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Uday Shankar is a choreographer, dancer, film director born in Calcutta (British Raj).
Uday Shankar (born Uday Shankar Choudhary; 8 December 1900 – 26 September 1977) was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, which he later popularised in India, Europe, and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a pioneer of modern dance in India. In 1962, he was awarded by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's The National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, with its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement, and in 1971, the Govt. of India, awarded him its second highest civilian award the Padma Vibhushan.
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| Born | 8 December 1900, Calcutta |
| Profession | choreographer, dancer, film director |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Educated at | Royal College of Art, Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art |
| Spouse | Amala Shankar |
| Children | Ananda Shankar, Mamata Shankar |
| Awards | Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Vibhushan |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Gemini |
| Nakshatra | Ardra (Pada 4) |
| Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Taurus |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 148 Bollywood personalities with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 8 of them (5%) have the Moon in Gemini, like Uday Shankar, and 5 (3%) share the Ardra Nakshatra — the #12 most common Moon Nakshatra among Bollywood personalities, where Swati leads with 10 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Uday Shankar was born on 8 December 1900 in Calcutta. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Uday Shankar's Moon sign (Rashi) is Gemini and the Nakshatra is Ardra, pada 4, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Uday Shankar's Ascendant is Taurus, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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