Girija shankar actor biography examples
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Ananta’s Substack
When I was on the way to Ziro for the first time, I had to stopped for a while at Shreeram hotel in the district of North Lakhimpur of Assam for refreshment after a night long journey from Jorhat. I had met a kind hearted gentleman namely Girija Shankar Chakraborty there and being informed that he is a great fan of Dr Bhupen Hazarika, I asked him curiously if he knows about his (Dr Bhupen Hazarika) connection with Arunachal Pradesh. He mentioned about some artists who met the legendary singer from Lower Subansiri District of the state like as BengiaTabb, MudoDumi, TaduTayung among others. Before it I have heard about the first feature film of the neighboring state of Assam, ‘Mera Dharam Meri Maa’ which was directed by Bhupen da ( fondly called da means elder brother in Assamese ). At that time (in early eighties), as reportedly, there was no any person having knowledge of film making in the state. It was not also an easy task as there was lack of facilities
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Ravi Shankar
Indian musician and sitar player (–)
For other people named Ravi Shankar, see Ravi Shankar (disambiguation).
Ravi Shankar (Bengali pronunciation:[ˈrobiˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury,[2] sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury;[3] 7 April – 11 December ) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of Indian classical music (in Sitar) in the second half of the 20th century,[4] and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in He is also the father of American singer Norah Jones and British-American musician and sitar player Anoushka Shankar.
Shankar was born to a Bengali family[5][6] in India,[7] and spent his youth as a dancer touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. At age 18, he gave up dancing to p
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