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Manik Varma (16 May 1926 – 10 November 1996) was an Indian classical singer from the Kirana and Agra gharanas (singing styles).




Career


Besides the pure classical khyal, she also sang semi-classical and light music like thumri, Marathi Natya Sangeet, Bhavgeet and Bhakti geet (devotional music). She was a disciple of Hirabai Barodekar and Sureshbabu Mane, daughter and son of Abdul Karim Khan, the founder of the Kirana gharana.She also took her rigorous training in Thumri Gayaki from Pandit Bholanath Bhatt of ‘Bhatt Parampara’ in Prayag, Allahabad.
She took further training from Azmat Hussain Khan "Dilrang" and Jagannathbua Purohit "Gunidas" of Agra gharana.
In April 1955, her songs became part of the Geet Ramayan, a presentation of songs on the Hindu god Rama, a weekly year-long programme by All India Radio (AIR), Pune, along with artists like Lata Mangeshkar, Yogini Joglekar, Usha Atre, Babanrao Navdikar, Lalitabai Phadke and Sudhir Phadke.
She trained students including Asha Khadilkar and Shaila Datar.




Personal life


Her maiden name was Manik Dadarkar (Devanagari: माणिक दादरकर). Her daughters include Rani Varma, also a singer , Aruna Jayprakash, Bharati Achrekar, an actor, and Vandana Gupte, a Marathi stage, film and television actor.




Awards


She received the prestigious Padma Shri award from the government of India in 1974, followed by the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama in 1986.




Legacy


In her memory Manik Varma Pratishthan was established in Mumbai, which also presents Manik Ratna Award and scholarships. It also organises function on the birth and death anniversary of Manik Verma. On her eighth death anniversary, on 12 November 2004, a musical programme Baharla Parijaat Daari was presented by Devgandharva Bakhlebua Trust at Tilak Smarak Mandir in Pune.




References






External links


Manik Varma sings Ughada Nayana Dev on YouTube
List of Manik Varma songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmKyQzug2FE

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Melville de Mellow
• Shambhu Maharaj
• Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao
• Siddheshwari Devi
• Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
• Daji Bhatawadekar
• Ayodhya Prasad
• Sharan Rani Backliwal
• Puru Dadheech
• Shashadhar Acharya
• Manik Varma
• Rani Varma
• Vandana Gupte
• Manik Varma (computer scientist)
• Jishnu Dev Varma
• Saif Ali Khan
• Rekha
• Tabu (actress)
• Prabhu Deva
• A. R. Rahman