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class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Bharatanatyam" title="Bharatanatyam">Bharatanatyam</a> dancer and choreographer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Late M. M Kohli</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.devayanidance.com/">www<wbr />.devayanidance<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Annick Chaymotty</b>, known by the stage name <b>Kumari Devayani</b>, is an Indian dancer who performs in the classical Indian dance style <a href="/wiki/Bharatanatyam" title="Bharatanatyam">Bharatanatyam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-d2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-d3_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-d4_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d4-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-d5_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d5-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has performed in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> as well as in festivals and concert halls in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, the Scandinavian countries, Estonia, and South Korea. Devayānī is an empanelled artist with the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_for_Cultural_Relations" title="Indian Council for Cultural Relations">Indian Council for Cultural Relations</a>. In 2009, she was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Padma_Awards_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Padma_Awards-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chaymotty became interested in dance as an art form as a young girl, when she saw pictures by the French impressionist painter <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Degas" title="Edgar Degas">Edgar Degas</a> in a book. A few years later, at the age of 10, she started attending classical music and dance classes in a Paris conservatory. She studied classical ballet and modern contemporary dance at the <a href="/wiki/Schola_Cantorum_de_Paris" title="Schola Cantorum de Paris">Schola Cantorum de Paris</a>. She was noticed by the <a href="/wiki/Flamenco" title="Flamenco">flamenco</a> dancer Lutys de Luz, a soloist of the Ballet Company of the <a href="/wiki/Marquis_de_Cuevas" class="mw-redirect" title="Marquis de Cuevas">Marquis de Cuevas</a>, who taught her the Spanish classical dance at <a href="/wiki/Salle_Pleyel" title="Salle Pleyel">Salle Pleyel</a>. </p><p>Chaymotty's first encounter with Indian classical music was at a performance by <a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a>. She started taking Bharatanatyam classes, and was awarded an Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme ICCR scholarship in 1973 to learn Bharatanatyam in India.<sup id="cite_ref-interview_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1973–1978"><span id="1973.E2.80.931978"></span>1973–1978</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1973–1978"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, Chaymotty learned Bharatanatyam from teachers including Kancheepuram Ellapa Mudaliar, Kalaimamani V.S. Muthuswamy Pillai. Kumari Sawrnamukhi trained her in <i><a href="/wiki/Karana_dance" class="mw-redirect" title="Karana dance">karanas</a></i> (sculptural poses), Padma Bushan <a href="/wiki/Kalanidhi_Narayanan" title="Kalanidhi Narayanan">Kalanidhi Narayanan</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Abhinaya" title="Abhinaya">abhinaya</a></i>, and Padma Vibushan Dr. <a href="/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna" title="M. Balamuralikrishna">Balamuralikrishna</a> in vocal <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic music</a>. At this time she adopted the stage name Devayani. </p><p>Devayani was cast in the lead role of the Telugu film <i><a href="/wiki/America_Ammayi_(film)" title="America Ammayi (film)">America Ammayi</a></i> directed by <a href="/wiki/Singeetam_Srinivasa_Rao" title="Singeetam Srinivasa Rao">Singeetam Srinivasa Rao</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-interview_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interview-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which became popular in India and abroad.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1978–1981"><span id="1978.E2.80.931981"></span>1978–1981</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1978–1981"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devayani left Chennai in June 1978 and returned to Paris, where she performed at the Centre Mandapa and at the Pernod Club on the <a href="/wiki/Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es" title="Champs-Élysées">Champs-Élysées</a>. She had a TV programme for <a href="/wiki/FR3" class="mw-redirect" title="FR3">FR3</a>, <a href="/wiki/DOM-TOM" class="mw-redirect" title="DOM-TOM">DOM-TOM</a>, and she taught Bharatanatyam and yoga to students at the <a href="/wiki/Sorbonne_University" title="Sorbonne University">Sorbonne University</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1982–1986"><span id="1982.E2.80.931986"></span>1982–1986</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1982–1986"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 1982, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations made Devayani their official representative on a tour for the celebrations of India's <a href="/wiki/Republic_Day" title="Republic Day">Republic Day</a> in the West German cities <a href="/wiki/Bonn" title="Bonn">Bonn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Essen" title="Essen">Essen</a>. </p><p>Through the 1980s, she toured India and Europe and gave performances at festivals and in concert halls. In 1983 she won a special award for her choreography of Indian dance at the international choreography contest in <a href="/wiki/Nyon" title="Nyon">Nyon</a>, Switzerland, and was on the cover of <i>Ballet News</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1987–1999"><span id="1987.E2.80.931999"></span>1987–1999</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1987–1999"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1987, Devayani gave several performances in New Delhi, toured India at the invitation of the <a href="/wiki/South-Central_Zone_Cultural_Centre" title="South-Central Zone Cultural Centre">South-Central Zone Cultural Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagpur" title="Nagpur">Nagpur</a>, and performed in <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> as a state guest of Andhra Pradesh. She also performed at the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Fringe_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Fringe Festival">Edinburgh Fringe Festival</a>, and returned to the festival as a performer for ten years, until a bad review in 1997 made her decide to stop performing there. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:300px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Devayani has a powerful command of the music ... a sensuous and captivating stage presence. Devayani's Temple is an enthralling if complex production by an accomplished artist. