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	{{Infobox musical artist		{{Infobox musical artist
	\| name = Kalyanji		\| name = Kalyanji Virji Shah
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| background = non_performing_personnel		\| background = non_performing_personnel
	\| birth_name = ~~Kalyanji Virji Shah~~		\| birth_name =
	\| alias = ~~Kalyanji~~		\| alias =
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=yes\|1928\|6\|30}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=yes\|1928\|6\|30}}
	\| birth_place = [[Kundrodi]], [[~~Kutch district\|Kutch~~]], [[~~Gujarat~~]]		\| birth_place = [[Kundrodi]], [[Cutch State]], [[British India]]
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2000\|8\|24\|1928\|6\|30\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2000\|8\|24\|1928\|6\|30\|df=y}}
	\| death_place =		\| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
	\| instrument =		\| instrument =
	\| genre = [[Film score]]		\| genre = [[Film score]]
	\| occupation = [[music director]], [[orchestrator]], [[Conducting\|conductor]]		\| occupation = [[music director]], [[orchestrator]], [[Conducting\|conductor]]
	\| years_active = 1954–2000		\| years_active = 1954–2000
	\| label = [[Saregama\|Saregama ~~HMV~~]]<br/>[[Universal Music]]		\| label = [[Saregama\|His Master's Voice]]<br/>[[Saregama]]<br/>[[Universal Music]]
	\| ~~associated_acts~~ =		\| past_member_of = [[Kalyanji-Anandji]]
	\| website =		\| website =
	}}		}}
	'''Kalyanji Virji Shah''' (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) was the ''Kalyanji'' of the [[Kalyanji-Anandji]] duo. He and his brother [[Anandji Virji Shah]] have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director]], for ''[[Kora Kagaz]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006285/awards Awards]</ref><ref name="ki">{{cite web\|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=8946\|title=Viju Shah On Kalyanjibhai\|date=27 August 2004\|publisher=[[Screen (magazine)\|Screen]]}} {{dead link\|date=~~December 2018~~}}</ref> He is a recipient of the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] (1992).<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~6U68ulwpb?url=~~http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 ~~November 2014~~ }}</ref>		'''Kalyanji Virji Shah''' (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) was the ''Kalyanji'' of the [[Kalyanji-Anandji]] duo. He and his brother [[Anandji Virji Shah]] have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director]], for ''[[Kora Kagaz]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006285/awards Awards]</ref><ref name="ki">{{cite web\|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=8946\|title=Viju Shah On Kalyanjibhai\|date=27 August 2004\|publisher=[[Screen (magazine)\|Screen]]}}{{dead link\|date=November 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} </ref> He is a recipient of the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] (1992),<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web\|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> India's fourth-highest civilian honour.

	==Birth and early life==		==Birth and early life==
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	Kalyanji's breakthrough was with the theme entitled ''Been music'' from the film ''[[Nagin (1954 film)\|Nagin]]'' (1954).<ref>[http://arpjournal.com/858/the-cultural-economy-of-sound-reinventing-technology-in-indian-popular-cinema/ Carlo Nardi (July 2011). "The Cultural Economy of Sound: Reinventing Technology in Indian Popular Cinema". ''Journal on the Art of Record Production'', Issue 5] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615074412/http://arpjournal.com/858/the-cultural-economy-of-sound-reinventing-technology-in-indian-popular-cinema/ \|date=15 June 2013 }}, {{ISSN\|1754-9892}}.</ref>		Kalyanji's breakthrough was with the theme entitled ''Been music'' from the film ''[[Nagin (1954 film)\|Nagin]]'' (1954).<ref>[http://arpjournal.com/858/the-cultural-economy-of-sound-reinventing-technology-in-indian-popular-cinema/ Carlo Nardi (July 2011). "The Cultural Economy of Sound: Reinventing Technology in Indian Popular Cinema". ''Journal on the Art of Record Production'', Issue 5] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615074412/http://arpjournal.com/858/the-cultural-economy-of-sound-reinventing-technology-in-indian-popular-cinema/ \|date=15 June 2013 }}, {{ISSN\|1754-9892}}.</ref>

	~~<big>'''Kalyanji Veerji Shah Filmography'''</big> (before joining Anandji Veerji Shah as [[~~Kalyanji–Anandji~~]])~~		==Career==
			{{Main\|Kalyanji–Anandji}}

	~~Samrat Chandragupt (1958)~~		===Solo Filmography===

	Post Box No.999 (1958)		* Samrat Chandragupt (1958)
			* Post Box No.999 (1958)
			* Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane (1959)
			* Oh Tera Kya Kehna (1959)

