Tag: Sangeet Natak Akademi

Kalahandi: The “Kala” (art) in Kalahandi has found an ardent ambassador in this folk artiste Sarbeswar Bhoi who, in his early 30s, is slowly but surely drawing global attention to the soul soothing folk songs in this part of the country. His kind of music that has flavours of the soil keeps haunting long after […]

New Delhi: Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and eminent classical dancers Sonal Mansingh, Jatin Goswami (Sattriya) and K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai (Bharatanatyam) were conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s prestigious fellowships on Tuesday. The Akademi also announced 44 recipients of its awards for the year 2018. The names were chosen at the Akademi meeting held on June 26 […]

New Delhi: Eminent Odissi dancer Sonal Mansingh along with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, Jatin Goswami (Sattriya) and K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (Bharatanatyam) were conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s prestigious fellowships on Tuesday. The Akademi also announced 44 recipients of its awards for the year 2018, which included Odissi dancer Surupa Sen and Chhau dancer Tapan Kumar […]

New Delhi: The CBI has booked ace Bharatnatyam dancer and former Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi Leela Samson for alleged “unfruitful expenditure” in Rs 7.02-crore renovation project of Koothambalam auditorium of Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, officials said Saturday. Samson, a Padma Shree awardee and also a former chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification, has been […]