Kolkata: Victor Banerjee, Prahlad Rai Agar Guala, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Kaajee Singh was awarded Padma Honors from Bengal on Tuesday, while singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay and Tabla Player PT Anindo Chatttopadhyay rejected the nomination of the center on them.
While actor Victor Banerjee was awarded Padma Bhushan, Agar Guala, Saren, Bandyopadhyay and Singh was awarded Padma Shri.
Ustad Rashid Kolkata, Ustad Rashid Khan, too, was given Padma Bhushan from above, where he was born.
Singer legendary ninety-year-old Sandhya Mukhopadhyay refused the offer when a government official called him from Delhi on Tuesday night.
“I don’t keep it well.
They call me before the official award.
It’s very embarrassing.
I never ran after the award and reject this.
My listener’s love is my biggest award,” he said.
His family members were both irritated by the government’s decision.
His family members were both irritated by the government’s decision.
Soumi Sengupta’s daughter said the award was too late.
“He is an artist of Arriormost in Bengal now.
He recorded his first song at the age of 12 years.
He never craved for awards.
He hasn’t maintained well and also not in a position to go to Delhi and receive the award.
Frankly, giving Padmasri to him when He was 90 years old not lacking insult, “said Sengupta.
Chattopadhyay refused the award on Tuesday morning.
A tabla player from Farrukhabad Gharana, he was a pilot of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh.
The recipient of the Presidential Award in 1970 and Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 2002, he became the youngest Topla player to appear at the House of Commons 20 in 1989.
“I will accept a Padmasri if it has been given to me in 2010.
But this is 2020 and I will not accept it at this stage in my life.
My contemporary and junior people include Ajoy Chakraborty, Shahid Parvez, Rashid Khan, Vijay Ghate and Satish Vyas have been awarded Padmasri Panjang.
Why humiliating me this way? “Chatterjee asked.
He added another artist has received a call from the central government to ask him to receive awards.
“But they all refused because they felt it was my personal decision.
They also felt I was worthy of getting less than Padmabhushan.
There are five universities in India where Zakir Hussain and I was taught as part of the syllabus.
Why did I embarrass me this way? Even people like PT Hariprasad Chaurasia and PT Shivkumar Sharma have supported my decision to reject the award, “he said.
Khan was announced as the recipient of Padma Bhushan 16 years after being given Padma Shri.
“Sandhyadi should have been given Bibhushan Padma before.
Anindoda should also have Padma Bhushan.
They are so senior and have served the cause of music for so long,” said the vocalist from Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana.
The 53-year-old vocalist received Padma news on Tuesday morning from government officials.
“I just heard” APNI Pachchhhen (you accept), “he said.
A tad was surprised by Uttar Pradesh called his state, Khan said,” I was born in Budaun Pradesh and came to Kolkata at the age of 10.
Bengal was where I was .
Meaned as Padmabhushan by the Indian government is a big pride problem.
I want to ask the central government to make Indian classical music part of our school syllabus.
Students must learn it as they learn mathematics and science, “he said.
Director of the Indian Statistics Institute Sanghamitra Bandyooadhyay said,” The country has recognized my work on several occasions.
It’s a good honor.
“Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee was appointed as the first female director of the contents in 2015.
The research has been in the domain recognition of patterns, engine learning and bioinformatics.
He also worked on the model involving Covid-19, his influence on GDP and unemployed.