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">Hazel Wright, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scotsman" title="The Scotsman">The Scotsman</a></i> September 1, 1989</cite></p> </div> <p>In the late 1980s, she toured Scandinavia, Germany, and India. In 1990, she performed at the residence of the Danish Ambassador in New Delhi, on the occasion of the Queen of Denmark's birthday. </p><p>In 1990, the Arts Council of Great Britain invited her to become artist-in-residence for six months in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-upon-Tyne" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle-upon-Tyne">Newcastle-upon-Tyne</a>, to promote Indian dance and culture. </p><p>During the 1990s, she toured Europe, performing at various events. In 1998, she was invited to perform at the Opera House of <a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a>, Estonia and at the Embassy of India in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2007"><span id="2000.E2.80.932007"></span>2000–2007</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000–2007"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2000, she was one of the main performers at the XXIV <a href="/wiki/Algarve" title="Algarve">Algarve</a> International Music Festival in Portugal, together with opera singers <a href="/wiki/Luciano_Pavarotti" title="Luciano Pavarotti">Luciano Pavarotti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Olga_Borodina" title="Olga Borodina">Olga Borodina</a>. In September 2004, Devayani was the official Indian representative at the World Culture Open 2004 in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, Korea. Devayani was selected by the International Dance Council (National Commission for UNESCO, Paris) to perform in 2006 in Athens, Greece, at The Peace & Friendship Stadium for the 20th World Congress on Dance Research and in 2007 at the Dora Sratou Amphitheatre for the 21st World Congress on Dance, next to the Acropolis. </p><p>In 2004 she received the IMM Top Cultural Ambassador Award for Excellence. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008–present"><span id="2008.E2.80.93present"></span>2008–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2008–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, Devayani was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(India)" title="Ministry of Tourism (India)">Ministry of Tourism</a> of India, for its international advertising campaign "Real People". In November 2008, Devayani received the 'National Women Excellence Award' for her contributions to culture, tradition and art promotion, by the Women International Network at India International Centre in New Delhi. On 14 April 2009, Devayani was conferred the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> Award by the President of India for her distinguished services and outstanding achievements. Devayani is the first French artist to have received this award. Devayani also received the 'International Yog Confederation of India' Award 2009, for her contributions to the field of Culture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Seminars_and_workshops">Seminars and workshops</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Seminars and workshops"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devayani has participated in number of seminars and conducted workshops, master classes, and lecture demonstrations of Bharatanatyam. </p> <ul><li>The International Dance Workshop, Bonn, Germany 1981</li> <li>The East West Dance Encounter, Mumbai, India 1984</li> <li>Workshop with Ballet Rambert, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northern Arts, a UK National Dance Agency 1990</li> <li>The Commonwealth Institute, London, U.K.1990</li> <li>The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece 2002</li> <li>Dhiskha Children's Summer Festival, The Akshara Theatre, New Delhi, India 2005</li> <li>British School, British High Commission, New Delhi 2009</li> <li>SPIC MACAY Programs 2011 -2013</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devayani's long time partner and husband was Late M. M. Kohli, former <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">Indian Administrative Service</a> secretary of India, who died in 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards,_honours_and_recognition"><span id="Awards.2C_honours_and_recognition"></span>Awards, honours and recognition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards, honours and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Awards </th></tr> <tr> <td>1973–1975 <p>& 1976–1978 </p> </td> <td>Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme Scholarship, Madras </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1984</td> <td>Awarded the I.C.C.R. Scholarship, New Delhi. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982</td> <td>Awarded a special grant from the French Embassy, New Delhi. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983</td> <td>Award at International Choreography Contest, Nyon, Switzerland. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987</td> <td>"Award for exemplary contribution to the Art and Tradition of Bharata Natyam", South Central Zonal Cultural Centre (S.C.Z.C.C.), India. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988</td> <td>"Award for Exemplary contribution to the Art and Tradition of Bharata Natyam", North Central Zonal Cultural Centre (N.C.Z.C.C.), India. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td>Assisted by the Deptt. of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, New Delhi for the production 'Devadasi'. </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td>"Award for Achievement of Excellence" conferred on Devayani by the Andhra Cultural & Welfare Society, New Delhi. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>Classified as Eminent Artist, by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td>The "Top Cultural Ambassador Award for Excellence" was awarded to Devayani by the Institute of Marketing & Management in New Delhi. This honour was conferred on her in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the internationalisation of Bharatanatyam. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td>The "National Women Excellence Award" for her outstanding contribution to Culture, Tradition & Art Promotion. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td>Selected by the Ministry of Tourism of India, to be Brand Ambassador for the "Incredible India" advertising campaign titled "Real People". </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td>Conferred a Certificate of Appreciation by the Yog Confederation of India for her contribution in the field of Culture and the promotion & propagation of Traditional Systems during the International Conference on Gandhi, Yog and Global Peace </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-d1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>Nominated for the" Bharat Jyoti Award" by the India International Friendship Society, New Delhi </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_distinctions">Special distinctions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Special distinctions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She was invited by the <a href="/wiki/Arts_Council_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Arts Council of England">Arts Council of England</a> as <a href="/wiki/Artist-in-residence" title="Artist-in-residence">artist-in-residence</a>, to promote Indian dance and culture in 1990, at the Newcastle upon Tyne National Dance Agency. </p><p>Devayani performed for the United Nations' Day in New Delhi in 1981, India's Republic Day Celebrations in Germany in 1981, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's Birth Centenary in France, Denmark, and Germany in 1989, a function held to celebrate the Birthday of the Queen of Denmark in New Delhi in 1990, and the 50th Anniversary of India's Independence in Greece in 1998. </p><p>Devayani was an active member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Dance_Council" title="International Dance Council">International Dance Council</a> (CID), UNESCO from 2003 to 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_the_media">In the media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devayani_(dancer)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In the media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devayani was given a full page coverage in <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i> in addition to 70 other international magazines for the "Real People" campaign of the Ministry of Tourism of India. </p><p>Films of Devayani's performances have been broadcast by the BBC, Tyne Tees Television, ITV (U.K.), Zee T.V., Asianet T.V. (U.K., Europe, U.S.), FR3 (France), Net (Greece), and Indian T.V. 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href="/wiki/Sudhir_Khastgir" title="Sudhir Khastgir">Sudhir Khastgir</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwaram_Venkataswamy_Naidu" title="Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu">Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debaki_Bose" title="Debaki Bose">Debaki Bose</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shambhu_Maharaj" title="Shambhu Maharaj">Shambhu Maharaj</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nargis" title="Nargis">Nargis</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devika_Rani" title="Devika Rani">Devika Rani</a> (1958)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Hebbar" title="K. K. Hebbar">K. K. Hebbar</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Krishna_Phadke" title="Raghunath Krishna Phadke">Raghunath Krishna Phadke</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar" title="Ashok Kumar">Ashok Kumar</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Khan" title="Mehboob Khan">Mehboob Khan</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melville_de_Mellow" title="Melville de Mellow">Melville de Mellow</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayak_Pandurang_Karmarkar" title="Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar">Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adi_Pherozeshah_Marzban" title="Adi Pherozeshah Marzban">Adi Pherozeshah Marzban</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._C._Sorcar" title="P. C. Sorcar">P. C. Sorcar</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Kunchu_Kurup" title="Guru Kunchu Kurup">Guru Kunchu Kurup</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Nagayya" title="V. Nagayya">V. Nagayya</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravishankar_Raval" title="Ravishankar Raval">Ravishankar Raval</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinalini_Sarabhai" title="Mrinalini Sarabhai">Mrinalini Sarabhai</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._F._Husain" title="M. F. Husain">M. F. Husain</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumitra_Charat_Ram" title="Sumitra Charat Ram">Sumitra Charat Ram</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Bhanumathi" title="P. Bhanumathi">P. Bhanumathi</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daji_Bhatawadekar" title="Daji Bhatawadekar">Daji Bhatawadekar</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Desai" title="Vasant Desai">Vasant Desai</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddheshwari_Devi" title="Siddheshwari Devi">Siddheshwari Devi</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sashadhar_Mukherjee" title="Sashadhar Mukherjee">Sashadhar Mukherjee</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinjamuri_Venkata_Lakshmi_Narasimha_Rao" title="Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao">Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._R._Acharekar" title="M. R. Acharekar">M. R. Acharekar</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Begum_Akhtar" title="Begum Akhtar">Begum Akhtar</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharan_Rani_Backliwal" title="Sharan Rani Backliwal">Sharan Rani Backliwal</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikhil_Banerjee" title="Nikhil Banerjee">Nikhil Banerjee</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Dutt" title="Sunil Dutt">Sunil Dutt</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Khote" title="Durga Khote">Durga Khote</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamini_Krishnamurthy" title="Yamini Krishnamurthy">Yamini Krishnamurthy</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar%E2%80%93Jaikishan" title="Shankar–Jaikishan">Shankar–Jaikishan</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayodhya_Prasad" title="Ayodhya Prasad">Ayodhya Prasad</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._T._Rama_Rao" title="N. T. Rama Rao">N. T. Rama Rao</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devi_Lal_Samar" title="Devi Lal Samar">Devi Lal Samar</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyjayanthimala" title="Vyjayanthimala">Vyjayanthimala</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Ahmad_Abbas" title="Khwaja Ahmad Abbas">Khwaja Ahmad Abbas</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Abraham_Cheulkar" title="David Abraham Cheulkar">David Abraham Cheulkar</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._S._Bendre" title="N. S. Bendre">N. S. Bendre</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._D._Burman" title="S. D. Burman">S. D. Burman</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Saroja_Devi" title="B. Saroja Devi">B. Saroja Devi</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indrani_Rahman" title="Indrani Rahman">Indrani Rahman</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balraj_Sahni" title="Balraj Sahni">Balraj Sahni</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._N._Swamy_(artist)" title="S. N. Swamy (artist)">S. N. 