Nandlal Nayak is a folk artist, music composer and a film director. He was music director of national award winner feature film Amu(2005). He promotes folk music among Indian Youth and rest of the world. He is a member of

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Life

Early life and family

Nandlal Nayak is born in the lineage of traditional folk artist family in his ancestral village of Bokba in 1973 and grew up

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

. He is the son of Padmashri

Mukund Nayak Mukund Nayak (born 15 October 1949), is an Indian artist. He is a folk singer, songwriter and dancer. Nayak is an exponent of Nagpuri folk dance Jhumar. He is recipient of the Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Early life and family H ...

. He grew up surrounded by the rhythms, melodies and folklore of Jharkhand. He completed his graduation from Gossner College,

. He married American dancer Wendy Jehlen in 1997.

Career

In 1990s, he was a modern nagpuri solo singer. After marriage with American dancer Wendy Jehlen (Bharatnatyam, Odisi and modern) in 1997, he moved to

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. He resided in Italy two years for Benetton's Farica Musica project. Then he worked in fusion CDs in Italy but due copy right of Benetton, he took his tracks and left. After returning Ranchi, he produced a nagpuri movie based on human trafficking but it was never released due to financial issue. As a Ford Scholar Nandlal Nayak travelled across globe, not only to spread the fragrance of folk music of Jharkhand to the world, but also to collaborate with the musicians and film-makers from USA, Japan, Ghana, Germany, Italy, Austria, Great Britain etc. Films and music of Nandlal showcases his global exposure, yet grounded in his folk tradition. Nayak has been an ambassador of Jharkhandi music, dance, film and culture for over a decade. He was music director of national award winner feature film Amu(2005). He composed music of Nagpuri film ''Chhoti'' which was based on human trafficking in 2009. He was music director of nagpuri film

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which premiered at

Jharkhand International Film Festival Awards The Jharkhand International Film Festival Awards (also known as the JIFFA) are a set of awards presented annually to film makers and artists for theirs contribution to Cinema. It aims to provide common platform for cinemas of world to project exc ...

(JIFFA) 2019 and the

72nd Cannes Film Festival The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president. The Palme d'Or went to the South Korean film ''Parasite'', directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became th ...

in France. Directed by Nandlal, feature film Dhumkkudiya showcases the issue of Human Trafficking of tribal youths from Jharkhand, in the name of domestic help.

Filmography

Awards

*Creative Award from the

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, USA, 2005. *Senior Performing Artist Fellowship Award from the

American Institute of Indian Studies The American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), founded in 1961, is a consortium of 90 universities and colleges in the United States that promotes the advancement of knowledge about India in the U.S. It carries out this purpose by: awarding fello ...

, 2004. *Creative Artist Award form the Japan-US friendship Commission/National Endowment for the arts, 2003. *Award and Citation from the Massachusetts Legislature for contribution to the cultural life of Massachusetts, 1996. *INDROADS award from the Institute for International Education/Ford Foundation, 1996. *Selected Awards for Amu: FIPRESCI Critics Award, January, 2005. *Jury Award, Torino, Italy (Cine Donne Film Festival) October, 2005. *

Star Screen Award The Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony held in India honouring professional excellence in Bollywood. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced by t ...

– Best English Film (India) January. 2006. * National Award, India, Best English Language Film, October, 2005 *Best Producers, February Award, Hollywood Blood Horror Festival (2020) *Best Director, American Golden Picture International Film Festival, USA (2020) *Best Director, Mabig Film Festival, Augsburg, Germany (2020)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nayak, Nandlal Living people People from Ranchi district People from Ranchi Nagpuria people 1973 births