Niranjan Prasad (11 November 1941 – 31 March 2013) was an Indian flutist.

Career

Prasad was a disciple of

bansuri A bansuri is an ancient side-blown bamboo flute originating from the Indian Subcontinent. It is an aerophone produced from bamboo and metal-like material, used in many Indian and Nepali Lok songs. A ''bansuri'' is traditionally made from a ...

and

shehnai The ''shehnai'' is a type of oboe from the Indian subcontinent. It is made of wood, with a double reed at one end and a metal or wooden flared bell at the other end. It was one of the nine instruments found in the royal court. The shehnai is sim ...

player

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, and belonged to the Banaras gharana. Prasad played the flute in Indian films and as part of various orchestral organizations. From 1974 he was associated with National Orchestra A.I.R. New Delhi and A.I.R.

Lucknow Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...

. He retired in 2001. He was the founder of Dr. Ambedkar Sangeet Academy (Lucknow) and Ex-Professor N. R. Sangeet Vidhalaya (Allahabad). The music museum of Baghdad has a flute gifted by him to the institute. His work was featured in the Bollywood Movies '' Guddi'', '' Shor'', ''

Dharkan ''Dharkan'' is a 1972 Indian film directed by Devendra Goel. The movie stars Sanjay Khan, Mumtaz, Rajendra Nath, Helen, Alankar Joshi, Roopesh Kumar and Bindu (in a cameo role). It was produced and directed by Devendra Goyal, and the music w ...

'' and ''

Prem Parvat ''Prem Parbat'' () is a 1973 Hindi-language film directed by Ved Rahi. The film stars Rehana Sultan, Satish Kaul, Nana Palsikar, Agha and Hema Malini in a special appearance. The film has music by Jaidev with lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar and Padm ...

''. He was an empaneled artist of ICCR. On the first anniversary of Prasad's death in 2014, "Niranjan Smriti", a tribute was organized at the

Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in English language, English) is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India. It is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture (India) ...

in Lucknow. His book on music, "Sadhna Ke Phool", was released at the event.

Yamini Krishnamurthy Mungara Yamini Krishnamurthy (20 December 1940 – 3 August 2024) was an Indian classical dancer recognized for her contributions to Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. She was a recipient of the Padma Shri (1968), Padma Bhushan (2001), Padma Vibhush ...

, an Indian dancer, performed with her group. Other performances included flute recitals by Shri Saurabh Banaudha (Prasad's son) and Shri Rajshekhar Dalbehera.

References

External links

Empaneled Artist at ICCR

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