Vedashree Oke is an Indian actress and playback singer in the Marathi film industry. She has sung in

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. She was a part of musical program Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in the year 1997.

Childhood and Education

Vedashree is from a musical family and her father Madhav Khadilkar and mother

Asha Khadilkar Asha Khadilkar (born 11 January 1955) is a Mumbai, India-based Senior Vocalist who performs Indian (Hindustani) classical, semi-classical and devotional music including Natya Sangeet. Career Khadilkar is a regular singer on All India Radio. ...

are also well known Marathi singers. She has an MA in Music with a Gold medal.

Career

She was a part of Sangeet Natak ( Musical Drama) Kaviraj Jaidev which was the winning drama in Rajya Natya Spardha in Sangli, Maharashtra. She has performed in Katyar Kaljat Ghusli which is a musical play directed by Subodh Bhave. The play was supported by renowned theatre and musical artists among which were Rahul Deshpande,

Mahesh Kale Mahesh Kale ( Marathi: महेश काळे; born 12 January 1976) is an Indian Classical vocalist renowned for his specialization in Indian Classical ( Hindustani), Semi-Classical, Devotional music including Natya Sangeet. Mahesh Kale ...

, Subodh Bhave, Dipti Mate and many more. She played a vital part in the play "Naman Natavara" on a regional television channel ETV Marathi. Acted is Marathi movie Pushapak Viman directed by Vaibhav Chinchalkar with the cast Subodh Bhave, Mohan Agashe. She was signed as a playback singer for the blockbuster movie series

Timepass 2 ''Timepass 2'' is a 2015 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Ravi Jadhav. It is the sequel for the 2014 film '' Timepass''. It continues the incomplete lovestory of Dagadu (Rocky) and Prajakta (Praju) also starring Bhalchandra Kadam and Vai ...

which was directed by

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. She has sung the Ovi for the Marathit serial 'Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji' She has also sung the title song of Marathi serial Agnihitra 2

/ref> She has been working in Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane as a Music Teacher in the cultural faculty since 2011. She is the director of 'Asha khadilkar academy of performing arts'.

Playback singer

* Timepass *

Serials Agnihitra 2 Title song Swarajyarakshak sambhaji Ovi

Awards

* 'Navadurga Puraskar' for outstanding work in Music and acting by Anand charitable trust

Personal Details

Her husband

Aditya Oke Aditya Oke is an Indian harmonium player, a sound engineer and a music arranger in films. He is a fourth=generation harmoniumist, learned harmonium from Govindrao Patwardhan. He is married to Vedashree Oke, an actress and singer known for h ...

and father-in-law

Vidyadhar Oke Vidyadhar Oke (b 1952) is an Indian doctor, musicologist, harmonium player, and astrology consultant, who has done research in the use of shrutis (microtones) in Indian classical music and created a unique 22-shruti version of the harmonium. ...

play the harmonium, while her mother-in-law Bhagyashree Oke is a kathak dancer. Her mother

performs Indian (Hindustani) classical, semi-classical and devotional music including Natya Sangeet. Her father is a graduate of NSD (National School Of Drama)

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and has directed a drama called "Anadi Me Anant Me" which is based on the life of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oke, Vedashree Living people Indian women playback singers Marathi-language singers 1980 births 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers