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Rita Ganguly
Rita Ganguly
Born	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation	Classical musician
Known for	Hindustani music
Spouse	Keshav Kothari
Children	a son and a daughter Meghna Kothari
Parent(s)	K. L. Ganguly; Meena
Awards	Padma Shri; Sangeet Natak Akademi Award; Priyadarshi Award; Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani award; Critics Circle of India Award; Broadcasters Association Lifetime Achievement Award

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Rita Ganguly is an exponent in the Indian classical arts. An accomplished dancer, musician and vocalist, she was honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2000^[1] and with the Padma Shri in 2003.^[2] She is the mother of actress Meghna Kothari and the younger sister of the famous Ravindra Sangeet singer Gita Ghatak.

Biography

Rita Ganguly was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, into a Bengali Brahmin family, and is the daughter of K. L. Ganguly, and Meena Ganguly. K. L. Ganguly was a freedom fighter and member of the Congress party. In 1938, he was selected by Jawaharlal Nehru to become the first editor of the National Herald, a newspaper founded by Nehru.^[3] ^[4]

Rita therefore grew up in Lucknow, where the newspaper was based. She started learning Rabindrasangeet at the age of 12 under Gopeshwar Banerjee.^[3] She later joined Visva-Bharati University, along with her elder sister, Gita Ghatak with an emphasis on the arts whilst studying the Indian classical dance forms of Kathakali and Manipuri.^[4] She did further studies in Kathakali under renowned gurus, Kunchu Kurup and Chandu Pannikar^[5] and trained in modern dance at Martha Graham School, New York.^[3]^[4] She performed at various stages including the Bolshoi Theatre, Russia and joined the National School of Drama (NSD) as a faculty member of dance where she is known to have introduced a new course of Movement and Mime.^[3]^[4]^[6] She taught at NSD for thirty years^[6] and during her tenure there, she is known to have contributed in productions and costume designing.^[3] She is also credited with efforts in the recreation of the classical theatre and in the construction of Vikrishta Madhyam Auditorium.^[3] Under the aegis of NSD, she visited many countries such as Australia, England, Sri Lanka and Israel where she presented performances and held workshops on Indian Classical Theatre.^[3]

In the fifties, a chance opportunity to sing during a performance in Delhi changed her career and she started concentrating more on singing.^[4] Encouraged by Shambhu Maharaj, renowned Kathak guru, she performed at many places in India along with Siddheshwari Devi, a known classical singer.^[3]^[4] It was during one of these performances, Begum Akhtar, renowned Hindustani singer, met Ganguly and took her as her disciple.^[3]^[4] The bond between the singers lasted till Akhtar's death in 1974.^[3]

Ganguly is a Ford Foundation Fellow and has a doctoral degree for her thesis on the female singers of Indian subcontinent.^[3] She produced a multimedia production, Ruh-e-ishq, incorporating the seven stages of Sufism, in 1997, to celebrate the fifty years of Indian Independence.^[3] She is known to have a liking for nazms, a genre of Urdu poetry and has composed music for the poems of such Bengali poets as Jibanananda, Shakti Chattopadhyay, Subhash Mukherjee, Shankho Ghosh, Sunil Gangopadhyay and Joy Goswami.^[3] She was involved with the Soumitra Chatterjee production, Homapakhi for which she composed the theme song.^[3] She has also acted in Darmiyaan, a feature film by Kalpana Lajmi.^[4]

Ganguly has performed at the Festival of India events held in UK and France. She is the author of a number of books related to art and music such as Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai^[7] and Ae Mohabbat... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar.^[3]^[8] She is the founder of Kaladharmi,^[9] a non-profit organization to promote young talents in arts and the Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal,^[10] an academy for nurturing Ghazal tradition^[3] which has instituted annual awards to recognize excellence in Ghazal music.^[11] Her play on Begum Akhtar, Jamal-e-Begum Akhtar,^[12] has been staged on many occasions^[6] and she is planning a film on the life of Begum Akhtar^[4] in association with the known ghazal singer, Anup Jalota, involving filmmaker, Ketan Mehta and music director, A. R. Rahman.^[11]

Rita Ganguly received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for music in 2000.^[1] The Government of India honoured her with the civilian award of Padma Shri in 2003. She is also a recipient of Priyadarshi Award, Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani award, Critics Circle of India award and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Broadcasters Association of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.^[3]

Rita Ganguly is the founder of Kaladharmi,^[9] a non-profit organization for the promotion of performing arts and Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazals (BAAG),^[10] a ghazal academy.^[3]

Rita Ganguly was married to Keshav Kothari, a former secretary of Sangeet Natak Akademi and the couple has two children, son Arijeet a poet^[13] and a daughter, Meghna Kothari who is an actress in Hindi films.^[4]

She appeared in the film Parineeta (2005 film) and is credited for the song Dhinak-Dhinak-Dha^[14] composed by Shantanu Moitra penned by Swanand Kirkire.

