Anandji Virji Shah

Anandji Virji Shah
Background information
Born	(1933-03-02) 2 March 1933 (age 91) Kundrodi, Cutch State, British India
Genres	Film score
Occupation(s)	music director, orchestrator, conductor
Years active	1954–present
Labels	Saregama HMV Universal Music
Formerly of	Kalyanji-Anandji

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

Life

Anandji was born to Virji Shah on 2 March 1933.[3] Their father was a Kutchi businessman who had migrated from Kutch to Bombay to start a kirana (provision store). His younger brother and sister-in-law are the husband-and-wife duo Babla & Kanchan. The two brothers began to learn music from a music teacher. One of their four grandparents was a folk musician of some eminence. They spent most of their formative years in the hamlet of Girgaum (a district in Bombay) in the Marathi and Gujarati areas.

Career

Main article: Kalyanji–Anandji

References

1. Ghosh, Devarsi (23 July 2020). "Anandji interview: 'You need to study all kinds of music to compose for Hindi films'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
2. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
3. "Anandji: 90 and still going strong". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

External links

• Anandji Virji Shah at IMDb