Avadhoot Gupte (Marathi pronunciation: �ʋəd̪ʱuːt̪ ɡupt̪e born 19 February 1977) is an

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singer, musician, writer, music & film director, film producer, television presenter and actor who works primarily in

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. He started his career as a film director with '' Zenda'' in 2010.

Career

Gupte's career as a singer started when he participated in a national level competition of ''TVS - Sa Re Ga Ma'' in the year 1996. Since then he has lent his voice to various varieties of songs from Lok Sangit to Rock style songs in Marathi and film songs for both Marathi & Hindi movies. His latest album ''Dil Se Maratha Hai'' became a run away hit with the Super hit track ''Jai Jai Maharashtra''. His versatility as a singer is amply evident, when he renders fun and foot tapping numbers like ''Meri Madhubala'' and ''Halu Halu Chaal'' with equal ease as serious numbers like ''Salam-E-Ishq'' (Remix) and ''Din Pareshan''. In ''Jai Jai Maharashtra'' he does justice to the track by rendering the song with a rock feel. In 2017

Avadhoot Gupte Avadhoot Gupte (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �ʋəd̪ʱuːt̪ ɡupt̪e born 19 February 1977) is an India, Indian singer, musician, writer, music & film director, film producer, television presenter and actor who works primaril ...

received Lokmat Maharashtra’s Most Stylish Singer.

Controversies

Gupte moved to production and direction of feature films. His first venture was a 2010

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film, '' Zenda'', which created controversy. ''Zenda'' depicted a feud between two cousins in rival political parties, inspired by the real-life feud between

Raj Thackeray Raj Shrikant Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ ʈʰaːkɾeː born Swararaj Shrikant Thackeray; 14 June 1968) is an maharashtra politician and the founding chairperson of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a regional political party ...

, chief of

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(MNS) and his cousin,

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, executive president of

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party is split into two parties: the Uddha ...

. Gupte believes that it is more about the

youth and the volunteers working in political parties, with just a couple of characters in the film representing Thackerays and that the film is "serious and not a political satire". Before the final release in public, the film was shown to the Thackerays and had received a green signal from them. The film was released in January 2010 in theatres across

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state. The release was delayed for protests against the film by "Swabhiman Organisation" headed by

Nitesh Rane Nitesh Narayan Rane (born 23 June 1982) is Cabinet minister in Government of Maharastra and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the Kankavli vidhansabha constituency. He is the head of the non-governmental organisation "Swabhiman ...

. Rane opposed a character in the film that resembled his father

Narayan Rane Narayan Tatu Rane (born 10 April 1952) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg. He was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He formerly served as Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in th ...

, the ex-Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the then Minister of Revenue for the state.

Awards

Filmography

Feature films

Television

Music videos

Playback singing

Feature films

Album

References

External links

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