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Kanyakumari</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:A.Kanyakumari.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/A.Kanyakumari.jpg/220px-A.Kanyakumari.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/A.Kanyakumari.jpg/330px-A.Kanyakumari.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/A.Kanyakumari.jpg/440px-A.Kanyakumari.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1566" data-file-height="2393" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Violinist A. Kanyakumari</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data">Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data">Carnatic music</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note">Violin</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p><b>Padmashri Avasarala Kanyakumari</b> is one of the leading <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violinists</a> from <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South India</a> who specializes in <a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic music</a>. She is the first woman violinist to receive the Sangeetha Kalanidhi award.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kanyakumari’s violin playing is admired for many qualities but most pronouncedly for its exceptional quality of vocalism, innovation and fearlessness.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></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=A._Kanyakumari&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kanyakumari is a native of Vizianagaram, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> and has lived in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> for more than five decades.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a disciple of 3 great legendary gurus: Ivaturi Vijeswara Rao, M. Chandrasekaran and M. L. Vasanthakumari.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was mentioned in the congressional record of the US on August 6, 2021, for her selfless services teaching Carnatic Violin lessons free of cost to everyone as a way of paying it forward and honouring the contributions made by her teachers to developing her talents.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also often performs at SPIC MACAY Concerts throughout India. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._Kanyakumari&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Kanyakumari was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Sangeetha_Kalanidhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangeetha Kalanidhi">Sangeetha Kalanidhi</a> award of the <a href="/wiki/Madras_Music_Academy" title="Madras Music Academy">Madras Music Academy</a> for the year 2016. She is the first female violinist to get the award.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other awards include </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a></i> by Government of India (2015)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sangita Kalanidhi from the Music Academy, Chennai (2016)<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></li> <li><i>Kalaimamani</i> from Govt. of Tamil Nadu<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. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>Ugadi Puraskar</i> from Govt. of Andhra Pradesh<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. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>Top Rank</i> by A.I.R<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. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>Honorary citizenship</i> of the state of Maryland, U.S<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. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>TTK Award</i> from the Music Academy, Chennai<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. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>Asthana Viidushi</i> of Sringeri Sarada Peetam, Ahobila Mutt and Avadhoota Peetam<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. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>"Saptagiri sangeetha vidwanmani</i> from Sri Tyagaraja Festival Committee of Tirupathi.<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. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>Dhanurveena Praveena</i>, a title bestowed on her by <a href="/wiki/M.S._Subbulakshmi" class="mw-redirect" title="M.S. Subbulakshmi">M.S. Subbulakshmi</a>, commemorating Kanyakumari's 25 years in concerts<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. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>Sangeeta Kala Nipuna</i>, from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mylapore_Fine_Arts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mylapore Fine Arts (page does not exist)">Mylapore Fine Arts</a> Club, 2002 <sup id="cite_ref-mm2002_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mm2002-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Sangeet Natak Akademi Award</a>, 2003<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. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Sangeetha Chudamani Award from Krishna Gana Sabha, 2012<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. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <p>She was selected for Limca Book of Records 2004 for her various achievements in music as a versatile woman violinist.<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. 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style="width:1%">1950s</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/Omkarnath_Thakur" title="Omkarnath Thakur">Omkarnath Thakur</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sthanam_Narasimha_Rao" title="Sthanam Narasimha Rao">Sthanam Narasimha Rao</a> (1956)</li> <li><a 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. Swamy (artist)</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</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/Sukumar_Bose" title="Sukumar Bose">Sukumar Bose</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Dhawan" title="Prem Dhawan">Prem Dhawan</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratna_Fabri" title="Ratna Fabri">Ratna Fabri</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritwik_Ghatak" title="Ritwik Ghatak">Ritwik Ghatak</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damayanti_Joshi" title="Damayanti Joshi">Damayanti Joshi</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Halim_Jaffer_Khan" title="Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan">Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Jamshed_Khandalavala" title="Karl Jamshed Khandalavala">Karl Jamshed Khandalavala</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhaviah_Krishnan" title="Madhaviah Krishnan">Madhaviah Krishnan</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Kumar" title="Rajendra Kumar">Rajendra Kumar</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pankaj_Mullick" title="Pankaj Mullick">Pankaj Mullick</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamandalam_Krishnan_Nair" title="Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair">Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relangi_(actor)" title="Relangi (actor)">Relangi</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gummadi_(actor)" title="Gummadi (actor)">Gummadi</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Raghav_Rao" title="Vijay Raghav Rao">Vijay Raghav Rao</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._Satyanarayana_Sarma" title="V. 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" class="mw-redirect" 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/Puranchand_Wadali" class="mw-redirect" title="Puranchand Wadali">Puranchand Wadali</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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