	~~Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane (1959)~~		==Family==
			Kalyanji's son, [[Viju Shah]], is also a music director based in [[India]].{{citation needed\|date=December 2018}}
	~~Ghar Ghar Ki Baat (1959)~~

	~~Oh Tera Kya Kehna (1959)~~

	~~Delhi Junction (1960)~~

	Kalyanji's son, [[Viju Shah]], is also a music director.{{citation needed\|date=December 2018}}

	==References==		==References==
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	==Birth and early life==		==Birth and early life==
	Kalyanji was born to Virji Shah, a [[Kutchi people\|Kutchi]] businessman in Kundrodi, Kutch, Gujarat, who migrated from Kutch to [[Mumbai]] to start a ''Kirana'' (provision store). His younger brother and his wife are the husband and wife duo [[Babla & Kanchan]]~~{{citation needed\|date=December 2018}}~~		Kalyanji was born to Virji Shah, a [[Kutchi people\|Kutchi]] businessman in Kundrodi, Kutch, Gujarat, who migrated from Kutch to [[Mumbai]] to start a ''Kirana'' (provision store). His younger brother and his wife are the husband and wife duo [[Babla & 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 of [[Girgaum]] (a district in Mumbai) amidst [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] and [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]] environs — some eminent musical talent resided in the vicinity.{{citation needed\|date=December 2018}}		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 of [[Girgaum]] (a district in Mumbai) amidst [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] and [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]] environs — some eminent musical talent resided in the vicinity.{{citation needed\|date=December 2018}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kalyanji
| image =
| caption =
| background = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name = Kalyanji Virji Shah
| alias = Kalyanji
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|6|30}}
| birth_place = [[Kundrodi]], [[Kutch district|Kutch]], [[Gujarat]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|8|24|1928|6|30|df=y}}
| death_place =
| instrument =
| genre = [[Film score]]
| occupation = [[music director]], [[orchestrator]], [[Conducting|conductor]]
| years_active = 1954–2000
| label = [[Saregama|Saregama HMV]]<br/>[[Universal Music]]
| associated_acts =
| website =
}}
'''Kalyanji Virji Shah''' (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) was the ''Kalyanji'' of the [[Kalyanji-Anandji]] duo. He and his brother [[Anandji Virji Shah]] have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director]], for ''[[Kora Kagaz]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006285/awards Awards]</ref><ref name="ki">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=8946|title=Viju Shah On Kalyanjibhai|date=27 August 2004|publisher=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]}} {{dead link|date=December 2018}}</ref> He is a recipient of the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] (1992).<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

==Birth and early life==
Kalyanji was born to Virji Shah, a [[Kutchi people|Kutchi]] businessman in Kundrodi, Kutch, Gujarat, who migrated from Kutch to [[Mumbai]] to start a ''Kirana'' (provision store). His younger brother and his wife are the husband and wife duo [[Babla & Kanchan]]{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

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 of [[Girgaum]] (a district in Mumbai) amidst [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] environs — some eminent musical talent resided in the vicinity.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

Kalyanji's breakthrough was with the theme entitled ''Been music'' from the film ''[[Nagin (1954 film)|Nagin]]'' (1954).<ref>[http://arpjournal.com/858/the-cultural-economy-of-sound-reinventing-technology-in-indian-popular-cinema/ Carlo Nardi (July 2011). "The Cultural Economy of Sound: Reinventing Technology in Indian Popular Cinema". ''Journal on the Art of Record Production'', Issue 5] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615074412/http://arpjournal.com/858/the-cultural-economy-of-sound-reinventing-technology-in-indian-popular-cinema/ |date=15 June 2013 }}, {{ISSN|1754-9892}}.</ref>

<big>'''Kalyanji Veerji Shah Filmography'''</big> (before joining Anandji Veerji Shah as [[Kalyanji–Anandji]])

Samrat Chandragupt (1958)

Post Box No.999 (1958)

Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane (1959)

Ghar Ghar Ki Baat (1959)

Oh Tera Kya Kehna (1959)

Delhi Junction (1960)

Kalyanji's son, [[Viju Shah]], is also a music director.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0006285}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Indian film score composers]]
[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2000 deaths]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards winners]]
[[Category:People from Kutch district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]
[[Category:Hindi film score composers]]
[[Category:Gujarati people]]
[[Category:Indian male composers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian composers]]
[[Category:Male film score composers]]
[[Category:20th-century male musicians]]

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