Award for Priti Patel,Tansuree Shankar

Priti Patel and Tansuree Shankar have bagged the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2011.
Says Priiti, “This is extremely prestigious for me. While I’ve got the award for Manipuri dance, Tanusree Shankar has got the award for creative and experimental choreography. The Tagore Akademi Ratna has also been introduced. Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Rudraprasad Sengupta, Amala Shankar, Soumitra Sen and Arghya Sen have been given this award. The Tagore Akademi Ratna for 2011 has been given to Devjani Chaliha, Sumitra Sen and Amiya Ranjan Banerjee.”