She has also sung for the film Sarkar (2005) the song Deen Bandhu .^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b "SNA Award". Sangeet Natak Akademi. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards. 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r "ITC Sangeet Research Academy". ITC Sangeet Research Academy. 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Telegraph India". Telegraph India. 6 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^ "Chandu Panikkar". The Hindu. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Portrait of the artist". The Hindu. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ Rita Ganguly (1994). Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai. Cosmo Publications. p. 136. ISBN 978-8170206798.
^ Rita Ganguly (2013). AE MOHABBAT... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar. Stellar Publishers. ASIN B00DHIZEXA.
^ ^a ^b "Kaladharmi". Kaladharmi. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "BAAG". Kaladharmi. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "The Hindu". The Hindu. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
^ "NSD". NSD. 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
^ "Details: Vani Prakashan". www.vaniprakashan.in. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
^ Listen to Dhinak Dhinak Dha Song by Rita Ganguly on Gaana.com, retrieved 8 March 2021
^ Deen Bandhu (Full Song) - Sarkar - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn, retrieved 8 March 2021

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+'''Rita Ganguly''' is an exponent in the Indian classical arts. An accomplished dancer, musician and vocalist, she was honoured with the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2000<ref name="SNA Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm | title=SNA Award | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=2015 | access-date=10 February 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417012651/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm | archive-date=17 April 2010 }}</ref> and with the [[Padma Shri]] in 2003.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards | date=2015 | access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref> She is the mother of actress [[Meghna Kothari]] and the younger sister of the famous Ravindra Sangeet singer [[Gita Ghatak]].
 ==Biography==
-Rita Ganguly was born in [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], into a [[Bengali Brahmin]] family, the daughter of K. L. Ganguly, a journalist, by his wife Meena Ganguly. K. L. Ganguly was a freedom fighter and member of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]]. In 1938, he was selected by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] to become the first editor of the [[National Herald (India)|National Herald]], a newspaper founded by Nehru.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " />
+Rita Ganguly was born in [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], into a [[Bengali Brahmin]] family, and is the daughter of K. L. Ganguly, and Meena Ganguly. K. L. Ganguly was a freedom fighter and member of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]]. In 1938, he was selected by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] to become the first editor of the [[National Herald (India)|National Herald]], a newspaper founded by Nehru.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " />
-<ref name="Telegraph India">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131006/jsp/7days/17429164.jsp | title=Telegraph India | publisher=Telegraph India | date=6 October 2013 | accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref>
+<ref name="Telegraph India">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131006/jsp/7days/17429164.jsp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007092301/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131006/jsp/7days/17429164.jsp | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 October 2013 | title=Telegraph India | publisher=Telegraph India | date=6 October 2013 | access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref>
-Rita therefore grew up in [[Lucknow]], where the newspaper was based. She started learning [[Rabindrasangeet]] at the age of 12 under [[Gopeshwar Banerjee]].<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> She later joined [[Visva-Bharati University]], along with her elder sister, [[Gita Ghatak]] but concentrated more on dance and studied the Indian classical dance forms of [[Kathakali]] and [[Manipuri dance|Manipuri]].<ref name="Telegraph India" /> She did further studies in Kathakali under renowned gurus, [[Guru Kunchu Kurup|Kunchu Kurup]] and Chandu Pannikar<ref name="Chandu Panikkar">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/image-of-a-maestro/article6152760.ece | title=Chandu Panikkar | publisher=The Hindu | date=27 June 2014 | accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref> and trained in modern dance at [[Martha Graham School]], New York.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /><ref name="Telegraph India" /> She performed at various stages including the [[Bolshoi Theatre]], Russia and joined the [[National School of Drama]] (NSD) as a faculty member of dance where she is known to have introduced a new course of ''Movement and Mime''.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /><ref name="Telegraph India" /><ref name="Portrait of the artist">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/portrait-of-the-artist/article6872074.ece | title=Portrait of the artist | publisher=The Hindu | date=9 February 2015 | accessdate=February 9, 2015}}</ref> She taught at NSD for thirty years<ref name="Portrait of the artist" /> and during her tenure there, she is known to have contributed in productions and costume designing.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> She is also credited with efforts in the recreation of the classical theatre and in the construction of ''Vikrishta Madhyam Auditorium''.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> Under the aegis of NSD, she visited many countries such as Australia, England, Sri Lanka and Israel where she presented performances and held workshops on Indian Classical Theatre.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " />
