Pandit Lachhu Maharaj (1907–1978) was an Indian classical dancer and choreographer of
. He worked as film choreographer,
Ever since the first
Google Doodle honoring the ‘Burning Man’ festival appeared in 1998, these specially-designed temporary logos have become one of the most distinctive features of
Google’s homepage. With its latest doodle, Google has honored distinguished tabla player Lachhu Maharaj on his 111th birthday.
Among many prestigious awards he won were the Presidents' Award and the 1957
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest award for performing artists, conferred by the
Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.
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He received extensive training from Pandit
Bindadin Maharaj, his uncle and the court dancer of the
Nawab of Awadh, for nearly ten years. He also learnt the
Pakhawaj, the
Tabla and Hindustani Classical vocal music.
Later, he moved to Mumbai, where the emerging film industry helped him to bring Kathak to a far wider audience. Lachhu Maharaj was acclaimed for the choreography of dance sequences in movies like
Mahal(1949),
Mughal-e-Azam (1960),
Chhoti Chhoti Baten (1965) and
Pakeezah (1972) as well as his ballets like Goutam Buddha, Chandravaliand Bharatiya Kissan. He was also the founder Director of the Kathak Kendra started by the Uttar Pradesh Government in Lucknow.
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