| | This article may need to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information, and remove this template when finished. Please see the talk page for more information. (July 2009) | Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Award) is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, an academy for performing arts. It is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists.[1] The award consists since 2003 of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram (a shawl), and a tamrapatra (a brass plaque).[2] The awards are given in the categories music, dance, theatre, other traditional/folk/tribal/dance/music/theatre and Puppetry, and contribution/scholarship in performing arts.[2] [edit] Award winners [edit] Hindustani music - 1952 - Mushtaq Hussain Khan
- 1953 - Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar
- 1954 - Rajab Ali Khan
- 1955 - Anant Manohar Joshi
- 1956 - Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale
- 1957 - Rasoolan Bai
- 1958 - Ganesh Ramachandra Behere
- 1959 - Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
- 1960 - Altaf Hussain Khan
- 1961 - Y. S. Mirashi Buwa
- 1962 - Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
- 1963 - Omkarnath Thakur
- 1964 - Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
- 1965 - Hirabai Barodekar
- 1966 - Siddheswari Devi
- 1967 - Amir Khan
- 1968 - Mogubai Kurdikar
- 1969 - Ramchatur Mallick
- 1970 - Nisar Hussain Khan
- 1971 - Mallikarjun Mansur
- 1972 - Begum Akhtar
- 1973 - Gangubai Hangal
- 1974 - Kumar Gandharva
- 1975 - Bhimsen Joshi
- 1976 - Narayanrao Vyas
- 1977 - Girija Devi
- 1978 - Khadim Hussain Khan
- 1979 - Sarachchandra Arolkar
- 1980 - Nivruttibua Sarnaik
- 1981 - Basavaraj Rajguru
- 1982 - Vasantrao Deshpande
- 1983 - Mahadev Prasad Mishra
- 1984 - Sharafat Hussain Khan
- 1985 - Kishori Amonkar, Aminuddin Dagar
- 1986 - Asgari Bai, Firoz Dastur, Manik Varma
- 1987 - C. R. Vyas, Shobha Gurtu, Pandit Jasraj
- 1988 - Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram
- 1989 - Jitendra Abhisheki
- 1990 - K. G. Ginde, Dhondutai Kulkarni
- 1991 - N. Zahiruddin Dagar, Prabha Atre
- 1992 - Ramarao V. Naik, Shiv Kumar Shukla
- 1993 - Bala Saheb Poochwale, Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
- 1994 - Sulochana Brahaspati, Zia Fariddudin Dagar
- 1995 - A. Kanan
- 1996 - Dinkar Kaikini, Hafeez Ahmad Khan
- 1997 - L. K. Pandit
- 1998 - Puttaraj Gavaigalu, Parveen Sultana, Rajan and Sajan Mishra
- 1999-2000 - Ajoy Chakraborty, Rita Ganguly, Malabika Kanan
- 2001 - Abhay Narayan Mallick, Sangameshwar Gurav, Malini Rajurkar
- 2002 - Sushila Rani Patel, Sharayu Kalekar
- 2003 - Ghulam Mustafa Waris Khan, Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi
- 2004 - Balwant Rai Bhatt, Tejpal Singh and Surinder Singh
- 2005 - S. C. R. Bhat, Ramashreya Jha
- 2006 - Vijay Kumar Kichlu, Rashid Khan
- 2007 - Vidyadhar Vyas, Govardhan Mishra
- 2008 - Ulhas Kashalkar, M. R. Gautam
[edit] Instrumental - Harmonium
- 1999-2000 - Appa Jalgaonkar
- 2005 - Tulsidas Vasant Borkar
- Pakhavaj
