INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 04/02/1938 (Age 86) |
| Born In : | Lucknow, India |
| Occupation(s) : | Singer, Composer |
| Genres : | Indian Classical |
| Web Site : | birjumaharaj-kalashram.com/ |
Birju Maharaj is an Indian singer. He was born on 4 February 1938 in Lucknow, India. He is the son of Acchan Maharaj and Amma Ji Maharaj. He has 2 sons who are Jaikishan Maharaj and Deepak Maharaj and has 3 daughters Kavita Maharaj, Anita Maharaj, and Mamta Maharaj.
Birju gave his first performance at the age of 7. His father died when he was 9 years old. He started teaching Kathak at the age of 13. He choreographed many Bollywood songs like “Kaahe Chhed Mohe” from the film “Devdas”, “Deewani” from the film “Bajirao Mastani”, “Dedh Ishqiya”, and “Umrao Jaan”.
He was awarded In 1964, the “Sangeet Natak Akademi Award” In 1986, the “Padma Vibhushan” and the “Nritya Choodamani Award”, In 1987, “Kalidas Samman”, the “Lata Mangeshkar Puraskar” in 2002, the “Sangam Kala Award”, the “Bharat Muni Samman”, the “Andhra Ratna”, the “Nritya Vilas Award”, the “Adharshila Shikhar Samman”, the “Soviet Land Nehru Award”, the “National Nritya Shiromani Award”, and the “Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award”, In 2012, the “National Film Award” for Best Choreography for the song ‘Unnai Kaanadhu’, and In 2016, the “Filmfare Award” for Best Choreography for the song ‘Mohe Rang Do Laal’.
