Hridayanath Mangeshkar
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Hridaynath Mangeshkar (born October 26, 1937) is a composer/singer from India known for his eclectic compositions and a well-respected body of work. He is the younger brother of Indian music icons Lata Mangeshkar
and Asha Bhosle
. He is popularly known as Balasaheb in the music and film industry.
, who belongs to Gomantak Maratha Samaj
. The family's last name used to be Hardikar; Deenanath changed it to Mangeshkar. He is the younger brother of Indian music icons Lata Mangeshkar
, Usha Mangeshkar
, Mrs. Meena Khadikar and Asha Bhosle
. He is married to Bharati Malvankar Mangeshkar, daughter of famous Marathi comedy actor Damuanna Malvankar. They have two sons Aadinath and Vaijnath, and a daughter Radha.
Hridaynath debuted his music career in 1955 with the Marathi
film Akash Ganga. Since then he has composed for Marathi films such as Sansar
, Jait Re Jait
, Umbartha
, Nivdung and a few Hindi
films, the most notable among them being Lekin
and Maya Memsaab
.
and Hindi
. He is known for his penchant for selecting beautiful poems for his compositions. His compositions tend to be truly faithful to the emotions in the poems he composes. His songs tend to have complex meters and require singers of range and depth for enjoyable renditions. His composition of Veer Savarkar‘s poem Saagara Pran Talamalala
is a case in point.
His 1982 album Dnyaneshwar Mauli featured compositions from Sant Dnyaneshwar perhaps the most gifted poet in Marathi literature
, virtually sets the standard for modern devotional music in Marathi.
Hridayanath has also composed some memorable folk songs. Staying true to the spirit, his Koli Geets (fishermen songs) reflect the traditional rhythms of the fishermen of Konkan
. His music to the critically acclaimed movie Jait Re Jait
is another example of his prowess in this genre. One of his most popular works is the composition for the Marathi
movie Nivdung.
At one point Hridaynath was a student of Amir Khan; however, he feels that his guru is not as timeless as his sister Lata.
He has been the recipient of several awards throughout his glorious career, such as the prestigious National Award at the hands of the President of India
, the Lata Mangeshkar Award of Maharashtra state, and seven Maharashtra State Awards for best vocalist and Music Director/Composer.
He was awarded the title Pandit by the people of Maharashtra at the hands of Pt.Bhimsen Joshi
and Pandit Jasraj
. The Shankaracharya
has conferred upon him the title BhaavGandharva.
He was awarded Padmashri by Government of India
in 2009.
Some of his most memorable Hindi film scores are Lekin
, Maya Memsaab
, Lal Salaam
, Yash Chopra
's Mashaal
, Dhanwaan and Chaani
, to name a few.
He is also the first Indian composer to compose and release two entire albums featuring the poems and songs of the poet-saint Sant Meerabai, titled Chala Vahi Des and Meera Bhajans.
He has recently also composed and released an album titled Meera Soor Kabeera, featuring the works of Meerabai, Kabir
and Surdas
.
He produced an album featuring the ghazal
s of Mirza Ghalib
, titled Ghalib and sung by Lata Mangeshkar
.
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
and Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...
. He is popularly known as Balasaheb in the music and film industry.
Biography
Hridaynath Mangeshkar is the only son of Deenanath MangeshkarDeenanath Mangeshkar
Dinanath Mangeshkar was a well-known Marathi theatre actor, a renowned Natya Sangeet musician and an exceptional Hindustani classical vocalist....
, who belongs to Gomantak Maratha Samaj
Gomantak Maratha Samaj
Gomantak Maratha Samaj is a Konkani speaking community found in Indian state of Goa.They are known as Naik Maratha Samaj and Nutan Maratha Samaj Karwar in Karnataka and Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra respectively.-Origin:...
. The family's last name used to be Hardikar; Deenanath changed it to Mangeshkar. He is the younger brother of Indian music icons Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
, Usha Mangeshkar
Usha Mangeshkar
Usha Mangeshkar is an Indian singer who has recorded many Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati songs soundtracks.She is daughter of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar & Shevanti . She is the younger sister of singers, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle and elder to her music-director brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar...
, Mrs. Meena Khadikar and Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...
. He is married to Bharati Malvankar Mangeshkar, daughter of famous Marathi comedy actor Damuanna Malvankar. They have two sons Aadinath and Vaijnath, and a daughter Radha.
Hridaynath debuted his music career in 1955 with the Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
film Akash Ganga. Since then he has composed for Marathi films such as Sansar
Sansar
Sansar is a 1971 Bollywood drama film directed by Dilip Bose. The film stars Anupama and Ashalata Wabgaonkar.The music score for this movie was by Chitragupta. Poet Sahir Ludhianvi penned the lyrics for seven songs in the movie...