- 1955 - Govind Rao Burhanpurkar
- 1965 - Sakharam Tavde
- 1967 - Ayodhya Prasad
- 1978 - Purushottam Das
- 1988 - Ramshankardas Pagaldas
- 1991 - Chatrapati Singh
- 1993 - Gopaldas Panse
- 1995 - Ram Ashish Pathak
- 2003 - Bhawani Shankar
- Shehnai
- 1956 - Bismillah Khan
- 1985 - Ali Hussain Khan
- 1989 - Anant Lal
- 1996 - Raghunath Prasanna
- 2008 - Krishna Ram Chaudhary
- Tabla
- 1954 - Ahmed Jan Thirakwa
- 1959 - Jahangir Khan
- 1961 - Kanthe Maharaj
- 1970 - Masit Khan
- 1976 - Karamatulla Khan
- 1979 - Samta Prasad Maharaj
- 1982 - Alla Rakha
- 1984 - Kishan Maharaj
- 1990 - Zakir Hussain
- 1991 - Shaikh Dawood
- 1997 - Swapan Chaudhuri, Lalji Gokhale
- 1998 - Pandharinath Gangadhar Nageshkar
- 1999-2000 - Shankar Ghosh
- 2002 - Suresh B. Gaitonde, Anindo Chatterjee
- 2004 - Suresh Talwalkar
- 2006 - Kumar Bose
- 2007 - Nandan Mehta
[edit] Carnatic music [edit] Instrumental - Gottuvadhyam
- 1958 - Budalur Krishnamurthi Sastri
- 2006 - Chitravina N. Ravi Kiran
- Mridangam
- Palghat Mani Iyer, 1956
- C.S. Murugabhoopathy, 1975
- Kolanka Venkataraju, 1979
- Palghat R. Raghu, 1983
- T. K. Murthy, 1987
- T. V. Gopalakrishnan 1990
- Vellore G. Ramabhadran, 1991
- Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, 1992
- Dandamudi Rammohan Rao, 1994
- Guruvayur Dorai, 1996
- Karaikudi Mani 1998
- V. Kamalakar Rao, 1999-2000
- Yella Venkateshwara Rao, 2002
- Madras A. Kannan, 2004
- Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam, 2006
- Mannargudi A. Easwaran, 2008
- Nagaswaram
- Thiruvaduthurai N. Rajratnam Pillai, 1955
- Dr.Thiruvengadu Subramania Pillai, 1962
- P.S. Veeruswamy Pillai, 1966
- T. S. Natarajasundaram Pillai, 1972
- Sheik Chinna Moulana, 1976
- Namagiripettai K. Krishnan 1981
- Domada Chitiabbayi, 1995
- Ongale N. Rangaiah, 2005
- S. R. D. Vaithiyanathan, 2007
- Thavil
- Valangaiman A. Shanmugasundaram Pillai, 1985
- Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam, 1988
- Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel, 2001
- Veena
- Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer, 1952
- L. Subramanya Sastri, 1960
- K.S. Narayanaswami, 1968
- Devakottai A. Narayana Iyengar 1969
- Mysore V. Doreswamy Iyengar, 1970
- Emani Sankara Sastry, 1973
- Sundaram Balachander, 1977
- Tanjavur K.P. Sivanandam, 1980
- Raajeswari Padmanabhan, 1986
- R. Pichumani Iyer, 1988
- Chitti Babu, 1990
- M.K. Kalyanakrishna Bhagavathar, 1992
- Kalpakam Swaminathan, 1993
- R.N. Doreswamy, 2001
- Violin
- Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, 1953
- Tirumakudalu Chowdiah, 1957
- Kumbakonam Rajamanickkam Pillai, 1959
- T.K. Jayarama Iyer, 1963
- K.N. Chinnaswamy Iyer, 1964
- K.S. Venkataramiah 'Papa', 1967
- Madurai S. Subramanya Iyer, 1971
- T. N. Krishnan, 1974
- Lalgudi Jayaraman, 1978
- M. S. Gopalakrishnan, 1982
- M. Chandrasekaran, 1986
- Chalakudy N.S. Narayanaswamy, 1988
- R.K. Venkatarama Sastry, 1989
- Kandadevi S. Alagiriswamy, 1991
- Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, 1993
- Annavarapu Ramaswamy, 1996
- T. Rukmini, 1997
- M. S. Anantharaman, 1998
