Dattatreya Shankar Davjekar (Born on 15 November 1917. died ), better known as Datta Davjekar or Datta Daujeker ( mr, दत्ता डावजेकर), was a veteran music

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mainly associated with Marathi and

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movies. He is credited for giving a break to many singers who became extremely popular over a period of time, including the Mangeshkar siblings,

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and

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as well as others such as

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Career

Datta Davjekar's father Baburao used to play tabla for live folk musical plays as well as in

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to perform on her shows. Davjekar performed at places as far off as Allahabad and Lahore. Davjekar assisted C. Ramachandra and Chitragupta for a while. His first break came in 1941 with a Marathi film called Municipality. It was followed by ''Sarkari Pahune'' in 1942. One of the film's songs ''Naache Sangeet Natwar'' was a big hit. Davjekar went on to work with big names in Marathi cinema, like

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, Gajanan Jagirdar, Master Vinayak, Dinkar Patil, Datta Dharmadhikari, Rajdutt and

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. His famous films include ''Rangalyaa Raatri Ashyaa'', ''Paathlaag'', ''Pahu Re Kitni Vaat'', ''Thoraataanchi Kamlaa'', ''Padchaaya'', ''Chimanrao Gundyabhau'', ''Pedgaonche Shahane'', ''Juna Te Sona'', ''Sant Vahate Krishna Mai'', ''Sukhaachi Sawali'', ''Viasakh Vanwaa'' and ''Yashoda''. His last film release was ''Pahaate Punyechi'' in 1992. His non-film song "''Sainik Ho Tumchyaa Saathi''" (translation: For you, oh Soldiers) was a big hit and its sales proceeds went to the Armed Forces. In a career spanning fifty two years, Davjekar composed music in several languages for sixty films, twelve plays and several documentaries. He learnt German music for composing music for the play ''Thank you, Mr Glad''.

Introducing Lata Mangeshkar

The film Maazhe Baal, released in 1943, was Davjekar's first Marathi film with

. He went on to introduce her to Hindi films with his song ''Paa Laagoo Kar Jori Re'' for the film

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(1947).

Introducing Sudha Malhotra

Davjekar did two more Hindi films, Vasant Joglekar's Aap Ki Adalat and Premnath's English-Hindi bilingual, Prisoner of Golconda, in which he introduced Sudha Malhotra.

Death

On 19 September 2007 Davjekar died of a heart attack at his residence in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davjekar, Datta 2007 deaths Marathi music Indian film score composers Indian male film score composers 1917 births