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Padma Shri

Padma Shri-1988

Son of Tabla Maestro Ustad Allarakha.
Has worked with many Western and Indian artists alike and has produced many works for fusion e.g. with John McLaughlin in ‘Shakti’.
Has tried his hands at composing music for movies like ‘In Custody’ and ‘Heat and Dust’ by Ismail Merchant and ‘Little Buddha’ by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Received the 1999 National Heritage Fellowship in U.S., an award given to outstanding artist in traditional arts.
Is a founding member of Bill Laswell’s ‘World Music Supergroup’ Tabla Beat Science.
Making Music (1987), The One and Only (1992), Music of the Deserts (1993), Magical Moments of Rhythm (1997), And the Rhythm Experience (1998) etc. are some of his masterpiece works.
Awarded Padma Shri (1988) and Padma Bhushan (2002) by Government of India.
Received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1991.
Awarded ‘Grammy’ for Best World Music Album (1992) for ‘Planet Drum’ which was co-created and produced by him and Mickey Hart.

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