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Anandji Virji Shah | |
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| Born | (1933-03-02)2 March 1933 (age 92) |
| 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 |
Anandji Virji Shah (born 2 March 1933) is an Indian music director. Together withhis brother he formed theKalyanji-Anandji duo, and won the 1975Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, forKora Kagaz.[1] In 1992, Anandji Shah received thePadma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.[2]
Anandji was born to Virji Shah on 2 March 1933.[3]Their father was aKutchi businessman who had migrated fromKutch toBombay to start a kirana (provision store). His younger brother and sister-in-law are the husband-and-wife duoBabla & 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 ofGirgaum (a district in Bombay) in theMarathi andGujarati areas.
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