+Rita therefore grew up in [[Lucknow]], where the newspaper was based. She started learning [[Rabindrasangeet]] at the age of 12 under [[Gopeshwar Banerjee]].<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> She later joined [[Visva-Bharati University]], along with her elder sister, [[Gita|Gita Ghatak]] with an emphasis on the arts whilst studying the Indian classical dance forms of [[Kathakali]] and [[Manipuri dance|Manipuri]].<ref name="Telegraph India" /> She did further studies in Kathakali under renowned gurus, [[Guru Kunchu Kurup|Kunchu Kurup]] and Chandu Pannikar<ref name="Chandu Panikkar">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/image-of-a-maestro/article6152760.ece | title=Chandu Panikkar | newspaper=The Hindu | date=27 June 2014 | access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> and trained in modern dance at [[Martha Graham School]], New York.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /><ref name="Telegraph India" /> She performed at various stages including the [[Bolshoi Theatre]], Russia and joined the [[National School of Drama]] (NSD) as a faculty member of dance where she is known to have introduced a new course of ''Movement and Mime''.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /><ref name="Telegraph India" /><ref name="Portrait of the artist">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/portrait-of-the-artist/article6872074.ece | title=Portrait of the artist | newspaper=The Hindu | date=9 February 2015 | access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref> She taught at NSD for thirty years<ref name="Portrait of the artist" /> and during her tenure there, she is known to have contributed in productions and costume designing.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> She is also credited with efforts in the recreation of the classical theatre and in the construction of ''Vikrishta Madhyam Auditorium''.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> Under the aegis of NSD, she visited many countries such as Australia, England, Sri Lanka and Israel where she presented performances and held workshops on Indian Classical Theatre.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " />
 In the fifties, a chance opportunity to sing during a performance in Delhi changed her career and she started concentrating more on singing.<ref name="Telegraph India" /> Encouraged by [[Shambhu Maharaj]], renowned [[Kathak]] guru, she performed at many places in India along with [[Siddheshwari Devi]], a known classical singer.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /><ref name="Telegraph India" /> It was during one of these performances, [[Begum Akhtar]], renowned [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani]] singer, met Ganguly and took her as her disciple.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /><ref name="Telegraph India" /> The bond between the singers lasted till Akhtar's death in 1974.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " />
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 Ganguly is a [[Ford Foundation]] Fellow and has a doctoral degree for her thesis on the female singers of Indian subcontinent.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> She produced a multimedia production, ''Ruh-e-ishq'', incorporating the seven stages of [[Sufism]], in 1997, to celebrate the fifty years of [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian Independence]].<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> She is known to have a liking for [[nazms]], a genre of [[Urdu literature|Urdu]] poetry and has composed music for the poems of such Bengali poets as [[Jibanananda]], [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]], Subhash Mukherjee, Shankho Ghosh, [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]] and [[Joy Goswami]].<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> She was involved with the [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] production, ''Homapakhi'' for which she composed the theme song.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> She has also acted in [[Darmiyaan: In Between|Darmiyaan]], a feature film by [[Kalpana Lajmi]].<ref name="Telegraph India" />
-Ganguly has performed at the ''Festival of India'' events held in UK and France. She is the author of a number of books related to art and music such as ''Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai''<ref name="Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Bismillah-Khan-Benaras-Seat-Shehnai/dp/8170206790 | title=Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai | publisher=Cosmo Publications | author=Rita Ganguly | year=1994 | pages=136 | isbn=978-8170206798}}</ref> and ''Ae Mohabbat... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar''.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /><ref name="AE MOHABBAT... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar ">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/AE-MOHABBAT-Reminiscing-Begum-Akhtar-ebook/dp/B00DHIZEXA/ref=la_B001ICGHN8_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423577033&sr=1-2 | title=AE MOHABBAT... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar | publisher=Stellar Publishers | author=Rita Ganguly | year=2013 | ASIN=B00DHIZEXA}}</ref> She is the founder of ''Kaladharmi'',<ref name="Kaladharmi" /> a non-profit organization to promote young talents in arts and the ''Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal'',<ref name="BAAG" /> an academy for nurturing Ghazal tradition<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> which has instituted annual awards to recognize excellence in Ghazal music.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/rita-ganguly-on-begum-akhtar/article6468956.ece | title=The Hindu | publisher=The Hindu | date=3 October 2014 | accessdate=February 9, 2015}}</ref> Her play on Begum Akhtar, ''Jamal-e-Begum Akhtar'',<ref name="NSD">{{cite web | url=http://nsdtheatrefest.com/begumakhtar.html | title=NSD | publisher=NSD | date=2015 | accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref> has been staged on many occasions<ref name="Portrait of the artist" /> and she is planning a film on the life of Begum Akhtar<ref name="Telegraph India" /> in association with the known ghazal singer, [[Anup Jalota]], involving filmmaker, [[Ketan Mehta]] and music director, [[A. R. Rahman]].<ref name="The Hindu" />
