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Durga Jasraj

b. 1971

Indian singer

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Born 1971. Durga Jasraj is an Indian singer and television actor.

Durga Jasraj (born 12 September 1966) is an Indian original content producer, actor and Hindustani classical singer. She focuses on creating indigenous content in formats for multiple media, viz. Live, Television, Online, Mobile VAS, Radio, CD/DVDs. She founded "Art And Artistes (I) Pvt. Ltd.", an entertainment programming company in 1999. She subsequently co-founded the Indian Music Academy (IMA) in 2006.

Early life Jasraj was born in Mumbai to classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj and Madhura Pandit. She has an older brother, music director Shaarang Dev. Her maternal grandfather was Bollywood director V. Shantaram and her maternal cousin was former actor Siddharth Ray.

Career Jasraj started her career as a classical vocalist at age seven. In the Mahabharat she acted as Ulupi. She performed as a Hindustani classical singer and with her father for many years.

She became popular on Zee TV's show, Antakshari as a co-host with Annu Kapoor during the 1990s.

She quit the show to start her company Art And Artistes (I) Pvt Ltd.

Indian Music Academy She co-founded Indian Music Academy (IMA) in 2006, with her father as a chief patron. The organization promotes various forms of Indian music. It was formally inaugurated on 18 February 2006, by then-President A P J Abdul Kalam at Mumbai’s National Centre for the Performing Arts.

IMA helps old and ailing musicians to get urgent medical attention. It holds annual IMA Awards.

Idea Jalsa Live Concerts have travelled to more than 50 cities across India and in the latest series beginning in January 2013, reached out to 7 crore (70 million).

Durga directed "Tiranga" a production that traveled across the world.

She served one term as a board member of the Censor Board of India.

Personal life Durga Jasraj married at age 18 and was divorced at 21. She has a daughter.

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Who is Durga Jasraj?

Indian singer

When was Durga Jasraj born?

Durga Jasraj was born on 12 September 1971 in Mumbai.

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Durga Jasraj is a singer and television actor.

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Durga Jasraj is Indian.

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· Wikipedia: Durga Jasraj

· Wikidata: Q2918059

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