Shridhar S. Phadke (, born 9 September 1950) is a famous Marathi language music composer from

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, India.

Early life

Shridhar Phadke was born on 9 September 1950 in Mumbai. He is son of the famous

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singer and composer

Sudhir Phadke Sudhir Phadke (; born Ram Phadke; 25 July 1919 – 29 July 2002) was an Indian singer-composer. He is regarded as an icon of the Marathi film industry and Marathi Sugam Sangeet with a legacy spanning five decades. Apart from Marathi, Phadke sa ...

and singer Lalitabai Phadke. He completed his education from D. G. Ruparel College of Arts Science and Commerce and later did his post graduation in Information Technology in United States of America in the decade of 1970. Later he joined

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. He retired from

as Executive Director-IT in the year 2009. He has not undergone any formal training for music. When Shridhar Phadke was in USA for his post graduation, he composed his first tune for a devotional song Devachiye Dwari.

heard this song and appreciated the tune.

also sung this song in one of his programs in the USA. Later this song was recorded in the voice of

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for album '' Omkar Swaroopa'' ().

Career

Shridhar Phadke started his career as a music director with the film ''Laxmichi Paule'' (). Earlier it was decided that

would compose music for this film. But the director heard the tune of the song 'Phite Andharache Jaale' () composed by Shridhar Phadke. He liked the tune very much and decided to include this song in the film. Later it was decided that all songs from this film be composed by Shridhar Phadke. Around the same time he met the producer of a America-based company Neelam Audio & Video and both decided to produce a Marathi cassette of his ten compositions. It was released as Swaravel स्वरवेल in 1984 in the United States.

Composer

Shridhar Phadke has composed music for many

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films. Some of them can be listed as: *Laxmichi Paule ()Shridhar Phadke, Composer nothing Laxmichi Paule and Gajavadan Sundar
/ref> *Hridaisparshi () *Gharabaaher () *Vaarsa Laxmicha () *Putravati () *Lekru () *Vishwavinayak ()Article on Shridhar Phadke in Loksatta on his 60th Birthday
/ref> Shridhar Phadke has composed many independent albums as well. Some of the very famous albums are: *Rutu Hirawa () *Bhavdhara () *Swarvel () *Gajavadan Sundar () Devotional songs sung by

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*Omkar Swaroopa () *Aboliche Bol () * Ghan Barase Halakasa (() *He Gagana () *Tejomaya Naadabramha () *Kaahi Bolayache Aahe () *Tallin Govinde () *Sur Varada Rama () *Phite Andharache Jaale () *Sangeet Manamohi Re () *Rat Re Gurucharani () *Avagha Vitthaloo () *Lilaav () * Sakar gandhar ha (2013) * Sadaphuli (2016)

Concerts

Shridhar Phadke regularly performs all over the world. Following are some of his concerts: *Rutu Hirawa () Songs composed by Shridhar Phadke *Babujinchi Gaani () Songs composed/sung by

* Geet Ramayan () Songs from Geet Ramayan *Phite Andharache Jaale () Mix songs composed/sung by Shridhar Phadke and

*Omkar Swaroopa () Devotional songs composed by Shridhar Phadke

Awards

Shridhar Phadke has won many prestigious awards for his compositions. These include: * Filmfare Award (Marathi) (1994) for Best Music for film Varsa Laxmicha * Filmfare Award (Marathi) (1996) for Best Music for film Putravati * Filmfare Award (Marathi) (2000) for Best Music for film Lekaru.45th Annual Filmfare Awards

References

External links

Songs composed by Shridhar Phadke on Aathavanitil Gani website
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Pune City honours Shridhar Phadke on his 60th anniversary

* ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgujxJTz-Hg&t=34s Shridhar Phadke in an interview with ABP Majhaa
Uttara Kelkar and Shrikant Pargaonkar singing मन चिंब पावसाळी composed by Shridhar Phadke

Shridhar Phadke singing आई असते श्रावण from the album घन बरसे हलकासा composed by Yashwant Deo
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