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Satyanarayana Sarma">V. Satyanarayana Sarma</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maisnam_Amubi_Singh" title="Maisnam Amubi Singh">Maisnam Amubi Singh</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._B._Sundarambal" title="K. B. Sundarambal">K. B. Sundarambal</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avinash_Vyas" title="Avinash Vyas">Avinash Vyas</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna" title="M. Balamuralikrishna">M. Balamuralikrishna</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankho_Chaudhuri" title="Sankho Chaudhuri">Sankho Chaudhuri</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripti_Mitra" title="Tripti Mitra">Tripti Mitra</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vazhenkada_Kunchu_Nair" title="Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair">Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chenganoor_Raman_Pillai" title="Chenganoor Raman Pillai">Chenganoor Raman Pillai</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._N._Dandayudhapani_Pillai" title="K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai">K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanta_Rao" title="Shanta Rao">Shanta Rao</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_(composer)" title="Ravi (composer)">Ravi</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahir_Ludhianvi" title="Sahir Ludhianvi">Sahir Ludhianvi</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siyaram_Tiwari_(musician)" title="Siyaram Tiwari (musician)">Siyaram Tiwari (musician)</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiranjeet_Chakraborty" title="Chiranjeet Chakraborty">Chiranjeet Chakraborty</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girija_Devi" title="Girija Devi">Girija Devi</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasudeo_S._Gaitonde" title="Vasudeo S. Gaitonde">Vasudeo S. Gaitonde</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Janah" title="Sunil Janah">Sunil Janah</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalgudi_Jayaraman" title="Lalgudi Jayaraman">Lalgudi Jayaraman</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Kapoor" title="Mahendra Kapoor">Mahendra Kapoor</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Kumar_(artist)" title="Ram Kumar (artist)">Ram Kumar (artist)</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vazhuvoor_Ramaiah_Pillai" title="Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai">Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samta_Prasad" title="Samta Prasad">Samta Prasad</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._K._Radha" title="M. K. Radha">M. K. Radha</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghu_Rai" title="Raghu Rai">Raghu Rai</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Reddy_(artist)" title="Krishna Reddy (artist)">Krishna Reddy</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waheeda_Rehman" title="Waheeda Rehman">Waheeda Rehman</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juthika_Roy" title="Juthika Roy">Juthika Roy</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suchitra_Sen" title="Suchitra Sen">Suchitra Sen</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gubbi_Veeranna" title="Gubbi Veeranna">Gubbi Veeranna</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitara_Devi" title="Sitara Devi">Sitara Devi</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Krishnan" title="T. N. Krishnan">T. N. Krishnan</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishan_Maharaj" title="Kishan Maharaj">Kishan Maharaj</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanathapuram_C._S._Murugabhoopathy" title="Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy">Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thikkurissy_Sukumaran_Nair" title="Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair">Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Sharma" title="Uma Sharma">Uma Sharma</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._G._Thakur_Singh" title="S. G. Thakur Singh">S. G. Thakur Singh</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaifi_Azmi" title="Kaifi Azmi">Kaifi Azmi</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushkar_Bhan" title="Pushkar Bhan">Pushkar Bhan</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Madhava_Chakyar" title="Mani Madhava Chakyar">Mani Madhava Chakyar</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindhyabasini_Devi" title="Bindhyabasini Devi">Bindhyabasini Devi</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naina_Devi_(singer)" title="Naina Devi (singer)">Naina Devi</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Karnad" title="Girish Karnad">Girish Karnad</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shriram_Lagoo" title="Shriram Lagoo">Shriram Lagoo</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelucharan_Mohapatra" title="Kelucharan Mohapatra">Kelucharan Mohapatra</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutan" title="Nutan">Nutan</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._D._Ramanathan" title="M. D. Ramanathan">M. D. Ramanathan</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Som_Nath_Sadhu" title="Som Nath Sadhu">Som Nath Sadhu</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emani_Sankara_Sastry" title="Emani Sankara Sastry">Emani Sankara Sastry</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kripal_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Kripal Singh Shekhawat">Kripal Singh Shekhawat</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manik_Varma" title="Manik Varma">Manik Varma</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Gopalakrishnan" title="M. S. Gopalakrishnan">M. S. Gopalakrishnan</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasraj" title="Jasraj">Jasraj</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amjad_Ali_Khan" title="Amjad Ali Khan">Amjad Ali Khan</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopi_Krishna_(dancer)" title="Gopi Krishna (dancer)">Gopi Krishna</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjukta_Panigrahi" title="Sanjukta Panigrahi">Sanjukta Panigrahi</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basavaraj_Rajguru" title="Basavaraj Rajguru">Basavaraj Rajguru</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyanam_Raghuramayya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalyanam Raghuramayya">Kalyanam Raghuramayya</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Sathyu" title="M. S. Sathyu">M. S. Sathyu</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._G._Subramanyan" title="K. G. Subramanyan">K. G. Subramanyan</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gitchandra_Tongbra" title="Gitchandra Tongbra">Gitchandra Tongbra</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Mohapatra" title="Raghunath Mohapatra">Raghunath Mohapatra</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Narayan" title="Ram Narayan">Ram Narayan</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Narayanaswamy" title="K. V. Narayanaswamy">K. V. Narayanaswamy</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Nagendra_Rao" title="R. Nagendra Rao">R. Nagendra Rao</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Somasundaram" title="S. Somasundaram">S. Somasundaram</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parveen_Sultana" class="mw-redirect" title="Parveen Sultana">Parveen Sultana</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanraj_Bhagat" title="Dhanraj Bhagat">Dhanraj Bhagat</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheik_Chinna_Moulana" title="Sheik