+Ganguly has performed at the ''Festival of India'' events held in UK and France. She is the author of a number of books related to art and music such as ''Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai''<ref name="Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai">{{cite book | title=Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai | publisher=Cosmo Publications | author=Rita Ganguly | year=1994 | pages=136 | isbn=978-8170206798}}</ref> and ''Ae Mohabbat... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar''.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /><ref name="AE MOHABBAT... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar ">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/AE-MOHABBAT-Reminiscing-Begum-Akhtar-ebook/dp/B00DHIZEXA/ref=la_B001ICGHN8_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423577033&sr=1-2 | title=AE MOHABBAT... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar | publisher=Stellar Publishers | author=Rita Ganguly | year=2013 | asin=B00DHIZEXA}}</ref> She is the founder of ''Kaladharmi'',<ref name="Kaladharmi" /> a non-profit organization to promote young talents in arts and the ''Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal'',<ref name="BAAG" /> an academy for nurturing Ghazal tradition<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " /> which has instituted annual awards to recognize excellence in Ghazal music.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/rita-ganguly-on-begum-akhtar/article6468956.ece | title=The Hindu | newspaper=The Hindu | date=3 October 2014 | access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref> Her play on Begum Akhtar, ''Jamal-e-Begum Akhtar'',<ref name="NSD">{{cite web | url=http://nsdtheatrefest.com/begumakhtar.html | title=NSD | publisher=NSD | date=2015 | access-date=10 February 2015 | archive-date=10 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210212121/http://nsdtheatrefest.com/begumakhtar.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> has been staged on many occasions<ref name="Portrait of the artist" /> and she is planning a film on the life of Begum Akhtar<ref name="Telegraph India" /> in association with the known ghazal singer, [[Anup Jalota]], involving filmmaker, [[Ketan Mehta]] and music director, [[A. R. Rahman]].<ref name="The Hindu" />
 Rita Ganguly received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for music in 2000.<ref name="SNA Award" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured her with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 2003. She is also a recipient of Priyadarshi Award, Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani award, Critics Circle of India award and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Broadcasters Association of the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]].<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy " />
-Rita Ganguly is the founder of ''Kaladharmi'',<ref name="Kaladharmi">{{cite web | url=http://www.kaladharmi.org/members.html | title=Kaladharmi | publisher=Kaladharmi | date=2015 | accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref> a non-profit organization for the promotion of performing arts and ''[[Begum Akhtar]] Academy of Ghazals'' (BAAG),<ref name="BAAG">{{cite web | url=http://www.kaladharmi.org/baag.html | title=BAAG | publisher=Kaladharmi | date=2015 | accessdate=February 10, 2015}}</ref> a [[ghazal]] academy.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy ">{{cite web | url=http://www.itcsra.org/aom/artist_ofthe_month.asp?id=133 | title=ITC Sangeet Research Academy | publisher=ITC Sangeet Research Academy | date=2015 | accessdate=February 9, 2015}}</ref>
+Rita Ganguly is the founder of ''Kaladharmi'',<ref name="Kaladharmi">{{cite web | url=http://www.kaladharmi.org/members.html | title=Kaladharmi | publisher=Kaladharmi | date=2015 | access-date=10 February 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210202533/http://www.kaladharmi.org/members.html | archive-date=10 February 2015 }}</ref> a non-profit organization for the promotion of performing arts and ''[[Begum Akhtar]] Academy of Ghazals'' (BAAG),<ref name="BAAG">{{cite web | url=http://www.kaladharmi.org/baag.html | title=BAAG | publisher=Kaladharmi | date=2015 | access-date=10 February 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210201517/http://www.kaladharmi.org/baag.html | archive-date=10 February 2015 }}</ref> a [[ghazal]] academy.<ref name="ITC Sangeet Research Academy ">{{cite web | url=http://www.itcsra.org/aom/artist_ofthe_month.asp?id=133 | title=ITC Sangeet Research Academy | publisher=ITC Sangeet Research Academy | date=2015 | access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref>
-Rita Ganguly is married to Keshav Kothari, a former secretary of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] and the couple has two children, a son, Arijit and a daughter, [[Meghna Kothari]] who is an actress in Hindi films.<ref name="Telegraph India" />
+Rita Ganguly was married to Keshav Kothari, a former secretary of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] and the couple has two children, son Arijeet a poet<ref>{{Cite web|title=Details: Vani Prakashan|url=https://www.vaniprakashan.in/details.php?lang=H&prod_id=847&title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B9%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE|access-date=2021-03-08|website=www.vaniprakashan.in|archive-date=6 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806165327/https://www.vaniprakashan.in/details.php?lang=H&prod_id=847&title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%20%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B9%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a daughter, [[Meghna Kothari]] who is an actress in Hindi films.<ref name="Telegraph India" />
+She appeared in the film [[Parineeta (2005 film)]] and is credited for the song Dhinak-Dhinak-Dha<ref>{{Citation|title=Listen to Dhinak Dhinak Dha Song by Rita Ganguly on Gaana.com|url=https://gaana.com/song/dhinak-dhinak-dha-1|access-date=2021-03-08}}</ref> composed by [[Shantanu Moitra]] penned by [[Swanand Kirkire]].
