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Legendary Kathak dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj died recently. He was the doyen of which one of the following Gharanas of Kathak?

Legendary Kathak dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj died recently. He was the doyen of which one of the following Gharanas of Kathak? Correct Answer <span style="">Lucknow</span>

The correct answer is Lucknow.

Key Points

  • Brij Mohan Nath Mishra
    • He is popularly known as Pandit Birju Maharaj.
    • He was one of India's most famous and favourite artists and belonged to the Kalka-Bindadin Gharana of Lucknow, a classical Kathak dance form. He was born on February 4, 1938, in Lucknow. Hence, Option 3 is correct.
    • Birju Maharaj's father and guru Achhan Maharaj, uncle Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj were also famous Kathak dancers.
    • The artistic personality of Pandit Birju Maharaj has been such, which is considered to be beyond logic.
    • Awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1983, Birju Maharaj also choreographed dance in several Bollywood films, including Umrao Jaan, Dedh Ishqiya, Bajirao Mastani. Apart from Padma Vibhushan, he has also received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Kalidas Samman.
    • In 2012, he was awarded the National Film Award for choreography in the film Vishwaroopam.
    • Apart from this, he received the Filmfare Award in the year 2016 for the choreography of the song 'Mohe Rang Do Laal' by Bajirao Mastani.
    • Along with this, he also received honorary doctorates from Banaras Hindu University and Khairagarh University.

Additional Information

  • Kathak Dance​
    • The word Kathak has been derived from the word Katha which means a story. It is primarily performed in Northern India.
    • It was primarily a temple or village performance wherein the dancers narrated stories from ancient scriptures. It is one of the classical dances of India.
    • Kathak began evolving into a distinct mode of dance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with the spread of the Bhakti movement.
    • The legends of Radha-Krishna were enacted in folk plays called Rasa Lila, which combined folk dance with the basic gestures of the kathak storytellers.
    • Under the Mughal emperors and their nobles, Kathak was performed in the court, where it acquired its present features and developed into a form of dance with a distinctive style.
    • Under the patronage of Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh, it grew into a major art form.

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