Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (Akademi Puraskar) is given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi - India's apex body for performing arts. It is the highest national recognition given to practicing artistes. The actual award consists of the sum of Rs. 50,000, a shawl and a Tamrapatra (a brass plaque) ^[1]

The awards are given in following categories: Music, Dance, Drama, Other Forms of Music, Dance & Theatre, Puppetry, Performing Arts in the Media, Overall Contribution and Films ^[2].

Kutiyattam maestro Guru M?ni M?dhava Ch?ky?r receiving Sangeet Natak Academy Award from the President of India- Dr.S Radhakrishnan in 1964.

Award Winners

Music

Hindustani Music

Vocal

• 2007 - Vidyadhar Vyas, Govardhan Mishra
• 2006 - Rashid Khan
• 2005 - Pandit Ramashreya Jha
• 2003 - Ghulam Mustafa Waris Khan, Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi
• 2002 - Sushila Rani Patel, Sharayu Kalekar
• 2001 - Abhay Narayan Mallick, Sangameshwar Gurav, Malini Nag
• 2000 - Ajoy Chakraborty, Rita Ganguly
• 1999 - Malabika Kanan
• 1998 - Puttaraj Gavaigalu, Parveen Sultana, Rajan & Sajan Mishra (Joint Award)
• 1997 - L.K. Pandit
• 1996 - Dinkar Kaikini, Hafeez Ahmad Khan
• 1995 - A. Kanan
• 1994 - Sulochana Brahaspati, Zia Fariduddin Dagar
• 1993 - Bala Saheb Poochwale, Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
• 1992 - Ramarao V. Naik, Shiv Kumar Shukla
• 1991 - N. Zahiruddin Dagar, Prabha Atre
• 1990 - K.G. Ginde, Dhondutai Kulkarni
• 1989 - Jitendra Abhisheki
• 1988 - Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram
• 1987 - C.R. Vyas, Shobha Gurtu, Pandit Jasraj
• 1986 - Asgari Bai, Firoz B. Dastur, Manik Varma
• 1985 - Kishori Amonkar, Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
• 1984 - Sharafat Hussain Khan
• 1983 - Mahadev Prasad Mishra
• 1982 - Vasantrao Deshpande
• 1981 - Basavaraj Rajguru
• 1980 - Nivruttibua Sarnaik
• 1979 - Sarachchandra Arolkar
• 1978 - Khadim Hussain Khan
• 1977 - Girija Devi
• 1976 - Narayanrao G. Vyas
• 1975 - Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi
• 1974 - Shivaputra Siddaramayya Komkali 'Kumar Gandharva'
• 1973 - Gangubai Hangal
• 1972 - Begum Akhtar
• 1971 - Mallikarjun Mansur
• 1970 - Nisar Hussain Khan
• 1969 - Ramchatur Mallick
• 1968 - Mogubai Kurdikar
• 1967 - Amir Khan
• 1966 - Siddheswari Devi
• 1965 - Hirabai Barodekar
• 1964 - Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
• 1963 - Omkar Nath Thakur
• 1962 - Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
• 1961 - Y.S. Mirashi Buwa
• 1960 - Altaf Hussain Khan
• 1959 - Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
• 1958 - Ganesh Ramachandra Behere
• 1957 - Rasoolan Bai
• 1956 - Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale
• 1955 - Anant Manohar Joshi
• 1954 - Rajab Ali Khan
• 1953 - Kesar Bai Kerkar
• 1952 - Mushtaq Hussain Khan

Instrumental

• Been/Rudra Veena/Vichitra Veena
  • 1995 - Ahmad Raza Khan
  • 1995 - Gopal Krishan
  • 1981 - Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
  • 1977 - Asad Ali Khan,1977
  • 1969 - Dabir Khan

• Flute
  • 1994 - Raghunath Seth
  • 1986 - Devendra Murdeshwar
  • 1983 - Hari Prasad Chaurasia

