Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 09, 1981
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Credits
15 titles
Anoushka Shankar
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
Self - Sitar
A Suitable Boy
Original Music Composer
An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile
Original Music Composer
Yehudi Menuhin: Who Was Yehudi?
Self
Anoushka Shankar: Traveller
Sitar
Oye! It's Friday!
Herself
Mission Istaanbul
Playback Singer
Dance Like a Man
Lata Parekh
Concert for George
Self
Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds
Sitar
The Beatles Revolution
Self
Gaia Symphony
Self
BBC Young Musician
Judge
Shiraz: A Romance of India
Orchestrator
Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary
Self