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Anoushka Shankar
London, England, UK
Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (born June 9, 1981) is a British-American sitar player and musician of Indian descent, as well as occasional writer and actor. She performs across multi…
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Anoushka Hemangini Shankar (born June 9, 1981) is a British-American sitar player and musician of Indian descent, as well as occasional writer and actor. She performs across multiple genres and styles—classical and contemporary, acoustic and electronic. She has received nine Grammy Awards nominations and was the first musician of Indian origin to perform live and to serve as a presenter at the ceremony. Daughter of Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and half-sister of award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist Norah Jones, she has released 7 solo studio albums since 1998.
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2026
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
Movie Self - Sitar
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2020
A Suitable Boy
TV show Original Music Composer
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2019
An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile
Movie Original Music Composer
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2016
Yehudi Menuhin: Who Was Yehudi?
Movie Self
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2012
Anoushka Shankar: Traveller
Movie Sitar
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2008
Oye! It's Friday!
TV show Herself
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2008
Mission Istaanbul
Movie Playback Singer
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2004
Dance Like a Man
Movie Lata Parekh
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2003
Concert for George
Movie Self
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2001
Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds
Movie Sitar
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2000
The Beatles Revolution
Movie Self
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1992
Gaia Symphony
TV show Self
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1978
BBC Young Musician
TV show Judge
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1928
Shiraz: A Romance of India
Movie Orchestrator
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