• Harmonium
  • Appa Jalgaonkar,1999-2000

• Pakhawaj
  • Govind Rao Burhanpurkar,1955
  • Sakharam Tavde,1965
  • Ayodhya Prasad,1967
  • Purushottam Das,1978
  • Ramshankardas Pagaldas,1988
  • Chhatrapati Singh Ju Deo,1991
  • Gopaldas Panse,1993
  • Ram Ashish Pathak,1995
  • Bhawani Shankar Kathak,2003

• Santoor
  • Shivkumar Sharma,1986
  • Bhajan Sopori,1993

• Sarangi
  • Shakoor Khan,1966
  • Ram Narain,1975
  • Gopal Misra,1976
  • Sabri Khan,1986
  • Hanuman Prasad Mishra,1988
  • Abdul Lateef Khan,1990
  • Sultan Khan,1992
  • Inderlal Dhandra,1996

• Sarod
  • Allauddin Khan,1952
  • Hafiz Ali Khan,1953
  • Ali Akbar Khan,1963
  • Radhika Mohan Maitra,1971
  • Sharan Rani Backliwal,1986
  • Zarin Sharma,1988
  • Amjad Ali Khan,1989
  • Buddhadev Dasgupta,1993
  • Rajeev Taranath,2000
  • Aashish Khan, 2005

• Shehnai
  • Bismillah Khan Ali Hussain Khan,1985
  • Ali Hussain Khan,1985
  • Anant Lal,1989
  • Raghunath Prasanna,1996

• Sitar
  • Yusuf Ali,1958
  • Wahid Khan,1960
  • Ravi Shankar,1962
  • Mustaq Ali Khan,1968
  • Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee,1974
  • Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan,1987
  • Imrat Hussain Khan (also Surbahar),1987
  • Balram Pathak,1989
  • Uma Shankar Mishra,1992
  • Shamim Ahmed Khan,1994
  • Debu chaudhary,1996
  • Mani Lal Nag,2001
  • Arvind Natverlal Parikh,2003
  • Shahid Parvez Khan, 2006

• Surbahar
  • Imrat Hussain Khan (also Sitar),1987
  • Annapurna Devi,1991

• Tabla
  • Ahmed Jan Thirakwa,1954
  • Jahangir Khan,1959
  • Kanthe Maharaj,1961
  • Masit Khan,1970
  • Karamatulla Khan,1976
  • Samta Prasad Maharaj,1979
  • Alla Rakha,1982
  • Kishan Maharaj,1984
  • Zakir Hussain,1990
  • Shaikh Dawood,1991
  • Swapan Chaudhuri,1997
  • Lalji Gokhale,1997
  • Pandharinath Gangadhar Nageshkar,1998
  • Shankar Ghosh,2000
  • Suresh B.Gaitonde,2002
  • Anindo Chatterjee,2002
  • Kumar Bose,2006

• Violin
  • Gajananrao Joshi,1972
  • Vishnu Govind Jog,1990
  • N. Rajam,1990
  • D.K. Datar,1995
  • Sisir Kana Dhar Chowdhury,1997

