Raghunath Panigrahi
Suramani Raghunath Panigrahi ରଘୁନାଥ ପାଣିଗ୍ରାହୀ | |
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Background information | |
Born | Gunupur, Odisha, India | 10 August 1932
Died | 25 August 2013 Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India | (aged 81)
Genres | Odissi music |
Occupation(s) | Odissi music Guru, singer, composer |
Years active | 1956-2013 |
Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi (Odia: ରଘୁନାଥ ପାଣିଗ୍ରାହୀ; 10 August 1932 – 25 August 2013) was an Odissi music Guru, vocalist, composer and music director.[1] A noted singer of the Gita Govinda. He also sang in the popular Telugu movies like Ilavelupu and Jayabheri. He left a promising career in film music in Chennai to provide vocal support to his wife, Sanjukta Panigrahi, a legendary Odissi performer and composer.[2] He also sang for few Odia and Kannada movies. He made a lifetime contribution of promoting, propagating and popularizing the life and works of Jayadeva and the cult of Lord Jagannatha.
Sanjukta-Raghunath played for many years from the 1960s until the 1990s.
After the death of Sanjukta in 1997, he was associated with the Nrityagram and gave music for many of their productions.[3] He formed the 'Sanjukta Panigrahi Memorial Trust', in 1999, to promote the cause of Odishi dance. Since 2001, every year on her birth anniversary, the trust has been giving away scholarships to budding dancers, and awards excellence in the field of Orissi dance.[4][5]
Personal life[]
Raghunath Panigrahi was born on 10 August 1932 in Gunupur, Rayagada, Odisha. He met his future wife dancer Padma Shri Sanjukta Panigrahi at Kalakshetra dance school, subsequently they married in 1960[6] and had two sons.[7] He died on 25 August 2013 in Bhubaneswar at the age of 82.
Filmography[]
Movie | Language | Year | Role |
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Ilavelpu | Telugu | 1956 | Playback singer |
Jayabheri | Telugu | 1959 | Playback singer |
Odia | 1963 | Playback singer | |
Chinnada Gombe | Kannada | 1964 | Playback singer |
- | 1965 | Choreographer | |
Sindura Bindu | Odia | 1976 | Playback singer |
Mukti | Odia | 1977 | Playback singer |
Ahalya | Odia | 1998 | Music director |
Odia | - | Playback singer | |
Kaa | Odia | - | Playback singer |
Awards[]
- Title of Sur Mani[8] 1968
- He received an award from the government of France in the 1980s.[8]
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award,1976
- , 1993
- Padma Shri, 2010[9]
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
- Jayadeva Samman- 2008[10]
- Lifetime Achievement award of , 2008[11]
- Degree, Doctor of Literature, Ravenshaw University, Odisha, August 2013
- Degree, Doctor of Literature, Utkal University, Odisha, 2011
- Degree, Doctor of Literature, Berhampur University, Odisha, 2010
References[]
- ^ "Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi dead". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ Odissi at the crossroads The Hindu, 13 May 2007.
- ^ Venkataraman, Leela (30 July 2010). "Nrityagram and the Passion for Dance". The Island.
- ^ First Sanjukta Panigrahi award The Times of India, 25 August 2001.
- ^ Sanjukta Panigrahi Awards narthaki.com.
- ^ Publications, Europa (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Routledge. p. 1281. ISBN 1-85743-217-7.
- ^ Sanjukta Panigrahi, Indian Dancer, 65 The New York Times, 6 July 1997.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mudgal, Madhavi (29 August 2013). "He shaped Odissi' renaissance". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "Padma Shri award to Orissa's Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi, Mayadhar Raut, Ignace Tirkey, Oriya Orbit". Orissadiary.com. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Pt. Raghunath Panigrahi receives the First Jaydev Samman, Oriya Orbit". Orissadiary.com. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Banichitra awards presented". The Hindu. Bhubaneshwar. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
External links[]
- Raghunath Panigrahi at IMDb
- 1932 births
- 2013 deaths
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
- Indian male classical singers
- Odissi
- Indian male film singers
- Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- People from Rayagada district
- Indian classical composers
- 20th-century Indian singers
- Bollywood playback singers
- Singers from Odisha
- 20th-century male singers
- Indian singer stubs
- Odissi music