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{{Short description|Indian classical dancer, actor and choreographer}}
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| birth_date = 24 December 1937<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-story-of-kathak-dancer-roshan-kumari-8101695/ | title=The Story of a Reclusive Dancer: Roshan Kumari, who once lit up the world of Kathak | publisher=[[The Indian Express]] | date=August 21, 2022 | access-date=January 12, 2024 | archive-date=August 21, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821020017if_/https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/the-story-of-kathak-dancer-roshan-kumari-8101695/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Ambala]], [[Haryana]], India
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| occupation = Classical dancer Actor Choreographer
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| known for = [[Kathak]]
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] Nritya Shiromani Nritya Vilas Vishwa Unnyyan Samsad Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar Kathak Kendra Man Patra All India Bhuwalka Award Hanumant Award Hafiz Ali Khan Award Latest
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'''Roshan Kumari Fakir Mohammad''' is an Indian classical dancer, actor and choreographer, considered by many as one of the foremost exponents of the Indian classical dance form of [[Kathak]].<ref name="Roshan Kumari - The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India">{{cite book | title=Roshan Kumari - The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Sangit Mahabharati | year=2011 | pages=1161 | isbn=9780195650983| oclc=5112086158 }}</ref><ref name="My Guru-Padmashree Dr. Roshan Kumariji">{{cite web | url=http://muktajoshi.com/myguru.html | title=My Guru-Padmashree Dr. Roshan Kumariji | publisher=Muktha Joshi | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2015 | archive-date=15 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715233824/http://muktajoshi.com/myguru.html | url-status=usurped }}</ref> She follows the [[Kathak|Jaipur Gharana]] and is the founder of ''Nritya Kala Kendra'', Mumbai, an academy promoting Kathak.<ref name="Kathak Institutions">{{cite web | url=http://www.narthaki.com/kathak/ktk1gi.htm | title=Kathak Institutions | publisher=Narthaki | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> A recipient of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1975,<ref name="Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards)">{{cite web | url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm | title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards) | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=2015 | access-date=14 July 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm | archive-date=30 May 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> she received the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] from the [[Government of India]] in 1984.<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=18 June 2015}}</ref>

==Biography==
Roshan Kumari was born on Christmas Eve (year of birth uncertain) at [[Ambala]] in the north Indian state of [[Haryana]] (erstwhile [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]) to Choudhury Fakir Mohammed, a noted Tabla player and [[Zohrabai Ambalewali]], renowned classical and playback singer.<ref name="The International Who's Who of Women 2002">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&q=NRITYA+KALA+KENDRA+at+Bandra%2C+Mumbai&pg=PA169 | title=The International Who's Who of Women 2002 | publisher=Psychology Press | date=2001 | access-date=15 July 2015 | author=Elizabeth Sleeman | pages=699 | isbn=9781857431223}}</ref> She learnt the basics of Kathak from K. S. Moray and continued her studies at Maharaj Bindaddin School of Kathak, Mumbai under Sunder Prasad ji and learnt the jaipur gharana.<ref name="Kathak, Indian Classical Dance Art">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAbMS6ynGJ8C&q=Roshan+Kumari+birth&pg=PA51 | title=Kathak, Indian Classical Dance Art | publisher=Abhinav Publications | date=1989 | access-date=15 July 2015 | author=Sunil Kothari | isbn=9788170172239}}</ref> Later, she also trained under Ghulam Hussain Khan and Hanuman Prasad and learnt [[Bharat Natyam]] from Govindraj Pillai and Mahalingam Pilai.

Roshan Kumari has performed in many places in India including a special performance at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi|Rashtrapathi Bhavan]].<ref name="My Guru-Padmashree Dr. Roshan Kumariji" /> She has also performed in front of personalities such as [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Nikita Khrushchev]], [[Milton Obote]], [[Hussein of Jordan]] and the King of Nepal.<ref name="The International Who's Who of Women 2002" /> In 1971, she founded the ''Nritya Kala Kendra'', at [[Bandra]] in [[Mumbai]], where she tutors several students.<ref name="My Guru-Padmashree Dr. Roshan Kumariji" /> Mukta Joshi, [[Aditi Bhagwat]],<ref name="Aditi Bhagwat">{{cite web | url=http://aditibhagwat.com/profile.php | title=Aditi Bhagwat | publisher=Aditi Bhagwat | date=2015 | access-date=15 July 2015 | archive-date=12 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812041141/http://aditibhagwat.com/profile.php | url-status=dead }}</ref> Nandita Puri, Nigaar Bano, Shelina Virani, Sehajpreet Singh, Himani, Sangeeta,<ref name="Nandita Puri Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.maharashtrafoundation.org/FundRaising/2010_11_13/ConversationsinTaal-2.pdf | title=Nandita Puri Profile | publisher=Maharashtra Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> Anonna Guha<ref name="Anonna Guha">{{cite web | url=http://anonnaguha.yolasite.com/anonna-guha.php | title=Anonna Guha | publisher=Anonna Guha | date=2015 | access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> and Shailla Aurora<ref name="One with Kathak">{{cite web | url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=21690 | title=One with Kathak | publisher=Harmony | date=2015 | access-date=15 July 2015 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025250/http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=21690 | url-status=dead }}</ref> are some of her notable students.
Roshan Kumari Ji, who remains unmarried, lives in Mumbai.

