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Hon’ble President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam today presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2003 to 33 outstanding artists in Music, Dance, Threatre, Traditional / Folk / Tribal Music, Dance, Theatre & Puppetry and for overall contribution in performing Arts. Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister for Information& Broadcasting and Culture, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy said that there was need to protect the artistes from exploitation. Efforts should be made to empower them so that this inherit strength is not exploited in the upcoming regime of intellectual property rights. He said the State has the responsibility to ensure that artists were able to pursue their creative inspirations and commitments with freedom.
He said that the growing threat to cultural diversity has already become a matter of concern. Even the knowledgeable people have no realistic feel of Indian cultural diversity where centuries old music and dance forms harmoniously co-exist with the latest fusion music and modern dances. Countless artistic expressions are nurtured with devotion by known and unknown artists, disregarding their personal deprivations and difficulties, he said.
The Akademi Awards are recognized as the highest national honour conferred on practicing artistes, gurus and scholars and carry purse money of Rs. 50,000/- in cash, a Tamrapatra and a shawl. The institution of Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards is now fifty-two years old and the large body of practitioners, gurus and scholars in the performing arts honoured by the Akademi represents the nation’s highest achievement in music, dance and drama.
The following artists received Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2003:
NAMES OF AWARDEES
Music
Ghulam Mustafa Waris Khan
Hindustani Music – Vocal
Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi
Hindustani Music – Vocal
Arvind Natverlal Parikh
Hindustani Music – Instrumental (Sitar)
Bhawani Shankar Kathak
Hindustani Music – Instrumental (Pakhawaj)
Trichur Vaidyanatha Ramachandran
Carnatic Music - Vocal
Mandayam Annadorai Narasimhachar
Carnatic Music – Vocal
Avasarala Kanyakumari
Carnatic Music – Instrumental (Violin)
Kadri Gopalnath
Carnatic Music – Instrumental (Saxophone)
Dance
Cherutara K. Balagopalan
Bharatanatyam
Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal
Kathak
Urmila Nagar
Kathak
Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan
Kathakali
Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi
Manipuri
Kalavati Devi
Manipuri
K. Uma Rama Rao
Kuchipudi
Hare Krishna Behera
Odissi
Theatre
Arun Sarma
Playwriting – Assamese
Ratnakar Ramkrishna Matkari
Playwriting – Marathi
Devendra Raj Ankur
Direction
Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry
Direction
Saoli Mitra
Acting – Bengali
C. R. Simha
Acting – Kannada
Sreenivas G. Kappanna
Allied Theatre Arts – Lighting & Stage Design
Anant Gopal Shinde
Allied Theatre Arts – Make Up
Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance, Music, Theatre & Puppetry
Laisram Birendrakumar Singh
Folk & Tribal Music – Manipur
Prabhat Sarma
Traditional & Folk Music - Assam
Leela Omchery
Traditional & Folk Music – Kerala
Chukka Satthiah
Oggu Katha – Andhra Pradesh
Bhalchandra Vyankatesh Pendharkar
Natya Sangeet – Maharashtra
Banamali Maharana
Odissi Music – Orissa
Puran Bhaat
Puppetry – Rajasthan
Kosha Kanta Deva Goswami
Mask Making (Bhaona) - Assam
Scholarship/Overall Contribution in Performing Arts
Shri P. V. Subramaniam ‘Subbudu’
Scholarship/Overall Contribution in Performing Arts
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