Snehal Bhatkar (real name ''Vasudev Gangaram Bhatkar'', B. Vasudev; 17 July 1919–29 May 2007), was a well known Hindi and Marathi film music composer from Mumbai, India. He is the recipient of

Lata Mangeshkar Award The Lata Mangeshkar Award is a national-level award instituted to honour works in the field of music. Various state governments of India present awards with this name. The state Government of Madhya Pradesh started this award in 1984. The award cons ...

instituted by Government of Maharashtra of year 2004.

Early life

Snehal Bhatkar was born on 17 July 1919 in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

in a Marathi-speaking family. His father died when he was 18 months old. His mother was a teacher and was a singer as well. It was from her that he picked up the basics of music. After completing matriculation he learned music at a music school in

Dadar Dadar (Help:IPA/Marathi, ̪aːd̪əɾ is a densely populated residential and shopping neighbourhood in Mumbai. It is also a prominent railway and bus service hub with local and national connectivity. Dadar holds the distinction of being Mum ...

. He died at his Mumbai residence on 29 May 2007 at the age of 87 years.

Pseudonym

To avoid any breach in contract while officially working for HMV, he adopted various pseudonyms as a composer. These included "B. Vasudev" and "Snehal" but another choice, "Snehal Bhatkar", became fixed. The name was derived from that of his then newly-born daughter, Snehlata.

Career

He made started his movie career with the movie Neel Kamal in the year 1947. Bhatkar and lyricist

Kidar Nath Sharma Kidar Nath Sharma, also Kedar Sharma (12 April 1910 – 29 April 1999), was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and Lyricist of Hindi films. While he had great success as a director of such movies as '' Neel Kamal'' (1947), ''Bawre N ...

had shared a special bond, teaming up for hit songs like Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein (

Hamari Yaad Aayegi ''Hamari Yaad Aayegi'' (You Will Remember Me) is a 1961 Hindi romantic drama film, written and directed by Kidar Sharma. Produced under the banner of Show People, the director of photography was D. C. Mehta. The music was composed by Snehal Bhat ...

) which may be regarded as the zenith of Bhatkar's career.

Personal life

His three children include noted Marathi actor Ramesh Bhatkar, Avinash Bhatkar and daughter Snehlata Bhatkar (now married to Ramkrishna Barde).

Music Director

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhatkar, Snehal Hindi film score composers Music directors 1919 births 2007 deaths