"Odissi singer" . "Sangeeta Sudhakara sri Balakrushna Das was an Odissi vocal singer. He received the Odisha Sangeet Natak Academy award in 1975-76 for Orissi Vocal He was an Odissi classical music trainer on Odissi Research Centre of Cultural department (Govt of Odisha)Balakrushna Das started his music career as a singer of Odissi, Bhajan and Chhandas at AIR, Calcutta in the year 1944. Later he started working as music director in films. His first film as a music director was Kedar Gouri in 1954."@en . "Das, Balakrushna"@en .