# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samta-prasad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:01:09.454Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samta-prasad"
name: "Samta Prasad"
slug: "samta-prasad"
description: "Samta Prasad was an Indian classical musician and tabla player from the Benares gharana. He played tabla in many Hindi films including, Meri Surat Teri Ankhen (1963) and Sholay (1975), and film music composers Rahul Dev Burman and Bappi Lahiri were his disciples."
tagline: "Indian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shahid_Parvez_Khan_performing_at_a_concert.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1921-07-20"
deathDate: "1994-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.66
  momentum:             3.404825737265416
  historical:           7.751333333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1781833/"
    handle:    "nm1781833"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "সামতাপ্রসাদ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samta_Prasad"
    title: "Samta Prasad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "समता प्रसाद"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ਸਮਤਾ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سمتا پرساد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "சம்தா பிரசாத்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "సమతా ప్రసాద్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump