He was born on 21 September 1914 at Ganjam in Bihar and Orissa Province of British India in a Brahmin family and took to folk dancing.[2] He was credited with efforts to revive the traditional Odissi dance forms such as Bagha Nacha (Tiger dance), Stilt dance, Jodi sankha, Laudi, Paika dance and Chadheia chadheiani.[2] He taught the villagers about these dance forms and trained them on the art. He was the choreographer of the popular tiger dance sequence in the 1989 Bengali movie, Bagh Bahadur, directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta.[2]
The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.[3] Sahu's life has been documented in a biography, Folk Legend Baghaban Sahu, written by Sujata Patnaik, and published by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[4] He died on 12 August 2002, a month before turning 88.[1]
bhagaban, sahu, 1914, 2002, indian, folk, dancer, teacher, choreographer, known, codifying, folk, dance, forms, odisha, born21, september, 1914indiadied12, august, 2002occupation, dancerchoreographerknown, forfolk, dancingawardspadma, shrihe, born, september, . Bhagaban Sahu 1914 2002 was an Indian folk dancer teacher and choreographer known for codifying the folk dance forms of Odisha 1 Bhagaban SahuBorn21 September 1914IndiaDied12 August 2002Occupation s DancerChoreographerKnown forFolk dancingAwardsPadma ShriHe was born on 21 September 1914 at Ganjam in Bihar and Orissa Province of British India in a Brahmin family and took to folk dancing 2 He was credited with efforts to revive the traditional Odissi dance forms such as Bagha Nacha Tiger dance Stilt dance Jodi sankha Laudi Paika dance and Chadheia chadheiani 2 He taught the villagers about these dance forms and trained them on the art He was the choreographer of the popular tiger dance sequence in the 1989 Bengali movie Bagh Bahadur directed by Buddhadev Dasgupta 2 The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992 3 Sahu s life has been documented in a biography Folk Legend Baghaban Sahu written by Sujata Patnaik and published by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 4 He died on 12 August 2002 a month before turning 88 1 See also editBagha Nacha nbsp India portalReferences edit a b A Cultural Journey From 21 09 1914 to 12 08 2002 Ganjam 2015 Retrieved 20 October 2015 a b c Odisha ignoring Sahu in his birth centenary year The Hindu 21 September 2011 Retrieved 20 October 2015 Padma Awards PDF Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India 2015 Archived from the original PDF on 15 October 2015 Retrieved 21 July 2015 Sujata Patnaik 2006 Folk Legend Baghaban Sahu Ministry of Information and Broadcasting p 91 ISBN 8123013426 Further reading editSujata Patnaik 2006 Folk Legend Baghaban Sahu Ministry of Information and Broadcasting p 91 ISBN 8123013426 nbsp This article about someone associated with the art of dance is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Indian biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bhagaban Sahu amp oldid 1188928076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
