Anandji Virji Shah

Anandji Virji Shah (born 2 March 1933) is an Indian music director.

Together with his brother he formed the Kalyanji-Anandji duo, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, for Kora Kagaz.

[1] In 1992, Anandji Shah received the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.

[3] Their father was a Kutchi businessman who had migrated from Kutch to Bombay to start a kirana (provision store).

They spent most of their formative years in the hamlet of Girgaum (a district in Bombay) in the Marathi and Gujarati areas.