Charudatta Aphale (born early 1960s) is a

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performer, son of kirtan performer Govindswami Aphale. Govindswami was often referred to Aphale-buwa when he was active. And now Charudatta is referred to as Aphale-buwa, with Buwa being an honorific term. Aphale took his kirtan lessons from his parents and Pt. Sharad Gokhale, Pt. Padmakar Kulkarni, Mukundbuva Gokhale, Agashe Buva, Madhukar Khadilkar, Pt. Vijay Bakshi

Career as actor in Sangeet Natak

He started acting in Marathi ''Sangit Nataks'' (

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s) right from his school days. He has acted in several plays like Katyar Kaljat Ghusali, ''Shakuntal'', ''Saubhadra'', ''Sanshay Kallol'', ''

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'', ''Lavani Bhulali Abhangala'', ''Atun Kirtan varun Tamasha'', ''Ithe Oshalala Mrutyu'', ''

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'' etc.

Family of Keertan-kaar-s

Charudatta Aphale completed

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with

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as the principal subject; later he chose music as the main subject for his

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Charudatta Aphale's father, Govindswami Aphale, was among the foremost keertankaars of his day from 1950s to 1980s. Aphale has carried forward his family's tradition of Kirtan (a form of narration which combines spiritual and social messages with music). He has performed more than 5000 kirtans in 25 years. His kirtan performances have taken place not only in

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, but also in other states of

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and even in U.S.A.,

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and

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etc. He has also performed on several television and channels. His sister, Krantigeeta Mahabal, is also a noted keertan performer. Charudatta Aphale's kirtans include topics like

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s, religious kirtans, and kirtans on

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. This includes,

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, Chaphekar Brothers, Rani Laxmibai, Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, Bhagat Singh,

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etc. Aphale also educates young students about historic tales and especially anecdotes from the lives of Marathi saints.

Plays

Awards

He has been honoured with many awards, these include # Patankar award of Pune Marathi Granthalay # Gold Medal of Goa Mashel group # Paluskar award of Akhil Bharatiya Natya Parishad # Pune Ki Asha award 2002 # Dinanath Mangeshkar award 2003, received at the hands of the

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of Maharashtra. # Balgandarv Gungaurav Puraskar 'बालगंधर्व गुणगौरव पुरस्कार' चारुदत्त आफळे यांना जाहीर
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References

External links

*http://www.samarthramdas400.in/eng/thankyou.php {{DEFAULTSORT:Aphale, Charudatta Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Indian folk musicians 21st-century Indian folk musicians