Anandji Virji Shah
Indian music director (born 1933) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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| Born | 2 March 1933 Kundrodi, Cutch State, British India |
| Genres | Film score |
| Occupation(s) | music director, orchestrator, conductor |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Labels | His Master's Voice Saregama Universal Music |
| Formerly of | Kalyanji-Anandji |
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.
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