Shirin Vajifdar was an Indian dancer and dance teacher, born in 1901, who died in 2017.
Biography
Shirin Vajifdar (died 29 September 2017) was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, instructor and critic. She was one of the first Parsis who took up Indian classical dance. A doyenne of Kathak, she was an acclaimed performer and teacher. Her choreography in the film Mayurpankh (1954) was lauded.
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Contemporaries
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Indian actor (1899–1990)
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Indian-Bengali musician (1905–1976)
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E. Krishna Iyer
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Indian Bengali artist (1893-1969)
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