Chinna Moulana">Sheik Chinna Moulana</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alla_Rakha" title="Alla Rakha">Alla Rakha</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehangir_Sabavala" title="Jehangir Sabavala">Jehangir Sabavala</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Rasool_Santosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghulam Rasool Santosh">Ghulam Rasool Santosh</a> (1977)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Karanth" title="B. V. Karanth">B. V. Karanth</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namagiripettai_Krishnan" title="Namagiripettai Krishnan">Namagiripettai Krishnan</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambhir_Singh_Mura" title="Gambhir Singh Mura">Gambhir Singh Mura</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashrath_Patel" title="Dashrath Patel">Dashrath Patel</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Raza" title="S. H. Raza">S. H. Raza</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Subrahmanyam" title="Padma Subrahmanyam">Padma Subrahmanyam</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allah_Jilai_Bai" title="Allah Jilai Bai">Allah Jilai Bai</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammannur_Madhava_Chakyar" title="Ammannur Madhava Chakyar">Ammannur Madhava Chakyar</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabbar_Patel" title="Jabbar Patel">Jabbar Patel</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virendra_Prabhakar" title="Virendra Prabhakar">Virendra Prabhakar</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautam_Vaghela" title="Gautam Vaghela">Gautam Vaghela</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirkazhi_Govindarajan" title="Sirkazhi Govindarajan">Sirkazhi Govindarajan</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautam_Vaghela" title="Gautam Vaghela">Gautam Vaghela</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirkazhi_Govindarajan" title="Sirkazhi Govindarajan">Sirkazhi Govindarajan</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharafat_Hussain_Khan" title="Sharafat Hussain Khan">Sharafat Hussain Khan</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Mahata" title="Nepal Mahata">Nepal Mahata</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handel_Manuel" title="Handel Manuel">Handel Manuel</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulam_Mohammed_Sheikh" title="Gulam Mohammed Sheikh">Gulam Mohammed Sheikh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghubir_Singh_(photographer)" title="Raghubir Singh (photographer)">Raghubir Singh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobha_Singh_(painter)" title="Sobha Singh (painter)">Sobha Singh</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habib_Tanvir" title="Habib Tanvir">Habib Tanvir</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganga_Devi_(painter)" title="Ganga Devi (painter)">Ganga Devi</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purushottam_Das" title="Purushottam Das">Purushottam Das</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Khakhar" title="Bhupen Khakhar">Bhupen Khakhar</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinay_Chandra_Maudgalya" title="Vinay Chandra Maudgalya">Vinay Chandra Maudgalya</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roshan_Kumari" title="Roshan Kumari">Roshan Kumari</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavelikara_Krishnankutty_Nair" title="Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair">Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Rajam" title="N. Rajam">N. Rajam</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja_and_Radha_Reddy" title="Raja and Radha Reddy">Raja and Radha Reddy</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nek_Chand" title="Nek Chand">Nek Chand</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_Vijayvargiya" title="Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya">Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Dave" title="Shanti Dave">Shanti Dave</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asa_Singh_Mastana" title="Asa Singh Mastana">Asa Singh Mastana</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxman_Pai" title="Laxman Pai">Laxman Pai</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smita_Patil" title="Smita Patil">Smita Patil</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palghat_R._Raghu" title="Palghat R. Raghu">Palghat R. Raghu</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naseeruddin_Shah" title="Naseeruddin Shah">Naseeruddin Shah</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Bapu_Apegaonkar" title="Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar">Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanika_Banerjee" title="Kanika Banerjee">Kanika Banerjee</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subrata_Mitra" title="Subrata Mitra">Subrata Mitra</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Singhajit_Singh" title="Rajkumar Singhajit Singh">Rajkumar Singhajit Singh</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisam-ud-din_Usta" title="Hisam-ud-din Usta">Hisam-ud-din Usta</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumudini_Lakhia" title="Kumudini Lakhia">Kumudini Lakhia</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Mehta" title="Vijaya Mehta">Vijaya Mehta</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Ramani" title="N. Ramani">N. Ramani</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aparna_Sen" title="Aparna Sen">Aparna Sen</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Sohal" title="Naresh Sohal">Naresh Sohal</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Abhisheki" title="Jitendra Abhisheki">Jitendra Abhisheki</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabana_Azmi" title="Shabana Azmi">Shabana Azmi</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teejan_Bai" title="Teejan Bai">Teejan Bai</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bikash_Bhattacharjee" title="Bikash Bhattacharjee">Bikash Bhattacharjee</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chindodi_Leela" title="Chindodi Leela">Chindodi Leela</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudharani_Raghupathy" title="Sudharani Raghupathy">Sudharani Raghupathy</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudarshan_Sahoo" title="Sudarshan Sahoo">Sudarshan Sahoo</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kudrat_Singh" title="Kudrat Singh">Kudrat Singh</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Abhisheki" title="Jitendra Abhisheki">Jitendra Abhisheki</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adyar_K._Lakshman" title="Adyar K. Lakshman">Adyar K. Lakshman</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haku_Shah" title="Haku Shah">Haku Shah</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Subramaniam" title="L. Subramaniam">L. Subramaniam</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratan_Thiyam" title="Ratan Thiyam">Ratan Thiyam</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upendra_Trivedi" title="Upendra Trivedi">Upendra