Anandji Virji Shah
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. In 1992, Anandji Shah received the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.
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- Anandji Virji Shah
- Born
- 2 March 1933
- Birthplace
- Kundrodi, Cutch State, British India
- Occupation
- music director, orchestrator, conductor
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
- Honours
- Filmfare Awards · Padma Shri in arts
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• Name — Anandji Virji Shah • Born — 2 March 1933 • Birthplace — Kundrodi, Cutch State, British India • Genre — Film score • Occupation — music director, orchestrator, conductor • Years Active — 1954–present • Label — His Master's Voice Saregama Universal Music • Past Member Of — Kalyanji-Anandji
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Anandji was born to Virji Shah on 2 March 1933. 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.
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