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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 | |
'''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]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Rita Ganguly was born in [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], into a [[Bengali Brahmin]] family, the daughter of K. L. Ganguly, |
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 " /> |
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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]] 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 | |
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 " /> |
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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 " /> |
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 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" /> |
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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 |
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" /> |
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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 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 " /> |
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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 | |
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> |
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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" /> |
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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]]. |
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She is appeared in some of films like [[Parineeta (2005 film)]] also |
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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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* {{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 | |
* {{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}} |
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* {{cite book | title=Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai | publisher=Cosmo Publications | author=Rita Ganguly | year=1994 | pages=136 | isbn=978-8170206798}} |
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Rita Ganguly | |
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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 |
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
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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Further reading
[edit]- Rita Ganguly (2013). Ae Mohabbat... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar. Stellar Publishers. ASIN B00DHIZEXA.
- Rita Ganguly (1994). Bismillah Khan and Benaras, the Seat of Shehnai. Cosmo Publications. p. 136. ISBN 978-8170206798.
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- 20th-century Indian composers
- Visva-Bharati University alumni
- Academic staff of the National School of Drama
- Indian classical composers
- Indian women ghazal singers
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