Trivedi</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Agashe" title="Mohan Agashe">Mohan Agashe</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._Aravindan" title="G. Aravindan">G. Aravindan</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabha_Atre" title="Prabha Atre">Prabha Atre</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asgari_Bai" title="Asgari Bai">Asgari Bai</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulab_Bai" title="Gulab Bai">Gulab Bai</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balwantrai_Bhatt" title="Balwantrai Bhatt">Balwantrai Bhatt</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diwaliben_Bhil" title="Diwaliben Bhil">Diwaliben Bhil</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bisaria" title="Raj Bisaria">Raj Bisaria</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._M._Ganapathy" title="S. M. Ganapathy">S. M. Ganapathy</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishamber_Khanna" title="Bishamber Khanna">Bishamber Khanna</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishen_Khanna" title="Krishen Khanna">Krishen Khanna</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allu_Ramalingaiah" title="Allu Ramalingaiah">Allu Ramalingaiah</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarun_Majumdar" title="Tarun Majumdar">Tarun Majumdar</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhavi_Mudgal" title="Madhavi Mudgal">Madhavi Mudgal</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om_Puri" title="Om Puri">Om Puri</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanak_Rele" title="Kanak Rele">Kanak Rele</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leela_Samson" title="Leela Samson">Leela Samson</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharajapuram_Santhanam" title="Maharajapuram Santhanam">Maharajapuram Santhanam</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila_Vatsyayan" title="Kapila Vatsyayan">Kapila Vatsyayan</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranbir_Singh_Bisht" title="Ranbir Singh Bisht">Ranbir Singh Bisht</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Gopy" title="Bharat Gopy">Bharat Gopy</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan_(singer)" title="Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer)">Ghulam Mustafa Khan</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafeez_Ahmed_Khan" title="Hafeez Ahmed Khan">Hafeez Ahmed Khan</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanno_Khurana" title="Shanno Khurana">Shanno Khurana</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratima_Barua_Pandey" title="Pratima Barua Pandey">Pratima Barua Pandey</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_Parekh" title="Manu Parekh">Manu Parekh</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma" title="Shivkumar Sharma">Shivkumar Sharma</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurcharan_Singh_(painter)" title="Gurcharan Singh (painter)">Gurcharan Singh (painter)</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharda_Sinha" title="Sharda Sinha">Sharda Sinha</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alarmel_Valli" title="Alarmel Valli">Alarmel Valli</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaya_Bachchan" title="Jaya Bachchan">Jaya Bachchan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Charan_Das" title="Pankaj Charan Das">Pankaj Charan Das</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biren_De" title="Biren De">Biren De</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srirangam_Gopalaratnam" title="Srirangam Gopalaratnam">Srirangam Gopalaratnam</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabri_Khan" title="Sabri Khan">Sabri Khan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunita_Kohli" title="Sunita Kohli">Sunita Kohli</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madurai_N._Krishnan" title="Madurai N. Krishnan">Madurai N. Krishnan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meera_Mukherjee" title="Meera Mukherjee">Meera Mukherjee</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asha_Parekh" title="Asha Parekh">Asha Parekh</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nataraja_Ramakrishna" title="Nataraja Ramakrishna">Nataraja Ramakrishna</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagaban_Sahu" title="Bhagaban Sahu">Bhagaban Sahu</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anandji_Virji_Shah" title="Anandji Virji Shah">Anandji Virji Shah</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyanji_Virji_Shah" title="Kalyanji Virji Shah">Kalyanji Virji Shah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kalyanji-Anandji" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalyanji-Anandji">Kalyanji-Anandji</a>) (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundari_K._Shridharani" title="Sundari K. Shridharani">Sundari K. Shridharani</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muthiah_Sthapati" title="Muthiah Sthapati">Muthiah Sthapati</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitra_Visweswaran" title="Chitra Visweswaran">Chitra Visweswaran</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dipali_Barthakur" title="Dipali Barthakur">Dipali Barthakur</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mammootty" title="Mammootty">Mammootty</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunja_Bihari_Meher" title="Kunja Bihari Meher">Kunja Bihari Meher</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnarao_Sable" title="Krishnarao Sable">Krishnarao Sable</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zohra_Sehgal" title="Zohra Sehgal">Zohra Sehgal</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._Ibomcha_Sharma" title="K. Ibomcha Sharma">K. Ibomcha Sharma</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._Srinivas" title="U. Srinivas">U. Srinivas</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Javed_Akhtar" title="Javed Akhtar">Javed Akhtar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saryu_Doshi" title="Saryu Doshi">Saryu Doshi</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulochana_Latkar" title="Sulochana Latkar">Sulochana Latkar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumati_Mutatkar" title="Sumati Mutatkar">Sumati Mutatkar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobha_Deepak_Singh" title="Shobha Deepak Singh">Shobha Deepak Singh</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagmohan_Sursagar" title="Jagmohan Sursagar">Jagmohan Sursagar</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_V._Sutar" title="Ram V. Sutar">Ram V. Sutar</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kanhai_Chitrakar" title="Kanhai Chitrakar">Kanhai Chitrakar</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekhar_Kapur" title="Shekhar Kapur">Shekhar Kapur</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hema_Malini" title="Hema Malini">Hema Malini</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjolie_Ela_Menon" title="Anjolie Ela Menon">Anjolie Ela Menon</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shubha_Mudgal" title="Shubha Mudgal">Shubha Mudgal</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alyque_Padamsee" title="Alyque