Avinash Vyas was an Indian music composer, lyricist and singer of Gujarati films who composed music for over 190 Gujarati films. He was a winner of Gujarat State Film award for the best lyricist and best music 25 times. He was honoured by the Government of India in 1970 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.

Biography

Avinash Vyas was born in the Indian state of Gujarat on 21 July 1912 and had his initial music training under

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. His career started with HMV for their ''Young India'' label where he cut his first gramophone record in 1940 and debuted as a film music composer in with the Gujarati film,

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in 1943, partnering the renowned musician,

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. Two more films were released the next year, Krishna Bhakta Bodana and Laheri Badmash but both were not successful. His first major hit came in 1948 with Gunsundari, a bilingual in Gujarati and Hindi. Vyas composed music for over 1200 songs for 190 Hindi and Gujarati films during his career, his total contribution exceeding 10,000 songs including non film songs. Most of the major singers of that era such as Geeta Dutt,

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and Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. Geeta Dutt was one of his favorite singers and she sang in more Gujarati films than in Bengali films where she originally came from. Vyas received the Gujarat State annual Film awards 25 times, both for lyrics and compositions, which is reported to be a record. The Gujarat Rajya Sangeet Nrutya Academy awarded him the ''Gaurav Puraskar'' and the Government of India honoured him with the civilian award of Padma Shri in 1970. Some of his memorable compositions were compiled and released on 29 March 2012 as a music disc under the name, ''Avinash Vyas - A Musical Journey''. He died on 20 August 1984, at the age of 72, three years after his last film, ''Bhakta Gora Kumbhar'' was released.

Notable songs

Filmography

Vyas is credited with over 190 films in Gujarati and Hindi. #

(1943) # Krishna Bhakta Bodana (1944) # Laheri Badmash (1944) #

Gunsundari Gunsundari or Gunasundari is an Indian name. Characters * Gunsundari, a character in ''The Family-maze of Gunasundari'', the second part of Gujarati epic novel '' Saraswatichandra''. Films * ''Gunsundari'', a 1927 silent film directed by Chandula ...

(1948) # Mangal Fera (1949) # Har Har Mahadev (1950) #

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(1950) # Dashavtar (1951) # Jai Mahalaxmi (1951) # Ram Janma (1951) # Shri Vishnu Bhagwan (1951) # Rajrani Damyanti (1952) #

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(1952) # Vasna (1952) # Bhagyawan (1953) # Teen Batti Char Raasta (1953) # Chakradhari (1954) #

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(1954) # Malika-E-Alam Noorjehan (1954) # Adhikaar (1954) # Andher Nagri Choupat Raja (1955) #

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(1955) # Ekadashi (1955) # Jagadguru Shankaracharya (1955) # Riyasat (1955) # Dwarikadheesh (1956) #

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(1956) # Lakshmi (1957) # Naag Mani (1957) # Ram Laxman (1957) #

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(1957) # Aadhi Roti (1957) # Gopichand (1958) #

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(1958) # Jung Bahadur (1958) #

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(1958) # Ram Bhakti (1958) # Charnon Ki Dasi (1959) # Grihalakshmi (1959) #

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(1960) # Bhakta Raj (1960) # Heron Malaat (1961) # Hawa Mahal (1962) # Kailashpati (1962) # Bapu Ne Kaha Tha (1962) #

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(1963) # Bhakta Dhruva Kumar (1964) # Kalapi (1966) #

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(1969) # Beti Tumhare Jaisi (1969) # Surya Devata (1969) # Taqat Aur Talwar (1970) # Jesal Toraal (1971) #

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(1973) # Daku Aur Bhagwan (1975) #

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(1976) #

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(1979) # Bhakta Gora Kumbhar (1981)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vyas, Avinash Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts 1912 births 1984 deaths Musicians from Gujarat Indian film score composers Indian lyricists Indian male playback singers Gujarati playback singers 20th-century Indian composers 20th-century Indian singers Indian male film score composers 20th-century Indian male singers

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