Carnatic Music

Vocal

• 2004 - Thiruvengadu A Jayaraman
• 2003 - Trichur V. Ramachandran, M.A. Narasimhachar
• 2002 - T.R. Subramanyam
• 1997 - M.S. Balasubramanya Sarma
• 1996 - T.K. Govinda Rao
• 1995 - R. Vedavalli
• 1994 - C.S. Krishna Iyer
• 1993 - Trichy Swaminathan Iyer
• 1992 - K.R. Kumaraswamy Iyer
• 1991 - S. Rajam
• 1990 - T.V. Sankaranarayanan
• 1989 - Titte Krishna Iyengar
• 1988 - Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
• 1987 - Mani Krishnaswami
• 1987 - Madurai N. Krishnan
• 1986 - Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy
• 1986 - B. Rajam Iyer
• 1985 - Voleti Venkateswarlu
• 1984 - Maharajapuram V. Santhanam
• 1983 - D.K. Jayaraman
• 1982 - T.M. Thiagarajan
• 1981 - Radha and Jayalakshmi
• 1980 - Seerkhazhi S. Govindarajan
• 1979 - R.K. Sreekanthan
• 1978 - Madurai S. Somasundaram
• 1977 - Sripada Pinakapani
• 1976 - K.V.Narayanaswamy
• 1975 - M. Balamurali Krishna
• 1974 - M.D. Ramanathan
• 1973 - B.S. Raja Iyengar
• 1972 - T. Mukta
• 1971 - N. Channakeshaviah
• 1970 - M. L. Vasanthakumari
• 1969 - Dandapani Desigar
• 1968 - Alathur S. Srinivasa Iyer
• 1967 - C. Venkata Rao
• 1966 - M.R. Srirengam Iyengar
• 1965 - T. Brinda
• 1964 - Chittoor S. Subramanyam
• 1963 - B. Devendrappa
• 1962 - D. K. Pattammal
• 1961 - Mudikondan C. Venkatarama Iyer
• 1960 - Madurai Mani Iyer
• 1959 - Gudalur N. Balasubramaniam
• 1958 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
• 1957 - Musiri Subramania Iyer
• 1956 - M. S. Subbulakshmi
• 1955 - Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer
• 1954 - Mysore K. Vasudevacharya
• 1953 - Semmangudi R. Srinivasa Iyer
• 1952 - Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar

Instrumental

• Clarionet
  • A.K.C. Natarajan 1994

• Flute
  • Palladam Sanjeeva Rao, 1954
  • T. Viswanathan 1987
  • T.N. Swaminatha Pillai,1961
  • Sikkil Sisters(Kunjumani & Neela),1989
  • T.R. Mahalingam, 1965
  • Kesi Narayanaswamy, 1997
  • Natesan Ramani, 1984
  • T.S. Sankaran, 1999

• Ghatam
  • T.H. Vinayakram, 1988
  • Umayalpuram K. Narayanaswamy, 1995

• Gottuvadyam
  • Budalur Krishnamurthi Sastri,1958

• Kanjira
  • G Harishankar, 2001

• Mridangam
  • Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer, 1956
  • Vellore G. Ramabhadran, 1991
  • C.S. Murugabhoopathy, 1975
  • Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, 1992
  • Kolanka Venkataraju, 1979
  • Dandamudi Rammohan Rao, 1994
  • Palghat R. Raghu, 1983
  • Guruvayur Dorai 1996
  • T.K. Murthy, 1987
  • Karaikudi Mani 1999
  • T.V. Gopalkrishnan 1990
  • V. Kamalakar Rao, 2000
  • YellaVenkataeshwara Rao, 2002
• Nagaswaram
  • Thiruvaduthurai N. Rajratnam Pillai, 1955
  • Sheikh Chinna Moulana, 1976
  • Dr.Thiruvengadu Subramania Pillai, 1962
  • Namagiripettai K. Krishnan 1981
  • P.S. Veeruswamy Pillai, 1966
  • Domada Chitiabbayi, 1995
  • T. S. Natarajasundaram Pillai, 1972

• Saxophone
  • Kadri Gopalnath 2003

• Thavil
  • Valangaiman A. Shanmugasundaram Pillai, 1985
  • Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam 1988

• Veena
  • Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer, 1952
  • Raajeswari Padmanabhan, 1986
  • L. Subramanya Sastri, 1960
  • R. Pichumani Iyer, 1988
  • K.S. Narayanaswami, 1968
  • "Vainika Sarvabhouma"Dr.Chitti Babu, 1990
  • Devakottai A. Narayana Iyengar 1969
  • M.K. Kalyanakrishna Bhagavathar, 1992
  • Doreswamy V. Iyengar, 1970
  • Kalpakam Swaminathan, 1993
  • Emani Sankara Sastri, 1973
  • R.N. Doreswamy, 2001
  • S. Balachander, 1977
  • E. Gayathri 2002
  • Tanjavur K.P. Sivanandam, 1980