==Film career==
In 1953, [[Bimal Roy]] invited Kumari to perform a Kathak number in his film, ''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]''. The next year, she performed in ''Waris'' of [[Nitin Bose]] and a [[Hindi movie|Hindi]] / [[Urdu]] bilingual, ''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]'', directed by [[Sohrab Modi]]. Her next appearance was in ''[[Basant Bahar (film)|Basant Bahar]]'', a 1956 film by [[Raja Nawathe]]. [[Satyajit Ray]], the renowned Indian filmmaker used a dance sequence performed by her in his 1958 film, ''[[Jalsaghar]]''. In 1970, [[Films Division of India|Films Division]] of the [[Government of India]] released a documentary on the history and practice of [[Kathak]], which features performances by notable Kathak exponents like [[Damayanti Joshi]], [[Uma Sharma]], Sudarshan Dheer and [[Shambhu Maharaj]], besides Roshan Kumari.<ref name="Kathak (Motion picture)">{{cite web | url=http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/78849651 | title=Kathak (Motion picture) | publisher=WorldCat | date=2015 | access-date=15 July 2015 | oclc=78849651}}</ref> Later she also worked as a choreographer in Hindi feature films such as ''[[Gopi (1970 film)|Gopi]]'', ''[[Lekin...]]'' (1990), ''[[Chaitali (film)|Chaitali]]'' (1975) and ''[[Sardari Begum]]'' (1996).

==Awards and honours==
Kumari received the ''Nritya Shiromani'' title from the Prayag Sangeet Samiti at the Twelfth All India Music Conference of 1963<ref name="My Guru-Padmashree Dr. Roshan Kumariji" /> and the ''[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]'' in 1976.<ref name="Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards)" /> A year later, Sur Singer Samsad awarded her the ''Nritya Vilas'' honour.<ref name="The International Who's Who of Women 2002" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured her with the civilian award of ''[[Padma Shri]]'' in 1984<ref name="Padma Awards" /> and the [[Government of West Bengal|Government of Bengal]] awarded her the ''Vishwa Unnyyan Samsad'' in 1989.<ref name="My Guru-Padmashree Dr. Roshan Kumariji" /> She received the ''Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar'' from the [[Government of Maharashtra]] in 1990 and the ''Man Patra'' honour from Kathak Kendra, [[Jaipur]] in 1993.<ref name="My Guru-Padmashree Dr. Roshan Kumariji" /> Kumari, an Emeritus fellow of the [[Government of India]], is also a recipient of the ''All India Bhuwalka Award'' (2005) and the ''Hanumant Award'' (2008).<ref name="My Guru-Padmashree Dr. Roshan Kumariji" />

==Filmography==
* ''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]'' (1953) - actor
* ''Waris'' (1954) - actor
* ''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]'' (1954) - actor
* ''[[Basant Bahar (film)|Basant Bahar]]'' (1956) - actor
* ''[[Jalsaghar]]'' (1958) - actor
* ''[[Gopi (1970 film)|Gopi]]'' (1970) - choreographer
* ''[[Lekin...]]'' (1990) - choreographer
* ''[[Chaitali (film)|Chaitali]]'' (1975) - choreographer
* ''[[Sardari Begum]]'' (1996) - choreographer

==See also==
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* [[Zohrabai Ambalewali]]
* [[Jalsaghar]]
* [[Parineeta (1953 film)]]
* [[Basant Bahar (film)]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title=Roshan Kumari - The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Sangit Mahabharati | year=2011 | pages=1161 | isbn=9780195650983}}

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