Pandit Durga Lal was a renowned Kathak dancer of the Jaipur Gharana.
10 Facts About Durga Lal
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Durga Lal is known for playing the main role in the 1989 dance drama Ghanashyam, the music of which was composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar and was produced by Birmingham Opera Company.
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Durga Lal received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1984.
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Durga Lal taught Kathak at the National Institute of Kathak Dance, New Delhi.
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Lal's brother Pandit Devi Lal was a renowned Kathak dancer.
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Devi Durga Lal's wife Geetanjali Durga Lal is a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner.
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Durga Lal made the documentary Nirvana Through Dance on him.
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Durga Lal took his formal training in kathak from Pandit Sunder Prasad.
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Durga Lal was the brother-in-law of a famous kathak dancer, Geetanjali Lal.
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Durga Lal has two children, elder daughter Nupur and younger son Mohit.