Anandji Virji Shah
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| Birth name | Anandji Virji Shah |
| Also known as | Anandji |
| Born | (1933-03-02) 2 March 1933 (age 93) Kundrodi, Kutch, Gujarat |
| Genres | Film score |
| Occupation(s) | music director, orchestrator, conductor |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Labels | Saregama HMV Universal Music |
Anandji Virji Shah (born 2 March 1933) is an Indian music director. Together with his brother he formed the Kalyanji-Anandji duo, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, for Kora Kagaz. He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (1992).
Life
Anandji was born to Virji Shah on 2nd March 1933. Their father was a Kutchi businessman who had migrated from Kutch to Bombay to start a kirana (provision store). His younger brother and sister-in-law are the husband and wife duo Babla & Kanchan. The two brothers began to learn music from a music teacher. One of their four grandparents was a folk musician of some eminence. They spent most of their formative years in the hamlet of Girgaum (a district in Bombay) in the Marathi and Gujarati areas.
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