-She is appeared in some of films like [[Parineeta (2005 film)]] also
+She has also sung for the film Sarkar (2005) the song Deen Bandhu .<ref name="jiosaavn.com">{{Citation|title=Deen Bandhu (Full Song) - Sarkar - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/song/deen-bandhu/OCkNaBZEGlo|language=en-US|access-date=2021-03-08}}</ref>
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 * [[Ghazal]]
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 * [[Siddheswari Devi]]
 * [[National School of Drama]]
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 ==References==
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 ==Further reading==
-* {{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/AE-MOHABBAT-Reminiscing-Begum-Akhtar-ebook/dp/B00DHIZEXA/ref=la_B001ICGHN8_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423577033&sr=1-2 | title=Ae Mohabbat... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar | publisher=Stellar Publishers | author=Rita Ganguly | year=2013 | ASIN=B00DHIZEXA}}
+* {{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/AE-MOHABBAT-Reminiscing-Begum-Akhtar-ebook/dp/B00DHIZEXA/ref=la_B001ICGHN8_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423577033&sr=1-2 | title=Ae Mohabbat... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar | publisher=Stellar Publishers | author=Rita Ganguly | year=2013 | asin=B00DHIZEXA}}
-* {{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Bismillah-Khan-Benaras-Seat-Shehnai/dp/8170206790 | title=Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai | publisher=Cosmo Publications | author=Rita Ganguly | year=1994 | pages=136 | isbn=978-8170206798}}
+* {{cite book | title=Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai | publisher=Cosmo Publications | author=Rita Ganguly | year=1994 | pages=136 | isbn=978-8170206798}}
+{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
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v t e Recipients of Padma Shri in Art
1950s	Omkarnath Thakur (1955) Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956) Sudhir Khastgir (1957) Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957) Debaki Bose (1958) Shambhu Maharaj (1958) Nargis (1958) Satyajit Ray (1958) Devika Rani (1958)
1960s	K. K. Hebbar (1961) Bismillah Khan (1961) Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961) Ashok Kumar (1962) Mehboob Khan (1963) Melville de Mellow (1963) Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964) Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964) P. C. Sorcar (1964) Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965) V. Nagayya (1965) Ravishankar Raval (1965) Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965) Sivaji Ganesan (1966) M. F. Husain (1966) Sumitra Charat Ram (1966) P. Bhanumathi (1966) Daji Bhatawadekar (1967) Vasant Desai (1967) Siddheshwari Devi (1967) Mohammed Rafi (1967) Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967) Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967) M. R. Acharekar (1968) Begum Akhtar (1968) Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968) Nikhil Banerjee (1968) Sunil Dutt (1968) Durga Khote (1968) Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968) Shankar–Jaikishan (1968) Ayodhya Prasad (1968) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968) N. T. Rama Rao (1968) Devi Lal Samar (1968) Vyjayanthimala (1968) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969) David Abraham Cheulkar (1969) N. S. Bendre (1969) S. D. Burman (1969) B. Saroja Devi (1969) Indrani Rahman (1969) Balraj Sahni (1969) S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)
1970s	Sukumar Bose (1970) Prem Dhawan (1970) Ratna Fabri (1970) Gemini Ganesan (1970) Ritwik Ghatak (1970) Damayanti Joshi (1970) Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970) Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970) Madhaviah Krishnan (1970) Rajendra Kumar (1970) Pankaj Mullick (1970) Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970) Relangi (1970) Gummadi (1970) Vijay Raghav Rao (1970) V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970) Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970) K. B. Sundarambal (1970) Avinash Vyas (1970) M. Balamuralikrishna (1971) Sankho Chaudhuri (1971) Manna Dey (1971) Tripti Mitra (1971) Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971) Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971) K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971) Shanta Rao (1971) Ravi (1971) Sahir Ludhianvi (1971) Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971) Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972) Girija Devi (1972) Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972) Sunil Janah (1972) Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972) Bhimsen Joshi (1972) Mahendra Kapoor (1972) Ram Kumar (artist) (1972) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972) Samta Prasad (1972) M. K. Radha (1972) Raghu Rai (1972) Krishna Reddy (1972) Waheeda Rehman (1972) Juthika Roy (1972) Suchitra Sen (1972) Gubbi Veeranna (1972) Sitara Devi (1973) T. N. Krishnan (1973) Kishan Maharaj (1973) Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973) Uma Sharma (1973) S. G. Thakur Singh (1973) Kaifi Azmi (1974) Pushkar Bhan (1974) Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974) Bindhyabasini Devi (1974) Naina Devi (1974) Girish Karnad (1974) Shriram Lagoo (1974) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974) Nutan (1974) M. D. Ramanathan (1974) Som Nath Sadhu (1974) Emani Sankara Sastry (1974) Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974) Manik Varma (1974) M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975) Jasraj (1975) Amjad Ali Khan (1975) Gopi Krishna (1975) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Basavaraj Rajguru (1975) Kalyanam Raghuramayya (1975) M. S. Sathyu (1975) K. G. Subramanyan (1975) Gitchandra Tongbra (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1975) Shyam Benegal (1976) Raghunath Mohapatra (1976) Ram Narayan (1976) K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976) R. Nagendra Rao (1976) S. Somasundaram (1976) Parveen Sultana (1976) Dhanraj Bhagat (1977) Bhupen Hazarika (1977) Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977) Alla Rakha (1977) Jehangir Sabavala (1977) Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)
1980s	B. V. Karanth (1981) Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981) Gambhir Singh Mura (1981) Dashrath Patel (1981) S. H. Raza (1981) Padma Subrahmanyam (1981) Allah Jilai Bai (1982) Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982) Jabbar Patel (1982) Virendra Prabhakar (1982) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983) Nepal Mahata (1983) Handel Manuel (1983) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Sobha Singh (1983) Habib Tanvir (1983) Ganga Devi (1984) Amitabh Bachchan (1984) Purushottam Das (1984) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Bhupen Khakhar (1984) Ben Kingsley (1984) Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984) Roshan Kumari (1984) Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984) N. Rajam (1984) Raja and Radha Reddy (1984) Nek Chand (1984) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984) Shanti Dave (1985) Asa Singh Mastana (1985) Laxman Pai (1985) Smita Patil (1985) Palghat R. Raghu (1985) Naseeruddin Shah (1985) Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986) Kanika Banerjee (1986) Subrata Mitra (1986) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986) Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986) K. Balachander (1987) Kumudini Lakhia (1987) Vijaya Mehta (1987) N. Ramani (1987) Aparna Sen (1987) Naresh Sohal (1987) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Shabana Azmi (1988) Teejan Bai (1988) Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988) Zakir Hussain (1988) Chindodi Leela (1988) Sudharani Raghupathy (1988) Sudarshan Sahoo (1988) Kudrat Singh (1988) Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Adyar K. Lakshman (1989) Haku Shah (1989) L. Subramaniam (1989) Ratan Thiyam (1989) Upendra Trivedi (1989)
1990s	Mohan Agashe (1990) G. Aravindan (1990) Prabha Atre (1990) Asgari Bai (1990) Gulab Bai (1990) Balwantrai Bhatt (1990) Diwaliben Bhil (1990) Raj Bisaria (1990) S. M. Ganapathy (1990) Kamal Haasan (1990) Bishamber Khanna (1990) Krishen Khanna (1990) Allu Ramalingaiah (1990) Tarun Majumdar (1990) Madhavi Mudgal (1990) Om Puri (1990) Kanak Rele (1990) Leela Samson (1990) Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990) Kapila Vatsyayan (1990) Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991) Bharat Gopy (1991) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991) Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991) Shanno Khurana (1991) Pratima Barua Pandey (1991) Manu Parekh (1991) Shivkumar Sharma (1991) Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991) Sharda Sinha (1991) Alarmel Valli (1991) Jaya Bachchan (1992) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Biren De (1992) Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992) Sabri Khan (1992) Sunita Kohli (1992) Madurai N. Krishnan (1992) Manoj Kumar (1992) Meera Mukherjee (1992) Asha Parekh (1992) Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Anandji Virji Shah (1992) Kalyanji Virji Shah (Kalyanji-Anandji) (1992) Sundari K. Shridharani (1992) Tapan Sinha (1992) Muthiah Sthapati (1992) K. Viswanath (1992) Chitra Visweswaran (1992) Dipali Barthakur (1998) Mammootty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Krishnarao Sable (1998) Zohra Sehgal (1998) K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998) U. Srinivas (1998) Javed Akhtar (1999) Saryu Doshi (1999) Sulochana Latkar (1999) Sumati Mutatkar (1999) Shobha Deepak Singh (1999) Jagmohan Sursagar (1999) Ram V. Sutar (1999)
2000s	Kanhai Chitrakar (2000) Shekhar Kapur (2000) Hema Malini (2000) Anjolie Ela Menon (2000) Shubha Mudgal (2000) Alyque Padamsee (2000) A. R. Rahman (2000) Ramanand Sagar (2000) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001) Aamir Raza Husain (2001) Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001) Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001) Sunil Kothari (2001) Nerella Venu Madhav (2001) Mohanlal (2001) Shobha Naidu (2001) D. V. S. Raju (2001) Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001) Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001) Thota Tharani (2001) W. D. Amaradeva (2002) Raj Begum (2002) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002) Pushpa Bhuyan (2002) Rajan Devadas (2002) Darshana Jhaveri (2002) Abdul Latif Khan (2002) Mani Krishnaswami (2002) Fazal Mohammad (2002) Manorama (2002) Govind Nihalani (2002) Mani Ratnam (2002) Kiran Segal (2002) Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002) T. H. Vinayakram (2002) Jahnu Barua (2003) Danny Denzongpa (2003) Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003) Rita Ganguly (2003) Ranjana Gauhar (2003) Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003) Rakhee