Padamsee">Alyque Padamsee</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._R._Rahman" title="A. R. Rahman">A. R. Rahman</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanand_Sagar" title="Ramanand Sagar">Ramanand Sagar</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aamir_Raza_Husain" title="Aamir Raza Husain">Aamir Raza Husain</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmaja_Phenany_Joglekar" title="Padmaja Phenany Joglekar">Padmaja Phenany Joglekar</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Tayab_Khan" title="Mohammed Tayab Khan">Mohammed Tayab Khan</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Kothari" title="Sunil Kothari">Sunil Kothari</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerella_Venu_Madhav" title="Nerella Venu Madhav">Nerella Venu Madhav</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobha_Naidu" class="mw-redirect" title="Shobha Naidu">Shobha Naidu</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._V._S._Raju" title="D. V. S. Raju">D. V. S. Raju</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avadhanam_Sita_Raman" title="Avadhanam Sita Raman">Avadhanam Sita Raman</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siramdasu_Venkata_Rama_Rao" title="Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao">Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thota_Tharani" title="Thota Tharani">Thota Tharani</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._D._Amaradeva" title="W. D. Amaradeva">W. D. Amaradeva</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Begum" title="Raj Begum">Raj Begum</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishwa_Mohan_Bhatt" title="Vishwa Mohan Bhatt">Vishwa Mohan Bhatt</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Bhuyan" title="Pushpa Bhuyan">Pushpa Bhuyan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajan_Devadas" title="Rajan Devadas">Rajan Devadas</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darshana_Jhaveri" title="Darshana Jhaveri">Darshana Jhaveri</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Latif_Khan" title="Abdul Latif Khan">Abdul Latif Khan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Krishnaswami" title="Mani Krishnaswami">Mani Krishnaswami</a> (2002)</li> <li>Fazal Mohammad (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manorama_(Tamil_actress)" title="Manorama (Tamil actress)">Manorama</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiran_Segal" title="Kiran Segal">Kiran Segal</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaneetham_Padmanabha_Seshadri" title="Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri">Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saroja_Vaidyanathan" title="Saroja Vaidyanathan">Saroja Vaidyanathan</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._H._Vinayakram" title="T. H. Vinayakram">T. H. Vinayakram</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahnu_Barua" title="Jahnu Barua">Jahnu Barua</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Denzongpa" title="Danny Denzongpa">Danny Denzongpa</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshetrimayum_Ongbi_Thouranisabi_Devi" title="Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi">Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Ganguly" title="Rita Ganguly">Rita Ganguly</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranjana_Gauhar" title="Ranjana Gauhar">Ranjana Gauhar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadashiv_Vasantrao_Gorakshkar" title="Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar">Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakhee_Gulzar" title="Rakhee Gulzar">Rakhee Gulzar</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemi_Chandra_Jain" title="Nemi Chandra Jain">Nemi Chandra Jain</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._P._Jain" title="O. P. Jain">O. P. Jain</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shafaat_Ahmed_Khan" title="Shafaat Ahmed Khan">Shafaat Ahmed Khan</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._M._Soundararajan" title="T. M. Soundararajan">T. M. Soundararajan</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukumari" title="Sukumari">Sukumari</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satish_Vyas_(musician)" title="Satish Vyas (musician)">Satish Vyas</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharathiraja" title="Bharathiraja">Bharathiraja</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maguni_Charan_Das" title="Maguni Charan Das">Maguni Charan Das</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoranjan_Das" title="Manoranjan Das">Manoranjan Das</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Datar" title="D. K. Datar">D. K. Datar</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadri_Gopalnath" title="Kadri Gopalnath">Kadri Gopalnath</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharan_(singer)" title="Hariharan (singer)">Hariharan (singer)</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purshottam_Das_Jalota" title="Purshottam Das Jalota">Purshottam Das Jalota</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishn_Kanhai" title="Krishn Kanhai">Krishn Kanhai</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heisnam_Kanhailal" title="Heisnam Kanhailal">Heisnam Kanhailal</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anupam_Kher" title="Anupam Kher">Anupam Kher</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkil_Sisters_%E2%80%93_Kunjumani_%26_Neela" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela">Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keezhpadam_Kumaran_Nair" title="Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair">Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Ragunathan" title="Sudha Ragunathan">Sudha Ragunathan</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haridwaramangalam_A._K._Palanivel" title="Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel">Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veernala_Jayarama_Rao" title="Veernala Jayarama Rao">Veernala Jayarama Rao</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharati_Shivaji" title="Bharati Shivaji">Bharati Shivaji</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singh_Bandhu" title="Singh Bandhu">Singh Bandhu</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan_Sopori" title="Bhajan Sopori">Bhajan Sopori</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyyattinkara_Vasudevan" title="Neyyattinkara Vasudevan">Neyyattinkara Vasudevan</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzaffar_Ali" title="Muzaffar Ali">Muzaffar Ali</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shameem_Dev_Azad" class="mw-redirect" title="Shameem Dev Azad">Shameem Dev Azad</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Boyer" title="M. Boyer">M. Boyer</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._S._Chithra" title="K. S. Chithra">K. S. Chithra</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yumlembam_Gambhini_Devi" title="Yumlembam Gambhini Devi">Yumlembam Gambhini Devi</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shah Rukh