The Sangeet Natak Akademi announced the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskars for 2009 on Wednesday. These are awarded to artistes “who have shown/demonstrated conspicuous talent in the fields of music, dance and drama". Young outstanding practitioners upto the age of 35 years are be eligible for the Puraskar every year.
According to an official release on the >website , the following are the recipients for 2009:
Field of activity - music
1. Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar – Hindustani vocal
2. Murad Ali – Hindustani instrumental – sarangi
3. Sanjeev Shankar & Ashwani Shankar (joint award) – Hindustai instrumental – shehnai
4. C.S. Sajeev – Carnatic vocal
5. Mysore A. Chandan Kumar – Carnatic instrumental – flute
6. V. Balaji - Carnatic instrumental – mridangam
7. Anil Srinivasan – creative & experimental music
8. Moirangthem Meina Singh other major traditions of music – Nata Sankirtana of Manipur
Field of activity – dance
1. Ragini Chander Shekar – Bharatanatyam
2. Monisa Nayak – Kathak
3. Hanglem Indu Devi – Manipuri
4. Chinta Ravi Balakrishna – Kuchipudi
5. Lingaraj Pradhan – Odissi
6. Menaka P.P. Bora – Sattriya
7. Manjula B. Murthy – Mohiniattam
8. Swamimalai K. Suresh music for dance – Bharatanatyam nattuvangam & vocal
Field of activity: theatre
1. Abanti Chakraborty – direction
2. Sukracharya Rabha – direction
3. Mukta Vasant Barve – acting
4. Palani Murugan – acting
5. Teekam Chandra Joshi – acting
6. Milind Srivastava – allied theatre arts – lighting
7. Juhi Babbar – allied theatre arts – costumes
8. S. Gobi – major traditions of theatre – Bhagavata Mela of Tamil Nadu
Field of activity: traditional/folk/tribal dance/music/theatre and puppetry
1. Reshma Musale – Lavani & Tamasha, Maharastra
2. K. Nellai Manikandan – folk dance, Tamil Nadu
3. Zohmingliana – tribal dance & music, Mizoram
4. Takhellambam Shyamkanhai Singh – Wari Leeba, Manipur
5. Sooraj Nambiar – Koodiyattam, Kerala
6. Shahjan Ahmad Bhagat – Bhand Pather, Jammu and Kashmir
7. Nazia Sayeed – Odissi music, Orissa
8. Lala Bhat – Kathputli, Rajasthan
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