Gulzar (2003) Nemi Chandra Jain (2003) O. P. Jain (2003) Aamir Khan (2003) Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003) T. M. Soundararajan (2003) Sukumari (2003) Satish Vyas (2003) Bharathiraja (2004) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) D. K. Datar (2004) Kadri Gopalnath (2004) Hariharan (singer) (2004) Purshottam Das Jalota (2004) Krishn Kanhai (2004) Heisnam Kanhailal (2004) Anupam Kher (2004) Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004) Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004) Sudha Ragunathan (2004) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004) Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004) Bharati Shivaji (2004) Singh Bandhu (2004) Bhajan Sopori (2004) Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004) Muzaffar Ali (2005) Shameem Dev Azad (2005) M. Boyer (2005) K. S. Chithra (2005) Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005) Kavita Krishnamurti (2005) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Punaram Nishad (2005) Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005) Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005) Komala Varadan (2005) Wadali Brothers (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006) Shree Lal Joshi (2006) Surinder Kaur (2006) Rashid Khan (musician) (2006) Vasundhara Komkali (2006) Yashodhar Mathpal (2006) Madhup Mudgal (2006) Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006) Shyama Charan Pati (2006) Gayatri Sankaran (2006) Prasad Sawkar (2006) Aribam Syam Sharma (2006) Shobana (2006) Kanaka Srinivasan (2006) Pankaj Udhas (2006) Mohan Babu (2007) Geeta Chandran (2007) Astad Deboo (2007) Neelamani Devi (2007) Remo Fernandes (2007) P. Gopinathan (2007) Pushpa Hans (2007) Shanti Hiranand (2007) Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007) Govardhan Kumari (2007) Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007) Balachandra Menon (2007) Shashikala (2007) Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007) Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007) Pannuru Sripathy (2007) Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007) Waman Thakre (2007) P. R. Thilagam (2007) Tom Alter (2008) Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008) Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008) Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008) Madhuri Dixit Nene (2008) Kekoo Gandhy (2008) Helen Giri Syiem (2008) Jatin Goswami (2008) Hans Raj Hans (2008) Sabitri Heisnam (2008) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008) P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008) Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) M. Night Shyamalan (2008) Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008) Jawahar Wattal (2008) Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009) Hemi Bawa (2009) Brahmanandam (2009) Devayani (dancer) (2009) Suresh Dutta (2009) Kalamandalam Gopi (2009) Niranjan Goswami (2009) Geeta Kapur (2009) Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009) Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009) Helen (2009) S. Krishnaswamy (2009) Akshay Kumar (2009) Iravatham Mahadevan (2009) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009) Penaz Masani (2009) Shaoli Mitra (2009) Udit Narayan (2009) Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009) Leela Omchery (2009) Pratapaditya Pal (2009) Aruna Sairam (2009) Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009) Kumar Sanu (2009) Kiran Seth (2009) Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009) Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009) Thilakan (2009) K. P. Udayabhanu (2009) Vivek (actor) (2009)
2010s	Gul Bardhan (2010) Carmel Berkson (2010) Wasifuddin Dagar (2010) Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010) Nemai Ghosh (2010) Sumitra Guha (2010) Ulhas Kashalkar (2010) Saif Ali Khan (2010) Mukund Lath (2010) Ram Dayal Munda (2010) Arundathi Nag (2010) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Resul Pookutty (2010) Arjun Prajapati (2010) Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010) Shobha Raju (2010) Mayadhar Raut (2010) Rekha (2010) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011) Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011) Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011) Mahasundari Devi (2011) Gajam Govardhana (2011) Sunayana Hazarilal (2011) S. R. Janakiraman (2011) Jayaram (2011) Kajol (2011) Shaji N. Karun (2011) Girish Kasaravalli (2011) Irrfan Khan (2011) Tabu (2011) Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011) Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011) Jivya Soma Mashe (2011) Dadi Pudumjee (2011) M. K. Saroja (2011) Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011) Prahlad Tipanya (2011) Usha Uthup (2011) Satish Alekar (2012) Satish Alekar (2012) Vanraj Bhatia (2012) Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012) Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012) Gundecha Brothers (2012) Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012) Anup Jalota (2012) Moti Lal Kemmu (2012) Shahid Parvez (2012) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012) Sakar Khan (2012) Joy Michael (2012) Minati Mishra (2012) Na Muthuswamy (2012) R. Nagarathnamma (2012) Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Vijay Sharma (2012) Laila Tyabji (2012) Yamunabai Waikar (2012) S. Shakir Ali (2013) Gajam Anjaiah (2013) Bapu (2013) Pablo Bartholomew (2013) Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013) G. C. D. Bharti (2013) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Ghanakanta Bora (2013) B. Jayashree (2013) Hildamit Lepcha (2013) Madhu (actor) (2013) Sudha Malhotra (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013) Nana Patekar (2013) Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013) Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013) Jaymala Shiledar (2013) Ramesh Sippy (2013) Sridevi (2013) Suresh Talwalkar (2013) Mahrukh Tarapor (2013) Balwant Thakur (2013) Rajendra Tiku (2013) Mohammad Ali Baig (2014) Vidya Balan (2014) Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014) Sabitri Chatterjee (2014) Biman Bihari Das (2014) Sunil Das (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Rani Karnaa (2014) Bansi Kaul (2014) Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Paresh Maity (2014) Ram Mohan (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014) Paresh Rawal (2014) Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014) Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014) Santosh Sivan (2014) Sooni Taraporevala (2014) Naresh Bedi (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rahul Jain (2015) Ravindra Jain (2015) Prasoon Joshi (2015) A. Kanyakumari (2015) Prafulla Kar (2015) Tripti Mukherjee (2015) Neil Nongkynrih (2015) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015) Shekhar Sen (2015) Pran Kumar Sharma (2015) Mahesh Raj Soni (2015) Malini Awasthi (2016) Madhur Bhandarkar (2016) Tulsidas Borkar (2016) Mamta Chandrakar (2016) Priyanka Chopra (2016) Ajay Devgn (2016) Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016) Laxma Goud (2016) Saeed Jaffrey (2016) Venkatesh Kumar (2016) Naresh Chander Lal (2016) Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016) Nila Madhab Panda (2016) Michael Postel (2016) Pratibha Prahlad (2016) Gulabo Sapera (2016) Prakash Chand Surana (2016) Basanti Bisht (2017) Baua Devi (2017) Jitendra Haripal (2017) Kailash Kher (2017) Sadhu Meher (2017) Aruna Mohanty (2017) T. K. Murthy (2017) Mukund Nayak (2017) Anuradha Paudwal (2017) Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017) Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017) Doddarangegowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Prabhakar Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Baba Yogendra (2018) Anup Ranjan Pandey (2019) Manoj Bajpayee (2019) Pritam Bhartwan (2019) Jyoti Bhatt (2019) Swapan Chaudhuri (2019) Dinyar Contractor (2019) Thanga Darlong (2019) Prabhu Deva (2019) Godawari Dutta (2019) Joravarsinh Jadav (2019) Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019) K. G. Jayan (2019) Waman Kendre (2019) Kader Khan (2019) Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019) Shankar Mahadevan (2019) Narthaki Nataraj (2019) Milena Salvini (2019) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019) Rajeev Taranath (2019) Hiralal Yadav (2019) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) Indira P. P. Bora (2020) Bombay Sisters (2020) Vajira Chitrasena (2020) Puru Dadheech (2020) Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020) Sarita Joshi (2020) Kangana Ranaut (2020) Ramzan Khan (2020) Manilal Nag (2020) Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020) Adnan Sami (2020) Suresh Wadkar (2020) V. K. Munusamy (2020) Yadla Gopalarao (2020) Dulari Devi (2021) Bombay Jayashri (2021) KC Sivasankaran (2021) Rewben Mashangva (2021) Sanjida Khatun (2021) Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021) Nidumolu Sumathi (2021) Biren Kumar Basak (2021) Narayan Debnath (2021) Bhuri Bai (2021) Manjamma Jogathi (2021) Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) (2022) Lalita Vakil (2022) H. R. Keshava Murthy (2022) Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (2022) Arjun Singh Dhurve (2022) Ram Sahay Panday (2022) Durga Bai Vyam (2022) Sulochana Chavan (2022) Sonu Nigam (2022) Lourembam Bino Devi (2022) Konsam Ibomcha Singh (2022) Shyamamani Devi (2022) Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan (2022) Chandraprakash Dwivedi (2022) Ram Dayal Sharma (2022) Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia (2022) S. Ballesh (2022) Sowcar Janaki (2022) R Muthukannammal (2022) A. K. C. Natarajan (2022) Darshanam Mogilaiah (2022) Sakini Ramachandraih (2022) Gaddam Padmaja Reddy (2022) Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana (duo) (2022) Shivnath Mishra (2022) Sheesh Ram (2022) Ajita Srivastava (2022) Madhuri Barthwal (2022) Kaajee Singh (2022) Jodhaiya Bai Baiga (2023) Premjit Baria (2023) Usha Barle (2023) Hemant Chauhan (2023) Bhanubhai Chitara (2023) Hemoprova Chutia (2023) Subhadra Devi (2023) Hem Chandra Goswami (2023) Pritikana Goswami (2023) Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain (2023) Dilshad Hussain (2023) Mahipat Kavi (2023) M. M. Keeravani (2023) Parshuram Komaji Khune (2023) Maguni Charan Kuanr (2023) Domar Singh Kunvar (2023) Risingbor Kurkalang (2023) Rani Machaiah (2023) Ajay Kumar Mandavi (2023) Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa (2023) Ramesh and Shanti Parmar (2023) Krishna Patel (2023) K Kalyanasundaram Pillai (2023) Kapil Dev Prasad (2023) Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri (2023) C. V. Raju (2023) Pareshbhai Rathwa (2023) Mangala Kanti Roy (2023) K C Runremsangi (2023) Ritwik Sanyal (2023) Kota Satchidananda Sastry (2023) Neihunuo Sorhie (2023) Moa Subong (2023) Raveena Tandon (2023) Coomi Nariman Wadia (2023) Ghulam Muhammad Zaz (2023)

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