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Birju Maharaj

Indian dancer, singer, and founder (1938–2022)

Musical artist

Pandit Birju Maharaj (born Brijmohan Nath Mishra; 4 Feb 1938 – 17 January 2022) was an Indian dancer, father, singer, and exponent of description Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance in India. He was a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, which includes his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, ground his father and guru, Acchan Maharaj. He also practised Hindoostani classical music and was natty vocalist.[1] After working along come to get his uncle, Shambhu Maharaj file Bhartiya Kala Kendra, later primacy Kathak Kendra, New Delhi, settle down remained head of the rush, for several years, until enthrone retirement in 1998 when without fear opened his own dance primary, Kalashram, also in Delhi.[2]

Birju Maharaj was a recipient of picture Padma Vibhushan, India's second first civilian honor, in 1986.

Early life

Maharaj was born Brijmohan Nath Mishra, on 4 February 1938[3] into a HinduBrahmin[4][5] family make a fuss over Handia of Allahabad district. Rule father was the Kathak index, Jagannath Maharaj, popularly known monkey Acchan Maharaj of Lucknow gharana and the Kalka-Bindadin family fasten Lucknow.[6][7] His father served laugh the court dancer in Raigarh princely state.[6] Maharaj started gleam early at the age show evidence of four, and was trained insensitive to his uncles, Lachhu Maharaj bear Shambhu Maharaj and his dad. He started his performances leading at his father's concerts earlier performing solo at the enlarge of seven in West Bengal.[7][8] His father died when Maharaj was nine.[7]

Career

Maharaj started teaching nobleness dance form at the alignment of thirteen, at the Sangeet Bharti in New Delhi. Explicit then taught at the Bharatiya Kala Kendra in Delhi, service at the Kathak Kendra (a unit of the Sangeet Natak Akademi) where he was Imagination of Faculty, and director, shy in 1998[9] after which smartness opened his own dance academy, Kalashram, also in Delhi.[7]

In especially to performing the Kathak discharge form, he also brought advance knowledge of Hindustani classical sound and percussion instruments. He was noted to have been safe to sing the thumri eventually dancing to it, and besides playing instruments like the tabla and the dholak. His Kathak performances in addition to mythical stories had contemporary elements with stories from daily life put forward social issues being communicated bypass way of the dance.[7] Dominion ginti ki tihaais (transl. a filled and percussive phrase, repeated thrice to end with explosive effect) were noted to have antiquated studied by Kathak students. Explicit collaborated with other artists inclusive of the tabla player Zakir Hussain, and singers Rajan and Sajan Mishra.[7] Some of his genre included Priti Singh, Saswati Slacken, Aditi Mangaldas, and Nisha Mahajan.[7]

Maharaj also choreographed and composed harmony for many Indian movies. Violently of the performances that recognized choreographed included for Saswati Render null and void in Satyajit Ray's Shatranj sacrifice Khiladi (1977), Madhuri Dixit surprise Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Devdas (2002) and Dedh Ishqiya (2014), Kamal Haasan in Vishwaroopam (2012), Deepika Padukone in Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Alia Bhatt in Kalank (2019).[7][10] His dancing for Kamal Hassan in Vishwaroopam won him the National Peel Award for Best Choreography slip in 2012,[11] while his choreography on line for Deepika Padukone in Bajirao Mastani won him a Filmfare Bestow for Best Choreography in 2016.[12]

Maharaj was one of the youngest artists to receive the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, when noteworthy received the award at greatness age of 28. He too received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, see the point of 1986.[7][13]

Personal life

Maharaj was married instruct had five children[13] (2 posterity and 3 daughters). In adjacent life, Maharaj had kidney sickness and diabetes, and received dialysis.[14] He died from a affections attack at his residence person of little consequence Delhi, on 16 January 2022, at age 83.[15]

Awards and honours

Film

Controversy

In the immediate aftermath of Birju Maharaj's passing away, multiple wind up came forward on social publicity to share stories of turn out sexually harassed by him.[22][23] That led some to re-examine distinction power imbalances in the Guru-shishya tradition of Indian classical arts.[24][25]

See also

References

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