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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kalyanji
| name = Kalyanji Virji Shah
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| background = non_performing_personnel  
| background = non_performing_personnel  
| birth_name = Kalyanji Virji Shah
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| alias = Kalyanji
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| 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}}
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| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
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| 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]]
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'''Kalyanji Virji Shah''' (30 June 1928 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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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[[Category:Indian male film score composers]]
[[Category:Indian male film score composers]]
[[Category:20th-century male musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century male musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian Jains]]
[[Category:Kutchi people]]
[[Category:Musicians from Mumbai]]




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Kalyanji Virji Shah
Born(1928-06-30)30 June 1928
Kundrodi, Cutch State, British India
Died24 August 2000(2000-08-24) (aged 72)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
GenresFilm score
Occupation(s)music director, orchestrator, conductor
Years active1954–2000
LabelsHis Master's Voice
Saregama
Universal Music

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.[1][2] He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (1992),[3] India's fourth-highest civilian honour.

Birth and early life[edit | edit source]

Kalyanji was born to Virji Shah, a 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 and Gujarati environs — some eminent musical talent resided in the vicinity.[citation needed]

Kalyanji's breakthrough was with the theme entitled Been music from the film Nagin (1954).[4]

Career[edit | edit source]

Main article: Kalyanji–Anandji

Solo Filmography[edit | edit source]

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

Family[edit | edit source]

Kalyanji's son, Viju Shah, is also a music director based in India.[citation needed]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Awards
  2. ↑ "Viju Shah On Kalyanjibhai". Screen. 27 August 2004.[dead link]
  3. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Carlo Nardi (July 2011). "The Cultural Economy of Sound: Reinventing Technology in Indian Popular Cinema". Journal on the Art of Record Production, Issue 5 Archived 15 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, ISSN 1754-9892.

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