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[[File:Dr. Sunil Kothari DS.jpg|thumb|200px|Dr. Sunil Kothari in 2014]]<br />
'''Sunil Kothari''' (20 December 1933 – 27 December 2020)<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/dance-historian-sunil-kothari-dies-of-cardiac-arrest/article33429773.ece</ref> was a noted [[Indian dance]] historian, scholar and critic. He was also former Uday Shankar Professor at [[Ravindra Bharti University]], [[Kolkata]].<ref>http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/apr/27uday.htm</ref><br />
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==Career ==<br />
He completed M. A. in 1964 and PhD in 1977. Professionally, Sunil Kothari was a [[chartered accountant]]. He started his career with ''[[The Times of India]]''. He also taught at [[Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics]]. He freelanced as a writer. He lived in Asian Games Village in Delhi.<ref name="DB2014">{{cite news | title=સુનિલ કોઠારીને રણજિતરામ સુવર્ણચંદ્રક એનાયત કરાશે ('''Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak will be awarded to Sunil Kothari''')|publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]] | date=30 August 2014 | url=http://m.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/Ahmedabad-City/1041/MGUJ-AHM-ranjitram-suvarna-chandrak-will-be-awarded-sunil-kothhari-4728408-NOR.html | language=gu | access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="DBX14">{{cite news| title=રણજિતરામ ચંદ્રક મારા માટે નોબેલ છે (Ranjitram Chandrak is the Nobel for me) |publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]] | date=2 September 2014 | url=http://m.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/Ahmedabad-City/1041/MGUJ-AHM-MAT-latest-ahmedabad-news-024003-488773-NOR.html | language=gu | access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref><br />
== Death ==<br />
He died on 27 December 2020 due to a cardiac arrest.<ref>{{Cite web|title=محمد الوفا في ذمة الله|url=https://assabah.ma/515610.html|access-date=2020-12-27|website=جريدة الصباح|language=ar}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
He received [[Padma Shri]] award in 2001.<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}}</ref> He also received [[Sangeet Natak Akademi award]] in 1995 for overall contribution to the Indian classical dance. He was awarded [[Kumar Chandrak]] in 1961 and [[Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak]] in 2012.<ref name="DB2014"/><ref name="DBX14"/><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
He has written 12 books on different forms of Indian classical dance and allied art-forms.<br />
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* ''Bharata Natyam: Indian Classical Dance Art''<br />
* ''Odissi: Indian Classical Dance Art''<br />
* ''Rasa: The Indian Performing Arts in the Last 25 Years''<br />
* ''Kuchipudi: Indian Classical Dance Art''<br />
* ''Photo Biography of Rukmini Devi''<br />
* ''Kathak: Indian Classical Dance Art''<br />
* ''New Directions In Indian Dance''<br />
* ''Chhau Dances of India''<br />
* ''Damaru: Essays on Classical Dance, Music, Performing Arts, Folk Dances, Rituals, Crafts''<br />
<ref>http://www.sunilkothari.com/publications/index.html</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.sunilkothari.com/ Sunil Kothari website]<br />
* [http://www.narthaki.com/skindex.html Article by Sunil Kothari]<br />
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