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Maharaj was born Brijmohan Nath Mishra, on 4 February 1938 [3] into a Hindu Brahmin [4] [5] family at Handia of Allahabad district. His father was the Kathak exponent, Jagannath Maharaj, popularly known as Acchan Maharaj of Lucknow gharana and the Kalka-Bindadin family in Lucknow. [6] [7] His father served as the court dancer in Raigarh ...
Born to a family who has been involved in dance for generations, Munna Shukla specialized in Kathak, a classical dance form of North India. He was a grandson of the noted Kathak Maestro, Late Achhan Maharaj , and a nephew of Birju Maharaj .
Maharaj was born to a Brahmin family of hereditary musicians in Kabir Chaura, Benaras. [1] ... Sitara Devi, Gopi Krishna, and Birju Maharaj.
Birju Maharaj, a legend of classical Indian dance and among the country’s most well-known performing artists, died Monday. Maharaj was suffering from a kidney ailment and was undergoing dialysis ...
The soundtrack was composed by Ismail Darbar, making it his second collaboration with Sanjay Leela Bhansali after Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (2000), and the lyrics were written by Nusrat Badr, respectively—except for "Kaahe Chhed", composed and written by Birju Maharaj, and "Morey Piya", written by Sameer Anjaan.
Nahid Siddiqui (born 1956 [1]) is an exponent of Kathak dance. [2] [3]She has been a disciple of two great teachers: Maharaj Kathak (Pakistan) and Birju Maharaj (India). She has against all odds and challenges, spent decades of her life breathing hope, vitality, and exuberance to a dance form that has received very little state patronage and support.
The National Film Award for Best Choreography is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India.It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
Saswati Sen is an Indian dancer and choreographer, and an exponent of Kathak, an Indian classical dance form.She was a senior disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj, and still teaches and performs at his Kalashram Institute in the Jor Bagh district of New Delhi.