After the highest award for literature conferred by Sahitya Akademi to the renowned writers from across the country, the highest national award is in the queue to be conferred on the proponents of music, drama and dance on February 26 by the President Pratibha Devisingh Patil.
The President will bestow the celebrated Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship and Akademi Awards for 2007 at an exceptional ceremony on February 26 in New Delhi.
The academy has the onus of preserving the rich cultural heritage of India, which came into existence in 1952 and till now it has been contributing to its development.
The Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna) and Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) are acknowledged as the highest national honour conferred on practicing artists, gurus and scholars, and remain as the most illustrious award for the aspiring artist.
The awards are given in categories including Music, Dance, Drama, Other Forms of Music, Dance & Theatre, and Puppetry, Performing Arts in the Media, Overall Contribution and Films.
The Fellowships and Awards are decided by Academy’s General Council, the apex body consisting of distinguished artists, scholars and representatives of different States and Union territories.
This year the most popular honour of Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna) will be granted to Professor of aesthetics, Dr. S.K. Saxena. The Fellowship includes a citation, an angavastram and a tamrapatra and a sum of Rs I Lakh. This time 33 well known artist will be conferred the Akademi Awards for the year 2007 carrying, citation and a sum of Rs 50,000.
Award in the field of Music
1. Vidyadhar Vyas - Hindustani Vocal
2. Govardhan Mishra- Hindustani Vocal
3. Nandan Mehta - Hindustani Instrumental (Tabla)
4. Ramoo Prasad Shastri- Hindustani Instrumental (Violin)
5. B. Krishnamurthy – Carnatic Vocal
6. Vidya Sankar-Carnatic Instrumental (Veena)
7. S.R.D. V aidyanathan- Carnatic Instrumental (Nagaswaram)
8. Khayyam (Mohammad Zahoor Hashimi) – Creative & Experimental
Awards in the field of Dance
1. Sucheta Bhide Chapekar - Bharatnatyam
2. Geetanjali Lal - Kathak
3. Sadanam Krishnan Kutty- Kathakali
4. Yeleswarapu Nageswara Sarma Kuchipudi
5. Ranjana Gauhar- Odissi
6. Gunakanta Dutta Barbayan-Sattriya
7. Deepti Omchery Bhalla- Mohiniattam
8. K. Sivan Nambootiri – Other major tradition of Dance/dance Theatre -Kuttiyattam
Awards in the field of Theatre
1. Reoti Saran Sharma- Playwriting (Hindi)
2. Lalthanfala Sailo-Playwriting (Mizo)
3. Yumnam Rajendra Singh – (Msnipuri)
4. N.C. Thakur- Direction N.C. THAKUR
5. Harimadhab Mukherjee-Direction
6. Ramesh Mehta- Acting
7. Mahendra Kumar-Allied Theatre Arts-Scenic Design
8. Kolyur Ramachandra Rao –Major Tradition of theatre Yakshagana
Awards in the field of Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry
1. Th. Brindasabi Devi –Gauranga Leela, Manipur 2. Prahlad Singh Tipania- Folk Music (Nirgun) , Madhya Pradesh 3. Ram Dayal Munda – Tribal Dance &Music, Jharkhand 4. Ghulam Mohammad –Dogri Folk Music, Jakmmu & Kashmir 5. Subodh Deb Barma- Tribal Dance, Tripura 6. Amarpal-Folk Music, West Bengal 7. L.Rajappa-Puppetry, Pondicherry 8. Sharafat Abdul Majid- Musical Instrument Making, Maharashtra
Awards in the field of overall Contribution/ scholarship in Performing Arts 1. Mukund Lath- Scholarship in Performing Arts
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