Cinemaazi wishes Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia a very happy birthday

Cinemaazi sends out birthday wishes to internationally acclaimed flautist and music director, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia—he was born this day, 1 July, 1938. An artiste par excellence who is known for his outstanding contribution in popularising Indian classical music across the world, he is acknowledged as the greatest living master of the North Indian Bamboo Flute. Besides classical music, Pandit Chaurasia has collaborated with santoor expert Shivkumar Sharma, to compose music for films. Known by the name Shiv-Hari, the duo has scored music for popular films such as Silsila (1981), Faasle (1985), Vijay (1988), Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991), Parampara (1993), Sahibaan (1993), and Darr (1993). The music of Silsila, Chandni, and Darr was also adjudged winners of the Filmfare awards. Pandit Chaurasia has also collaborated with Bhubaneswar Mishra, to compose popular songs for Odia films such as Samaya (1974) and Gapa Helebi Sata (1976), under the name Bhuban-Hari. Some of the awards Pandit Chaurasia has been honoured with include the Sangeet Natak Academy, Padma Bhushan, and the Padma Vibhushan.

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