Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar conferred to Dr. Pratibha Agrawal Actor & Director


by Shrutee K/DNS


To celebrate the creativespirit of its Founder President, Shri Aditya Vikram Birla and in his memory, the Sangit Kala Kendra has instituted Awards that recognise excellence in the performing arts. These awards - Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar and the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskars are conferred annually – the former on an extraordinary artist in a specific field and the latter on younger artists who have the potential to make it to the top.

This November 19thmarked a milestone in the annals of the Sangit Kala Kendra as it wasthe 20th Anniversary of the Aditya Vikram Sangit KalaKendra Awards ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, Mrs. RajashreeBirla, President of the Sangit Kala Kendra said that, “the distinguished panel of judges comprised of leading theatre personalities – Directors, Actors, Sreenwriters viz. Ms. UshaGanguly,  Mr. Sunil Shanbag, Mr. Surya Mohan Kulshreshtha, Ms.Sanjna Kapoor and  Mr. Atul Tiwari. The panel named Dr. PratibhaAgrawal, an Actor, Director and Founder of the Natya Shodh Sansthan,as the recipient of the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar forher Life Time Achievement in Indian Theatre. Ms. Anurupa Roy, a Puppeteer and Puppet Theatre Director, along with Mr. SankarVenkateswaran, a Theatre Director from Kerala have been chosen for the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskars”.

His Excellency, Mr.Vidyasagar Rao, the Honourable Governor of Maharashtra was the ChiefGuest. He applauded the Aditya Birla family for their ongoingencouragement, support and appreciation of the performing arts in itsdifferent forms.

As it was the 20thyear, Mrs. Rajashree Birla dwelt on the Sangit Kala Kendra and the exemplary way in which it fosters performing arts and in doing so honours the memory of its Founder President, Mr. Aditya Vikram Birlain her words, “Music, dance, theatre, anything that had the creative zing – appealed to my husband Adityaji. And he wanted its joys to be spread and to be shared beyond our family. The Sangit Kala Kendra, which he spawned is a glowing testament to his creativeside. So in his day and time, along with other enthusiasts, he setup this institution. Adityaji was the motive force behind the Sangit Kala Kendra’s upward climb. The Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar awardees are all iconic names such as Smt. LataMangeshkar, Shri M. F. Husain, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Pandit Ram Narayan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Shri Habib Tanvir, ShriSankho Choudhuri, Shri Somnath Hore, Dr. Teejan Bai , Dr.Gangubai Hangal, Ms. Mrinalini Sarabhai, Pandit Jasraj, ShriPurshottam Das Jalota, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, to name a few”.

The evening saw a musical extravaganza by Parthiv Gohil - Swar Sandhya.





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