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Kalyanji Virji Shah | |
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| Born | (1928-06-30)30 June 1928 |
| Died | 24 August 2000(2000-08-24) (aged 72) |
| Genres | Film score |
| Occupation(s) | music director,orchestrator,conductor |
| Years active | 1954–2000 |
| Labels | His Master's Voice Saregama Universal Music |
| Formerly of | Kalyanji-Anandji |
Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) was theKalyanji of theKalyanji-Anandji duo. He and his brotherAnandji Virji Shah have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, forKora Kagaz.[1][2] He is a recipient of the civilian honour ofPadma Shri (1992),[3] India's fourth-highest civilian honour.
Kalyanji was born to Virji Shah, aKutchi businessman in Kundrodi, Kutch, Gujarat, who migrated from Kutch toMumbai to start aKirana (provision store). His younger brother and his wife are the husband and wife duoBabla & Kanchan.
He and his brothers began to learn music from a music teacher, who actually knew no music but taught them in lieu of paying his bills to their father. One of their four grand parents was a folk musician of some eminence. They spent most of their formative years in the hamlet ofGirgaum (a district in Mumbai) amidstMarathi andGujarati environs — some eminent musical talent resided in the vicinity.[citation needed]
Kalyanji's breakthrough was with the theme entitledBeen music from the filmNagin (1954).[4]
Kalyanji's son,Viju Shah, is also a music director based inIndia.[citation needed]
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