OBITS 2020
ATMA SHANTI
DANCE
Minati Mishra - Odissi dancer (Jan 6)
Bhagavatula Yagna Narayana Sarma - Kuchipudi guru (Jan 12)
Jaydev Das - lights designer (March 27)
Beppe Chierichetti - Kathakali, Teatro Tascabile di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy (April 7)
Pt. Partho Das - sitarist (May)
Myrta Barvie - Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and Odissi dancer/Guru in Argentina (May 15)
Dr. Subhashini Chandrasekharan, Bharatanatyam dancer (June 4)
Saroj Khan, Bollywood choreographer (July 3)
Munukuntla Sambasiva, Kuchipudi dancer/guru (July 10)
Amala Shankar - eminent dancer and wife of Pt Uday Shankar (July 24)
Dr. N. Narayana Shetty - Yakshagana presenter and researcher (Aug 26)
Dr Kapila Vatsyayan - Author, Administrator, founder of several institutions (Sept 16)
Rajee Narayan - Bharatanatyam guru (Sept 25)
VS Ramamoorthy - Bharatanatyam guru (Oct 2)
Sobha Naidu - Kuchipudi dancer (Oct 14)
Debashis Sarkar - vocalist for Kathak & Odissi (Oct 23)
K. J. Seetha - Bharatanatyam Guru (Nov 20)
Yog Sunder Desai - founder of Indian Revival Group (Nov 27)
Astad Deboo, an icon of Indian contemporary dance (Dec 10 aged 73)
G.S. Rajalakshmi, Bharatanatyam guru (Dec 17)
Dr. Sunil Kothari, critic, dance scholar and historian (Dec 27 aged 87)
RITUAL THEATRE
S. Natarajan - President and Chairman of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha
Jayanti Bhagavata Mela Natya Nataka Sangam, Melattur (Oct 20)
MUSIC
Dr. Ra Satyanarayana - Eminent musicologist and author (Jan 16)
Sunanda Patnaik - Hindustani classical vocalist of Gwalior Gharana (Jan 19)
TAS Mani - Mridangam artiste, Bangalore (March 14)
T Rukmini - Carnatic violinist (May 31)
TH Subash Chandran - Ghatam Vidwan (June)
Vinayaka Udupa - Sanskrit scholar (July 3)
Mukund Lath - eminent musicologist (Aug 6)
Pt Jasraj - Hindustani classical vocalist (Aug 17)
Archana Mahanta, veteran Assamese singer (Aug 27)
M Balasubramaniom - Mridangam artiste, director of South Zone Cultural Center, Thanjavur (Sept 6)
I V L Sastry - Carnatic classical vocalist and Guru (Oct 6)
PS Narayanaswamy - Carnatic vocalist and celebrated Guru (Oct 16)
Prof TN Krishnan - Carnatic violinist (Nov 2)
Pt Dinakar Panshikar - Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana (Nov 2)
Pt Sudhir Mainkar - Musicologist, Tabla artiste and writer
Dr Bharati Vaishampayan - Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Atrauli Gharana.
THEATRE / FILM
N Krishnaswamy - film director who produced documentaries
on many legendary classical musicians and dancers (Jan 28)
Wendell Rodricks - Fashion designer (Feb 12)
Usha Ganguli - theater personality (April 23)
Phillip Zarrilli - actor, director, author, acting coach and pedagogue (April 28)
Ebrahim Alkazi - theatre director and founder of NSD (Aug 4)
Bhupesh Kumar Pandya, theatre personality and actor (Sept 23)
KIN
Chandra Vikku Vinayakaram - wife of Ghatam Vidwan Vikku Vinayakaram (May 15)
Raghupathy - patron of arts, husband of Bharatanatyam dancer Sudharani Raghupathy (May 29)
Nagalakshmi Rajaratnam - wife of Guru Swamimalai Rajaratnam Pillai (Aug 29)
Maitreyi - daughter of Aruna Sairam (Oct 7)
Dr. B. Venkataraman - author, epigrapher, IAS, son of the eminent SR
Balasubrahmanyam and husband of dance critic Leela Venkataraman (Oct 15)
MB Narasimhan, husband of dance vocalist P Rama (Dec 17)
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