Manipur Information Centre
New Delhi , March 7: Two young female artistes namely S. Thaninleima and Ahongshangbam Priyarani Devi were among 33 other young artistes of India awarded for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the year 2010 at a glittering function held at Kamani Auditorium, Copernicus Marg here this evening. The Chairperson of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Leela Samson presented the awards. Thaninleima received the coveted award in the field of theatre and Priyarani in Manipuri folk music.
Born on February 1, 1974 in Imphal, Sanabam Thaninleima Chanu received her initial training in theatre from Loitongbam Dorendra with whom she worked for eight years till 1997.
An alumnus of National School of Drama, she obtained Ph. D Degree in Contemporary Manipuri Theatre with special emphasis on the theatre of Ratan Thiyam from Manipur
University.. She also studied theatre at the National Theatyre of Korea. She is the Director of the Khenjonglang, Imphal engaged in theatre research and production. The group participated at Bharat Rang Mahotsav and Octave. Her well known plays are Ashang Eina Aton, Macbeth, Mrichhakatikam and Kankal. She has been working with the people of the hill areas of Manipur imparting training in theatre to the young and upcoming artistes of tribal communities. She is recipient of junior fellowship of Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Born on March 2, 1984 in manipur, Ahongshangbam Priyarani completed her Dploma in Manipuri dance and Nata- Sankritana from Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Imphal. She performed in various festivals at national and international levels. She performed in the fourth Surin International Folklore Festival, Thailand and the International Theatre Festival at Dhaka.She received national scholarship in the field of traditional music ofManipur in 2005 and the Manipur State Kala Akademi scholarship in Manipuri traditional song in 2009.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi, National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, the apex body of the performing arts in the country introduced the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in the year 2006 with the objective of giving national recognition to outstanding young talents in diverse fields of performing arts. Artistes below the age of 35 years were eligible for the award in the past; but the age bar was increased to 40 years from this edition.
Eight recipients in the field of music were Manjusa Sandip Patil and Kaushiki Desikan for Hindustani vocal music, Suyog Kundalkar (Harmonium) and Ashutosh Upadhyay (Pakhawaj) for Hindustani instrumental music, Savita Narasimhan for Carnatic vocal music, Embar Kannam (Violin) and G Guruprasanna (Kanjira) for carnatic instrumental music, Alangkar Singh for other major traditions of Music- Gurbani of Punjab.
Eight artistes in dance were Praveen Kumar (Bharatnatyam), Pallabi De (Kathak), M Amaljith (Kathakali), Yaleswarapu Srinivasulu (Kuchipudi), Arushi Mudgal (Odissi), Naren Barua (Sattriya), Madhu Natraj (Creative dance) and Yogesh Gangani (Music for dance- Tabla for Kathak).
Eight artistes in theatre were Meeta Mishra and S. Thaninleima for direction; Anita Shabdeesh, Danish Iqbal, Dakshina Sharma and Pkaija for Acting; Rajesh K V (lighting) fir Allied Theatre Arts; Srikanth Nataranjan for Major Traditions of Theatre – Bhagavata of Tamil Nadu.
Nine artistes in the field of others Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance,Music,Theatre & Puppetry were U.Natrajan for Folk Dance (Tamil Nadu),Arti Kale Nagarkar for Lavani (Maharastra), Ahingshangbam Priyarani Devi for Folk Music (Manipur), Fakira Khan for the Folk Music (rajasthan), Manzoor Ul Haq for Soofiyana Kalam (Jammu and Kashmir), Kanjuram Salaam for the Tribal Dance (Chhattisgarh), Danish Hussain & Mehmood Farukke (Joint Puraskar) for Dastangoi – Folk Narrative (Uttar Pradesh) and Hanumanthu Rao for Tolu Bommalatta (Puppetry of Andhra Pradesh).
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar carried a memento and a purse prize money of Rs 25,000/-.
The award ceremony was followed by a seven-day music, dance and drama featuring Yuva Puraskar recipients from March 7 to 13 at Kamani Auditorium and Meghdoot theatre.
Priyarani will perform her folk music programme on March 11 and Thaninleima will stage her play – Kankal in Manipuri on March 12.
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