- R. R Keshava Murthy, 1999-2000
- A. Kanyakumari, 2003
- V. V. Subrahmanyam 2005
- B. Sasikumar, 2008
[edit] Creative music (partial list) [edit] Acting Assamese - Mitradev Mahanta Adhikar 1961
- Girish Chwdhury 2001
Bengali - Ahindra Chowdhuri 1958
- Kumar Roy 1983
- Tripti Mitra 1962
- Sekhar Chatterjee 1989
- Sabitabrata Dutta 1967
- Satya Bandopadhyay 1995
- Saraju Bala Devi 1970
- Soumitra Chatterjee 1998
- Sova Sen 1973
- Ketaki Dutta 1999-2000
- Molina Devi 1975
- Sabitri Chatterjee 1999-2000
- Krishna Roy 1983
- Saoli Mitra 2003
Gujarati - Ashraf Khan 1960
- Pransukh Manilal Nayak 1974
- Muljibhai Khushalbhai Nayak 1965 Dina Pathak (Gandhi) 1980
- Jaswant D. Thaker 1968 Sarita Joshi 1988
Hindi Kannada - Gubbi Veeranna 1955
- Balappa Yenagi 1994
- Mysore Venkatappa
- Subbaiya Naidu 1961
- B. Jayashree 1996
- B. Jayamma 1985
- C.R. Simha 2003
- R. Nagarathnamma 1992
Malayalam - C.I. Parameswarn Pillai 1960
- N.N. Pillai 1969
- V.T. Aravindaksha Menon 1965
Manipuri - Sabitri Heisnam 1991
- R.K. Bhogen 1997
Marathi - Narayan Rao Rajhans'Bal Gandharva' 1955
- Chintamani Govind Pendse 1981
- Ganesh Govind Bodas 1956
- Dattatray Ramachandra Bhat 1983
- Chintaman Ganesh Kolhatkar 1957
- Prabhakar V. Panshikar 1986
- Gopal Govind Pathak 1960
- Sulabha Deshpande (also Hindi) 1987
- Keshav Trimbak Date 1964
- Bhakti Barve Inamdar 1990
- Shreeram Lagoo 1971
- Neelu Phule 1991
- Jyotsna Keshavrao Bhole 1976
- Mohan Agashe 1996
- Dattaram N. Walwaikar 1978
Oriya Sanskrit - Krishnachandra Moreshwar "Daji Bhatawadekar" 1965
Tamil Telugu Urdu Mime - Jogesh Dutta 1993
- Niranjan Goswami 2002
[edit] Direction - Prithviraj Kapoor 1956
- Bibhash Chakraborty 1989
- Jaishankar Bhojak 'Sundari' 1957
- Geoffrey & Laura Kendal (Joint Award) 1990
- Sombhu Mitra 1959
- Fritz Bennewitz 1991
- Kasambhai Nathubhai Mir 1961
- Mohan Maharishi 1992
- Ebrahim Alkazi 1962
- Kailash Pandya 1993
- T.S. Rajamanikkam 1964
- Barry John 1993
- Habib Tanvir 1969
- M K Raina 1995
- Adi Ferozeshah Marzban 1970
- Bansi Kaul 1995
- Satya Dev Dubey 1971
- Purushottam Darwhekar 1996
- Shyamanand Jalan 1972
- Bhanu Bharti 1997
- Ajitesh Bandopadhyay 1973
- Amal Allana 1998
- Damodar Kashinath Kenkre 1974
- Dulal Roy 1998
- Vijaya Farokh Mehta 1975
- Usha Ganguly 1998
- B V Karanth 1976
- Balwant Thankur 1999-2000
- Rajinder Nath 1977
- Nadira Zahear Babbar 1999-2000
- Jabbar Patel 1978
- Prasanna 1999-2000
- B.M. Shah 1979
- Shanta Gandhi 2001
- Rudra Prasad Sengupta 1980
- Arun Mukherjee 2002
- R.S. Manohar 1981
- Satish Anand 2002
- Sheila Bhatia 1982
- Devendra Raj Ankur 2003
- Kavalam Narayana Panikkar 1983
- Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry 2003
- Heisnam Kanhailal 1985
- Anuradha Kapoor 2004
- Alyque Padamsee 1986
- Arambam Lokendra Singh 2004
- Tarun Roy 1987
- Raj Besaria 2004
- Ratan Thiyam 1987
- N.C. Thakur 2007
- Harimadhab Mukherjee 2007
[edit] Playwrighting Assamese - Satya Prasad Barua 1986
- Arun Sarma 2003
Bengali - Badal Sircar 1968
- Manoj Mitra 1985
- Manmatha Ray 1969
- Mohit Chattopadhyaya 1991
- Bijon Bhattacharya 1975
