Shridhar Phadke

Shridhar Phadke
Birth name Shridhar Sudhir Phadke
Born (1950-09-09) 9 September 1950
Origin Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Genres Indian classical music
Occupation(s) Singer and composer
Instruments Vocal
Associated acts Rutu Hirawa (Marathi: ऋतु हिरवा)
Notable instruments
Harmonium

Shridhar Phadke (Marathi: श्रीधर फडके, born 9 September 1950) is a composer and a singer from Maharashtra, India.

Early life

Shridhar Phadke was born on 9 September 1950 in Mumbai. He is son of the famous Marathi singer and composer Sudhir Phadke and singer Lalitabai Phadke. He completed his education from D. G. Ruparel College of Arts Science and Commerce[1] and later did his post graduation in Information Technology in United States of America in the decade of 1970. Later he joined Air India. He retired from Air India 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. Sudhir Phadke heard this song and appreciated the tune. Sudhir Phadke also sung this song in one of his programs in the USA. Later this song was recorded in the voice of Suresh Wadkar for album Omkar Swaroopa (Marathi: ॐकार स्वरूपा).

Career

Shridhar Phadke started his career as a music director with the film Laxmichi Paule (Marathi: लक्ष्मीची पाउले). Earlier it was decided that Sudhir Phadke would compose music for this film. But the director heard the tune of the song 'Phite Andharache Jaale' (Marathi: फिटे अंधाराचे जाळे) 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.

Composer

Shridhar Phadke has composed music for many Hindi, Marathi films. Some of them can be listed as:

Shridhar Phadke has composed many independent albums as well. Some of the very famous albums are:

Concerts

Shridhar Phadke regularly performs all over the world.[5][6] Following are some of his concerts:

Awards

Shridhar Phadke has won many prestigious awards for his compositions. These include:

References

  1. ↑ Ruparel College website
  2. 1 2 Shridhar Phadke, Composer of Laxmichi Paule and Gajavadan Sundar
  3. 1 2 3 4 Article on Shridhar Phadke in Loksatta on his 60th Birthday
  4. ↑ Introductory promo of New album by Shridhar Phadke on YouTube uploaded by agpmovies.
  5. ↑ News about Shridhar Phadke's program in Sydney
  6. ↑ Phite Andhaarache Jale in California
  7. ↑ News about Geet Ramayan concert by Shridhar Phadke in Mumbai
  8. ↑ 45th Annual Filmfare Awards
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