Anandji Virji Shah

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Anandji Virji Shah
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Born (1933-03-02) 2 March 1933 (age 91)
Kundrodi, Cutch State, British India
Genres Film score
Occupation(s) music director, orchestrator, conductor
Years active1954–present
Labels Saregama HMV
Universal Music
Formerly of Kalyanji-Anandji

Anandji Virji Shah (born 2 March 1933) is an Indian music director. Together with his brother he formed the Kalyanji-Anandji duo, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, for Kora Kagaz . In 1992, Anandji Shah received the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour. [1]

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Life

Anandji was born to Virji Shah on 2nd March 1933. Their father was a Kutchi businessman who had migrated from Kutch to Bombay to start a kirana (provision store). His younger brother and sister-in-law are the husband-and-wife duo Babla & Kanchan. The two brothers began to learn music from a music teacher. One of their four grandparents was a folk musician of some eminence. They spent most of their formative years in the hamlet of Girgaum (a district in Bombay) in the Marathi and Gujarati areas.

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References

  1. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.