Career
He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (1992). Kalyanji was born to Virji Shah, a Kutchi businessman in Kundrodi, Kutch, Gujarat, who migrated from Kutch to Mumbai to start a Kirana (provision store). One of their four grand parents was a folk musician of some eminence.
They spent most of their formative years in the hamlet of Girgaum (a district in Mumbai) amidst Marathi and Gujarati environs — some eminent musical talent resided in the vicinity.
Kalyanji"s breakthrough was with the theme entitled Been music from the film Nagin (1954).
