Goodly Rath, also spelled Goodli, is an Indian

film composer A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

, musician, and singer. His range of work includes playback singing, vocal arrangements, musical arrangements, background scores, music programming, production. His unique style and musical enthusiasm has attracted various collaborations with many leading producers.

Early life

He was born in

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in 1973. He was born to a family of musicians. His mother, Pravabati Rath was a state-level singer. His mother holds a gold medal in singing. His maternal grandfather is Khetramohan Kar, who was a renowned

tabla A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...

player. Rath has four elder brothers and a sister. He completed his high school in Buxi Jagabandhu English Medium School and his bachelor's degree from Buxi Jagabandhu College,

. From his early childhood he was very interested in music and showed a keen interest towards playing different musical instruments. Rath and his four elder brothers formed a band, The Brothers, when he was very young. One of his brothers, Kabuli Rath, is a musician with

AR Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967), also known by the initialism ARR, is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and philanthropist known for his works in Indian cinema ...

Professional life

He is known for his work in Oriya films like ''Aaa Re Saathi Aa'', ''Anjali'', ''Loafer'', ''143 – I Love You'', ''I Most Wanted'', and ''Chocolate''. He is particularly known for revolutionizing the Oriya music industry. He is known to write and sing his songs sometimes. His major contribution was to renovate the music industry by bringing in Western music to the movies. He is one of the judges for the famous TV program ''Voice of

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'' for the TV channel Tarang. He was associated with Sarthak TV's Singing Super Star as a Judge. Currently he chairs as Maha Guru in "Zee Sarthak" TV's SaReGaMaPa Singing Reality Show.

Personal life

He lives in

, Odisha. He married his school time sweetheart Mili Rath in 2000. His daughter, Priyanka Rath, has also started acting as a child actor.

Filmography

* ''Idiot: I Do Ishq Only Tumse'' (2012) * ''Chocolate'' (2011) * ''143 – I Love You'' (2011) * ''Family No.1'' (2011) * ''Loafer'' (2011) * ''Most Wanted'' (2011) * ''Anjali'' (2010) * ''Chup Kie Asuchi...'' (2009) * ''Aaa Re Saathi Aa'' (2009) * Tiger (2016) * Sweet Heart (2016) * Tu kahibu Na Mun (2016)

References

External links

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Best Of Goodly Rath-Music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rath, Goodly Living people Indian film score composers Indian male singers 1973 births Indian male film score composers