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Asha Khadilkar (born 11 January 1955) is a
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
, India-based Senior Vocalist who performs Indian (Hindustani) classical, semi-classical and devotional music including
Natya Sangeet ''Sangeet Natak'' in Marathi language literally means Musical Drama. As the name suggests, this form of drama combines prose as well as poetry in form of songs to convey the story. In a manner, they are very much similar to Musicals. ''Sangeet ...
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Career

Khadilkar is a regular singer on All India Radio. Khadilkar has performed her private concerts on many occasions in United Kingdom, U.S.A., Canada and Singapore. Khadilkar has also provided music direction to 4 New Marathi Musicals (मराठी संगीत नाटक, Marathi
Sangeet Natak ''Sangeet Natak'' in Marathi language literally means Musical Drama. As the name suggests, this form of drama combines prose as well as poetry in form of songs to convey the story. In a manner, they are very much similar to Musicals. ''Sangeet ...
) produced by Nehru Center, Worli, Mumbai since Year 2000. She provides mentoring and guidance to advanced students of Indian Classical Music. Khadilkar, along with her husband Mr. Madhav Khadilkar runs Uttung Sansktutik Pariwar Trust, a non-profit organization devoted for preservation and proliferation of Indian Culture through various forms of Performing Arts, Literature, Nationalistic activities.


Affiliation with ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa''

In 2008, Asha Khadilkar was invited as one of the celebrity judges for the Marathi vocal singing competition show called ''Idea Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'', along with the music director
Salil Kulkarni Saleel Kulkarni (Marathi pronunciation: aliːl kulkəɾɳiː 6 October 1972) is a Marathi music composer, singer and author. Early life Saleel Kulkarni sang the Marathi Prose 'Jayostute ' on All India Radio, Pune station at the age of three. ...
. This season featured adults who are in their mid-thirties and forties who pursued music as a hobby. The show was aptly named ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa: Swapna Swaranche, Navatarunyache (स्वप्न स्वरांचे, नवतारुण्याचे)'', which roughly translates to ''Dreams of Music and New Youth''.


See also

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Jitendra Abhisheki Ganesh Balawant Nawathe, better known as Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki (21 September 1929 – 7 November 1998), was an Indian vocalist, composer and scholar of Indian classical, semi-classical, and devotional music. While he distinguished himself ...
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Vasantrao Deshpande Vasantrao Deshpande (2 May 1920 – 30 July 1983) was a Hindustani classical vocalist renowned for his contribution to Natya Sangeet (musical dramas). Early life Vasantrao Deshpande was born into a Deshastha Brahmin family in Murtizapur, Ako ...
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Manik Varma Manik Varma (16 May 1926 – 10 November 1996) was an Indian classical singer from the Kirana and Agra gharanas (singing styles). Career Besides the pure classical khyal, she also sang semi-classical and light music like thumri, Marathi Naty ...


References

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