Khan</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Sadiq_Khan" title="Ghulam Sadiq Khan">Ghulam Sadiq Khan</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavita_Krishnamurti" title="Kavita Krishnamurti">Kavita Krishnamurti</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaturbhuj_Meher" title="Chaturbhuj Meher">Chaturbhuj Meher</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumkum_Mohanty" title="Kumkum Mohanty">Kumkum Mohanty</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punaram_Nishad" title="Punaram Nishad">Punaram Nishad</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Nath_Sahoo" title="Kedar Nath Sahoo">Kedar Nath Sahoo</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sougaijam_Thanil_Singh" title="Sougaijam Thanil Singh">Sougaijam Thanil Singh</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnakudi_Vaidyanathan" title="Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan">Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komala_Varadan" title="Komala Varadan">Komala Varadan</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadali_Brothers" title="Wadali Brothers">Wadali Brothers</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ileana_Citaristi" title="Ileana Citaristi">Ileana Citaristi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmood_Dhaulpuri" title="Mehmood Dhaulpuri">Mehmood Dhaulpuri</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shree_Lal_Joshi" title="Shree Lal Joshi">Shree Lal Joshi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surinder_Kaur" title="Surinder Kaur">Surinder Kaur</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Khan_(musician)" title="Rashid Khan (musician)">Rashid Khan (musician)</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasundhara_Komkali" title="Vasundhara Komkali">Vasundhara Komkali</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yashodhar_Mathpal" title="Yashodhar Mathpal">Yashodhar Mathpal</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhup_Mudgal" title="Madhup Mudgal">Madhup Mudgal</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavungal_Chathunni_Panicker" title="Kavungal Chathunni Panicker">Kavungal Chathunni Panicker</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyama_Charan_Pati" title="Shyama Charan Pati">Shyama Charan Pati</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayatri_Sankaran" title="Gayatri Sankaran">Gayatri Sankaran</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasad_Sawkar" title="Prasad Sawkar">Prasad Sawkar</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aribam_Syam_Sharma" title="Aribam Syam Sharma">Aribam Syam Sharma</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shobana" title="Shobana">Shobana</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanaka_Srinivasan" title="Kanaka Srinivasan">Kanaka Srinivasan</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Udhas" title="Pankaj Udhas">Pankaj Udhas</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Babu" title="Mohan Babu">Mohan Babu</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geeta_Chandran" title="Geeta Chandran">Geeta Chandran</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astad_Deboo" title="Astad Deboo">Astad Deboo</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neelamani_Devi" title="Neelamani Devi">Neelamani Devi</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remo_Fernandes" title="Remo Fernandes">Remo Fernandes</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Gopinathan" title="P. Gopinathan">P. Gopinathan</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Hans" title="Pushpa Hans">Pushpa Hans</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Hiranand" title="Shanti Hiranand">Shanti Hiranand</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ananda_Shankar_Jayant" title="Ananda Shankar Jayant">Ananda Shankar Jayant</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govardhan_Kumari" title="Govardhan Kumari">Govardhan Kumari</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonam_Tshering_Lepcha" title="Sonam Tshering Lepcha">Sonam Tshering Lepcha</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balachandra_Menon" title="Balachandra Menon">Balachandra Menon</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashikala" title="Shashikala">Shashikala</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gajendra_Narayan_Singh_(musicologist)" title="Gajendra Narayan Singh (musicologist)">Gajendra Narayan Singh</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thingbaijam_Babu_Singh" title="Thingbaijam Babu Singh">Thingbaijam Babu Singh</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pannuru_Sripathy" title="Pannuru Sripathy">Pannuru Sripathy</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valayapatti_A._R._Subramaniam" title="Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam">Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waman_Thakre" title="Waman Thakre">Waman Thakre</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._R._Thilagam" title="P. R. Thilagam">P. R. 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K. Narayanan Nambiar">P. K. Narayanan Nambiar</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennadi_Mikhailovich_Pechinkov" title="Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov">Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangadhar_Pradhan" title="Gangadhar Pradhan">Gangadhar Pradhan</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Night_Shyamalan" title="M. Night Shyamalan">M. Night Shyamalan</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirkazhi_G._Sivachidambaram" title="Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram">Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawahar_Wattal" title="Jawahar Wattal">Jawahar Wattal</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ameena_Ahmad_Ahuja" title="Ameena Ahmad Ahuja">Ameena Ahmad Ahuja</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aishwarya_Rai_Bachchan" title="Aishwarya Rai Bachchan">Aishwarya Rai Bachchan</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemi_Bawa" title="Hemi Bawa">Hemi Bawa</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmanandam" title="Brahmanandam">Brahmanandam</a> (2009)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Devayani (dancer)</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Dutta" title="Suresh Dutta">Suresh Dutta</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamandalam_Gopi" title="Kalamandalam Gopi">Kalamandalam Gopi</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niranjan_Goswami" title="Niranjan Goswami">Niranjan Goswami</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geeta_Kapur" title="Geeta Kapur">Geeta Kapur</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Singh_Khalsa" title="Nirmal Singh Khalsa">Nirmal Singh Khalsa</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hashmat_Ullah_Khan" title="Hashmat Ullah Khan">Hashmat Ullah Khan</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_(actress)" title="Helen (actress)">Helen</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Krishnaswamy" title="S. Krishnaswamy">S. 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