Nangiarkoothu)
Field of Activity: Theatre | Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2022 Winner
1. Belur Raghunandan Playwriting
2. Ifra Kak Direction
3. Harishankar Ravi Direction
4. Harwinder Singh Acting
5. Kumar Ravikant Acting
6. Siddhi Upadhye Acting
7. Mukunda Nath Mime
8. Sangeet Shrivastava Allied Theatre Arts – Lighting
Field of Activity: Other Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre
and Puppetry | Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2022 Winner
1. Lata Tiwari & Sanjay Datt Pandey, (Joint Award) Folk Music & Dance, Uttrakhand
2. Chow Saratham Namehoom Folk Music, Arunachal Pradesh
3. Sampriya Pooja Folk Music & Dance, Chhattisgarh
4. Pramila Kautikrao Surywanshi Folk Dance Lavani, Maharashtra
5. Kumar Uday Singh Folk Dance, Bihar
6. Nasarulla EPI Folk Dance, Lakshdweep
7. Binita Devi Puppetry, Assam
8. Mahesh Aba Satarkar Folk Dance, Goa
9. Mukesh Basava Folk Dance, Gujarat
10. Gulzar Ahmed Bhatt Folk Dance, Jammu & Kashmir
11. Moirangthem Kendra Singh Nata Sankirtan, Manipur
Field of Activity: Overall Contribution/Scholarship in Performing Arts | Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2022 Winner
1. Anuthama Murali Overall contribution in performing arts
About Sangeet Natak Akedemy Award :
The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards, established by the Sangeet Natak Akademi in year 1952, preeminent institution that recognize and honor outstanding achievements in the fields of performing arts in India.Let’s discuss some important facts about this award :
- Established in 1952, the awards were created to commend the excellence and contributions of artists to the performing arts in India.
- The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards are divided into categories corresponding to music, dance, and theatre, which are further subclassified into vocal, instrumental, classical dance, theatre music, and other disciplines.
- The awards are determined by a panel of experts from the Sangeet Natak Akademi and the general council, which includes respected personalities in the field of performing arts.
- Recipients of the awards are conferred with a Tamrapatra (copper plaque), Angavastram (a shawl), and a monetary amount as a token of their contribution to Indian arts.
- The awards encourage younger artists through the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, which is given to young talents in various fields of the performing arts.
- The Akademi also confers Fellowships (Akademi Ratna Sadasyata) to distinguished artists which is considered the highest honor in the performing arts in India.
- Over the years, these awards have contributed to preserving and promoting the rich cultural heritage of India on a national and international platform.
- The Sangeet Natak Akademi plays a vital role in creating a repository of musical, dance, and theater forms through documentation and archiving of performances of the award winners and fellows.
- These awards have often been a stepping stone for international recognition for many Indian artists.
- They serve as an important benchmark of excellence, motivating and inspiring artists to strive for greater creative heights.
Cash Prize For Sangeet Natak Akedemy Award Winners :
The cash prize is money that artists get when they win a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. It’s a way to say “great job” and help them keep doing their art.The award of Akademi Fellow carries a prize money of Rs 3 lakh, while the Akademi award carries a prize money of Rs 1 lakh, besides a ‘tamrapatra’ and ‘angavastram’.The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar carries a prize money of Rs 25,000
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FAQs on Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards :
What are the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards?
They are special prizes for people who are really good at Indian music, dance, and drama.
When did they start these awards?
They began in the year 1952.
What kinds of art do these awards cover?
They cover singing, playing music instruments, dancing, and acting.
Who picks the winners of these awards?
A group of people who know a lot about the arts choose the winners.
What do winners of the awards get?
They get a special plaque, a piece of cloth, and some money.
Is there an award for young artists too?
Yes, there is a special award for young talented artists.
What is the biggest honor you can get from these awards?
The biggest honor is called a Fellowship, and it’s for the most amazing artists.
Why are these awards important?
Because they help keep Indian music, dance, and dramas popular and respected.