On February 6 2019,Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2017 was presented by President Ram Nath Kovind to 42 artists in a ceremony held in New Delhi.
About Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar:
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar and Fellowships are awarded by the Sangeet Natak Akademi.
- It is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists.
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar was first awarded in 1952.
- Since 2009 cash prize has been increased to 1,00,000,which is earlier kept at Rs.50000. Along with the cash prize the award carries a ‘tamrapatra’ and an ‘angavastram’.
Winners of Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards – 2017:
MUSIC:
Category | Winner |
Hindustani Vocal Music | Lalith J. Rao |
Hindustani Vocal Music | Umakant & Ramakant Gundecha (Gundecha Brothers — Joint Award) |
Hindustani Instrumental Music — Tabla | Yogesh Samsi |
Hindustani Instrumental — Shehnai/Flute | Rajendra Prasanna |
Carnatic Vocal Music | M.S. Sheela |
Carnatic Instrumental Music — Veena | Suma Sudhindra |
Carnatic Instrumental Music — Mridangam | Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan |
Carnatic Instrumental Music — Flute | Shashank Subramanyam |
Other Major Traditions Of Music — Sugam Sangeet | Madhurani |
Other Major Traditions Of Music — Sugam Sangeet | Haimanti Sukla |
Other Major Traditions Of Music — Gurbani | Gurnam Singh |
DANCE:
Category | Winner |
Bharatanatyam | Rama Vaidyanathan |
Kathak | Shobha Koser |
Kathakali | Madambi Subramanian Namboothiri |
Manipuri | L.N. Oinam Ongbi Dhoni Devi |
Kuchipudi | Deepika Reddy |
Odissi | Sujata Mohapatra |
Sattriya | Ramkrishna Talukdar |
Chhau | Janmejoy Sai Babu |
Music For Dance | Ashit Desai |
THEATRE:
Category | Winner |
Playwriting | Abhiram Damodar Bhadkamkar |
Direction | Sunil Ganesh Shanbag |
Direction | Bapi Bose |
Acting | Hema Singh |
Acting | Deepak Virat Tiwari |
Acting | Anil Tickoo |
Allied Theatre Arts — Stagecraft | Nuruddin Ahmed |
Allied Theatre Arts — Lighting | Avtar Sahni |
Other Major Traditions Of Theatre — Shumang Leela | Shougrakpam Hemanta Singh |
TRADITIONAL / FOLK / TRIBAL MUSIC / DANCE / THEATRE AND PUPPETRY
Category | Winner |
Folk Music, Rajasthan | Anwar Khan Manganiyar |
Folk Arts, Maharashtra | Prakash Sahadeo Khandge |
Traditional Music — Khol, Assam | Jagannath Bayan |
Folk Music, Bihar | Ramchandra Manjhi |
Folk Theatre, Chhattisgarh | Rakesh Kumar Tiwari |
Folk Music (Baul), West Bengal | Parvathy Baul |
Folk Music, Punjab | Sarvjeet Kaur |
Folk Music, Mizoram | K.C. Runremsangi |
Folk Music, Jharkhand | Mukund Nayak |
Puppetry, West Bengal | Sudip Gupta |
OVERALL CONTRIBUTION / SCHOLARSHIP IN THE PERFORMING ARTS
Category | Winner |
Scholarship | Vijay Verma |
Overall Contribution — Dance | Sandhya Purecha |
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