Gujarati - Prabhulal Dayaram Dwivedi 1961
- Pragji Dossa 1995
- C.C. Mehta Pragji Dossa 1995
Hindi - Uprndra Nath Ashk 1965
- Dharamvir Bharati 1988
- Mohan Rakesh 1968
- Surendra Verma 1992
- Lakshmi Narain Lal 1977
- Swadesh Deepak 2004
- Reoti Sharan Sharna 2007
Kannada - Adya Rangacharya 'Shriranga' 1963
- Chandrasekhar B. Kambar 1983
- Girish Karnad 1972
- G.B. Joshi 1989
- Narasinga Rao Parwathavani 1980
- H.S. Shiva Prakash 1997
Kashmiri Malyalam - N. Krishna Pillai 1997
- K.T. Muhammad 1986
- G. Shankara Pillai 1979
Manipuri - Yumnam Rajendra Singh 2007
Marathi - B.V. 'Mama' Warerkar 1958
- Vasant Shankar Kanetkar 1984
- P.L. Deshpande 1967
- V.V. Shirwadkar 1987
- Vijay Tendulkar 1970
- Mahesh Elkunchwar 1989
- C.T. Khanolkar 1976
- Satish Alekar 1994
- M.G. Rangnekar 1982
- G.P. Deshpande 1996
- Ratnakar Ramkrishna Matkari 2003
Mizo Oriya - Manorajan Das 1981
- Gopal Chhotray 1987
Punjabi Tamil [edit] Other aspects of theatre - Tapas Sen (Lighting) 1974
- Sreenivas G. Kappanna (Allied Theatre Arts-Lighting & Stage
Design) 2003 - V, Ramamurthy (Lighting) 1977
- Anant Gopal Shinde (Allied Theatre Arts - Make-up)2003
- Ashok Srivastava (Make-up) 1981
- Prema Karanth (allied Theatre Arts - Costume Designing) 2004
- Goverdhan Panchal(Scenic Design) 1985
- Mahendra Kumar (Allied Theatre Arts -Scenic Design) 2007
- Khaled Choudhury (Scenic Design) 1986
- Kolyur Ramachandra Rao (Major Traditions of Theatre -
Yakshagana) 2007 - D.G. Godse (Scenic Design) 1988
- G.N. Dasgupta (Lighting) 1989
- Roshan Alkazi (Costume Design) 1990
- M.S. Sathyu (Stagecraft) 1993
- Kanishka Sen (Lighting) 1994
- N. Krishnamoorthy (Stagecraft) 1995
- Mansukh Joshi (Scenic & Light Design) 1997
- R.K. Dhingra (Lighting) 1999-2000
- Robin Das (Scenic Design) 1999-2000
- Kamal Tewari (Theatre Music) 1999-2000
- Kajal Ghosh (Theatre Music) 1999-2000
- Shakti Sen (Make-up) 1999-2000
- Dolly Ahluwalia (Costume Design) 2001
- Nissar Allana (Stagecraft) 2002
- Ashok Sagar Bhagat (Lighting) 2002
- Suresh Bhardwaj (Lighting) 2005
[edit] Other forms of music, dance and theatre - Mani Madhava Chakyar (Kutiyattam, Kerala), 1964
- Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair Kathakali Kerala 1972
- Mathoor Govindan Kutty Kathakali Kerala 2005
- Puranchand Wadali & Pyarelal Wadali, Folk Music, Punjab (1991)
- Teejan Bai (Pandavani, Madhya Pradesh), 1995
- Mangi Bai Arya, Rajasthan Mand 2008
- Lakha Khan Mangniyar, Rajasthan Folk Music 2008
- Bansi Lal Khilari, Rajasthan, Khayal 2008
[edit] puppetry - Kathinanada Das (Ravanchhaya, Orissa), 1978
- U. Kogga Devanna Kamath (Gombeatta, Karnataka), 1979
- K.L. Krishnan Kutty Pulavar (Tholpava Koothu, Kerala), 1980
- M.R. Ranganatha Rao (Karnataka), 1981
- Meher Rustom Contractor (Gujarat), 1983
- Suresh Dutta (West Bengal), 1987
- Dadi Dorab Pudumjee (Delhi), 1992
- T. Hombiah (Karnataka), 1995
- Kolhacharan Sahu (Ravanchhaya, Orissa), 1998
- B.H. Puttaswamachar (Karanataka), 1999-2000
- Hiren Bhattacharya (West Bengal), 2001
- Puran Bhatt (Rajasthan), 2003
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