Sangeet Natak Akademi awards conferred on eminent artistes
Q. Who has been conferred with the Akademi Ratna in Oct 2016?- Published on 07 Oct 16a. CV Rama
b. CV Singh
c. CV Chandra
d. CV Chandrashekhar
ANSWER: CV Chandrashekhar
CV Chandrashekhar, a well known personality in performing arts was conferred the Akademi Ratna , the most prestigious and rare honour, which is restricted to 40 numbers at any given time. Presently there are only 40 Fellows of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.
The award winners are listed below2015 Akademi Award in field of Music was conferred on 11 artists and they are- Krishna Bisht and Mashkoor Ali Khan for Hindustani Vocal Music
- Kartik Kumar for Hindustani Instrumental Music–Sitar
- Brij Narayan for Hindustani Instrumental Music–Sarod
- R N Thyagarajan and R N Tharanathan (joint award) for Carnatic Vocal Music
- Suguna Varadhachari for Carnatic Vocal Music,
- Lalgudi G J R Krishnan for Carnatic Instrumental Music–Violin,
- Mambalam M K S Siva for Carnatic Instrumental Music-
- Nagaswaram, Bhupinder Singh, Hridyanath Mangeshkar and Prafulla Kar for Other Major Traditions of Music–Sugam Sangeet.
2015 Akademi Award in field of Dance was conferred on 9 artists and they are
- Ranganayaki Jayaraman for Bharatanatyam
- K Kunhiraman Nair for Kathakali
- G Padmaja Reddy for Kuchipudi
- Aloka Kanungo for Odissi
- Sharodi Saikia for Sattriya Dance
- Mandakini Trivedi for Mohiniattam
- Sadashiva Pradhan for Chhau Dance
- W Lokendrajit Singh for Contemporary/Experimental Dance
- Rajkumar Bharathi for Music for Dance
2015 Akademi Award in field of Theatre was conferred on 9 artists and they are
Nand Kishore Acharya and Shafaat Khan for Playwriting- Parvez Akhtar and Mushtaq Kak for Direction
- Manoj N Joshi and Himani Shivpuri for Acting
- Pradeep Mulye for Allied Theatre Arts–Scenic Design
- Sarojini Nangiar for Other Major Traditions of Theatre–Kutiyattam
- Rani Balbir Kaur for Overall Contribution in Theatre
2015 Akademi Award in field of Theatre was conferred on 10 artists and they are
- Khuman Lal Sao for Folk Music of Chhattisgarh
- Ramchandra Singh for Folk Theatre of Bihar
- Khem Raj for Folk Music of Jammu and Kashmir
- S R D Prasad for Martial Art of Kerala
- Chhaya and Maya Khutegaonkar joint award for Folk Dance of Maharashtra-Lavani
- Gangmei Aluna Kabuini for Traditional Dance and Music of Manipur
- Paramjit Singh Sidhu for Folk Music of Punjab
- Sayeed Sabri Jaipuri for Qawwali, Rajasthan
- K K Ramachandra Pulavar and T N Sankaranathan for Puppetry
Shanta Gokhale and Chaman Ahuja were conferred with the 2015 Akademi Award
- Akademi Fellow has been conferred since 1954 and Akademi Award since 1952.
