Shridhar Phadke ( mr, श्रीधर फडके, born 9 September 1950) is a famous Marathi language music composer from

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, India.

Early life

Shridhar Phadke was born on 9 September 1950 in Mumbai. He is son of the famous

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singer and composer

Sudhir Phadke Sudhir Phadke (, 25 July 1919 – 29 July 2002) was an Indian singer-composer. He was regarded as an icon of the Marathi film industry and Marathi ''Sugam Sangeet'' (light music) for five decades. Apart from Marathi, Phadke sang and composed son ...

and singer Lalitabai Phadke. He completed his education from D. G. Ruparel College of Arts Science and Commerce and later did his post graduation in Information Technology in United States of America in the decade of 1970. Later he joined

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. He retired from

as Executive Director-IT in the year 2009. He has not undergone any formal training for music. When Shridhar Phadke was in USA for his post graduation, he composed his first tune for a devotional song Devachiye Dwari.

heard this song and appreciated the tune.

also sung this song in one of his programs in the USA. Later this song was recorded in the voice of

Suresh Wadkar Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (born 7 August 1955) is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films. He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films, Odia albums and bhajans and in Konkani films. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Aka ...

for album '' Omkar Swaroopa'' ( mr, ॐकार स्वरूपा).

Career

Shridhar Phadke started his career as a music director with the film ''Laxmichi Paule'' ( mr, लक्ष्मीची पाउले). Earlier it was decided that

would compose music for this film. But the director heard the tune of the song 'Phite Andharache Jaale' ( mr, फिटे अंधाराचे जाळे) composed by Shridhar Phadke. He liked the tune very much and decided to include this song in the film. Later it was decided that all songs from this film be composed by Shridhar Phadke.

Composer

Shridhar Phadke has composed music for many

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films. Some of them can be listed as: *Laxmichi Paule ( mr, लक्ष्मीची पाउले)Shridhar Phadke, Composer nothing Laxmichi Paule and Gajavadan Sundar
/ref> *Hridaisparshi ( mr, ह्रदयस्पर्शी) *Gharabaaher ( mr, घराबाहेर) *Vaarsa Laxmicha ( mr, वारसा लक्ष्मिचा) *Putravati ( mr, पुत्रवती) *Lekru ( mr, लेकरू) *Vishwavinayak ( mr, विश्वविनायक)Article on Shridhar Phadke in Loksatta on his 60th Birthday
/ref> Shridhar Phadke has composed many independent albums as well. Some of the very famous albums are: *Rutu Hirawa ( mr, ऋतु हिरवा) *Bhavdhara ( mr, भावधारा) *Swarvel ( mr, स्वरवेल) *Gajavadan Sundar ( mr, गजवदन सुंदर) Devotional songs sung by

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*Omkar Swaroopa ( mr, ॐकार स्वरूपा) *Aboliche Bol ( mr, अबोलीचे बोल) *He Gagana ( mr, हे गगना) *Tejomaya Naadabramha ( mr, तेजोमय नाद्ब्रम्ह) *Kaahi Bolayache Aahe ( mr, काहि बोलायाचे आहे) *Tallin Govinde ( mr, तल्लीन गोविंदे) *Sur Varada Rama ( mr, सुर वरद रामा) *Phite Andharache Jaale ( mr, फिटे अंधाराचे जाळे) *Sangeet Manamohi Re ( mr, संगीत मनमोही रे) *Rat Re Gurucharani ( mr, रत रे गुरुचरणी) *Avagha Vitthaloo ( mr, अवघा विठ्ठलु) *Lilaav ( mr, लीलाव) * Sakar gandhar ha (2013) * Sadaphuli (2016)

Concerts

Shridhar Phadke regularly performs all over the world. Following are some of his concerts: *Rutu Hirawa ( mr, ऋतु हिरवा) Songs composed by Shridhar Phadke *Babujinchi Gaani ( mr, बाबूजींची गाणी ) Songs composed/sung by

Geet Ramayan ''Geet Ramayan'' ( mr, गीत रामायण, en, The Ramayana in Songs) is a collection of 56 Marathi language songs chronologically describing events from the Indian Hindu epic, the ''Ramayana''. It was broadcast by All India Radio, ...

( mr, गीत रामायण ) Songs from

*Phite Andharache Jaale ( mr, फिटे अंधाराचे जाळे) Mix songs composed/sung by Shridhar Phadke and

*Omkar Swaroopa ( mr, ॐकार स्वरूपा) Devotional songs composed by Shridhar Phadke

Awards

Shridhar Phadke has won many prestigious awards for his compositions. These include: * Filmfare Award (Marathi) (1994) for Best Music for film Varsa Laxmicha * Filmfare Award (Marathi) (1996) for Best Music for film Putravati * Filmfare Award (Marathi) (2000) for Best Music for film Lekaru.45th Annual Filmfare Awards

External links

Songs composed by Shridhar Phadke on Aathavanitil Gani website
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Pune City honours Shridhar Phadke on his 60th anniversary

References

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