• Violin
  • Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, 1953
  • M. Chandrasekaran, 1986
  • T. Chowdiah, 1957
  • Chalakudy N.S. Narayanaswamy, 1988
  • Kumbakonam Rajamanickkam Pillai, 1959
  • R.K. Venkatarama Sastry, 1989
  • T.K. Jayarama Iyer, 1963
  • Kandadevi S. Alagiriswamy, 1991
  • K.N. Chinnaswamy Iyer, 1964
  • Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, 1993
  • K.S. Venkataramiah 'Papa', 1967
  • Annavarapu Ramaswamy, 1996
  • Madurai S. Subramanya Iyer, 1971
  • T. Rukmini, 1997
  • T.N. Krishnan, 1974
  • M.S. Anantharaman, 1998
  • Lalgudi G. Jayaraman, 1978
  • R.R Keshava Murthy, 2000
  • M.S. Gopalakrishnan, 1982
  • A. Kanyakumari, 2003

Creative Music

• Vishnudas Shirali 1973
• Timir Baran Bhattacharya 1976
• Rai Chand Boral 1978
• Vijay Raghav Rao 1982
• Chidambaram S. Jayaraman 1983
• Anil Biswas 1986
• M.B. Srinivasan 1986
• Hemanta Kumar Mukhapadhyay 1986
• Bhaskar Chandavarkar 1988
• Vanraj Bhatia 1989
• L. Subramaniam 1990
• V. Balsara 1994
• Atul Desai 1995
• Satish Bhatia 1997
• Vishwa Mohan Bhatt 1998
• S. Rajaram 2001
• K.P. Udayabhanu 2002

Dance

• Bharatanatyam
  • Sucheta Bhide-Chapekar (Pune, Maharashtra), 2007^[3]
• Creative Dance/Choreography
  • Rajkumar Singhajit Singh 1984 ^[4]

Drama

Acting

Direction

Playwrighting

• Mohan Rakesh (1968) ^[5]

Other Aspects of Theatre

Other Forms of Music, Dance & Theatre

• Mani Madhava Chakyar (Kutiyattam, Kerala), 1964
• Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair Kathakali Kerala 1972
• Mathoor Govindan Kutty Kathakali Kerala 2005
• Teejan Bai (Pandavani, Madhya Pradesh), 1995

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

Performing Arts in the Media

• Salil Chowdhury (Music), 1988
• Sudhir Phadke (Music), 1991
• Naushad Ali (Music), 1992
• K. J. Yesudas (Music), 1992
• Prem Matiyani (Theatre), 2001

Overall Contribution

• Kanak Rele (Dance), 1994
• B. V. K. Sastry (Performing Arts), 1999-2000
• K.V. Subbanna (Theatre), 1994
• Nemichandra Jain (Performing Arts), 1999-2000
• Sunil Kothari, 1995
• Shanta Serbejeet Singh (Performing Arts), 1999-2000
• Ram Gopal Bajaj (Theatre), 1996
• Romesh Chander (Theatre), 2002

Films

• Acting
  • Ashok Kumar Ganguli, 1959
  • Chhabi Biswas, 1960
  • Durga Khote, 1958
  • Lalita Pawar, 1961

• Direction
  • Debaki Bose, 1957
  • Satyajit Ray, 1959

• Lyric Composer
  • Ram Chandra Dwivedi 'Pradeep', 1961

• Music Direction
  • Sachin Dev Burman, 1958

• Screenplay
  • Gajanan D. Madgulkar (Ga Di Ma), 1957
  • Mukhram Sharma, 1961

See also

• List of Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees for kathakali

References

External links

• The official Academy home page
• Sangeet Natak Akademi official list of awardees