, Jait Re Jait
Jait Re Jait
Jait Re Jait is 1977 Marathi film directed by Jabbar Patel and won Best Feature Film in Marathi at National Film Award.It is considered to be one of the greatest musical hits of all time in Marathi cinema. This movie was produced by Usha Mangeshkar & Hridaynath Mangeshkar, under the banner,...
, Umbartha
Umbartha (film)
Umbartha , is a Marathi film made in 1982. The film is directed and coproduced by Jabbar Patel. Smita Patil for her performance in it won Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar for Best Actress...
, Nivdung and a few Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
films, the most notable among them being Lekin
Lekin
Lekin is a Hindi drama film made in 1991, loosely based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore, and directed by Hindi lyricist Gulzar...
and Maya Memsaab
Maya Memsaab
Maya Memsaab , also known as Maya and Maya: The Enchanting Illusion in English) is a 1993 Hindi film directed by Ketan Mehta. The film is based on Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary.-Synopsis:...
.
Career
Despite being very selective, Hridayanath Mangeshkar has composed many songs in MarathiMarathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
and Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
. He is known for his penchant for selecting beautiful poems for his compositions. His compositions tend to be truly faithful to the emotions in the poems he composes. His songs tend to have complex meters and require singers of range and depth for enjoyable renditions. His composition of Veer Savarkar‘s poem Saagara Pran Talamalala
Saagara Pran Talamalala
Saagara Pran Talamalala is a Marathi patriotic song based on a poem written by Veer Savarkar.-Performance:The original music was composed by Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar . It has been recorded by him and Lata, Usha and Meena Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle....
is a case in point.
His 1982 album Dnyaneshwar Mauli featured compositions from Sant Dnyaneshwar perhaps the most gifted poet in Marathi literature
Marathi literature
Marathi literature is the body of literature of Marathi, a Sanskrit-derived language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra and written in the Devanagari script.-Early Marathi Literature :...
, virtually sets the standard for modern devotional music in Marathi.
Hridayanath has also composed some memorable folk songs. Staying true to the spirit, his Koli Geets (fishermen songs) reflect the traditional rhythms of the fishermen of Konkan
Konkan
The Konkan also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore...
. His music to the critically acclaimed movie Jait Re Jait
Jait Re Jait
Jait Re Jait is 1977 Marathi film directed by Jabbar Patel and won Best Feature Film in Marathi at National Film Award.It is considered to be one of the greatest musical hits of all time in Marathi cinema. This movie was produced by Usha Mangeshkar & Hridaynath Mangeshkar, under the banner,...
is another example of his prowess in this genre. One of his most popular works is the composition for the Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
movie Nivdung.
At one point Hridaynath was a student of Amir Khan; however, he feels that his guru is not as timeless as his sister Lata.
He has been the recipient of several awards throughout his glorious career, such as the prestigious National Award at the hands of the President of India
President of India
The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
, the Lata Mangeshkar Award of Maharashtra state, and seven Maharashtra State Awards for best vocalist and Music Director/Composer.
He was awarded the title Pandit by the people of Maharashtra at the hands of Pt.Bhimsen Joshi
Bhimsen Joshi
Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi ; February 4, 1922 - January 24, 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana , he is renowned for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music...
and Pandit Jasraj
Pandit Jasraj
Pandit Jasraj is an Indian classical vocalist. He is the foremost exponent of the Mewati Gharana of Hindustani classical music.-Early life:Jasraj was born in Hisar, Haryana in an orthodox brahmin family to Pandit Motiramji, a classical exponent. His family is well known for singing in the Mewati...
. The Shankaracharya
Shankaracharya
Shankaracharya, is a commonly used title of heads of mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition. The title derives from Adi Shankara, a 9th century CE reformer of Hinduism. He is honored as Jagadguru, a title that was used earlier only to Lord Krishna...
has conferred upon him the title BhaavGandharva.
He was awarded Padmashri by Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
in 2009.
Some of his most memorable Hindi film scores are Lekin
Lekin
Lekin is a Hindi drama film made in 1991, loosely based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore, and directed by Hindi lyricist Gulzar...
, Maya Memsaab
Maya Memsaab
Maya Memsaab , also known as Maya and Maya: The Enchanting Illusion in English) is a 1993 Hindi film directed by Ketan Mehta. The film is based on Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary.-Synopsis:...
, Lal Salaam
Lal Salaam
Lal Salam is a salute, greeting or code word used by communists in Pakistan, India and Nepal, which is used when both hello and goodbye would be used in English. In Hindi and Urdu Lal means red, the color of communism, and Salam is an Arabic/Persian loanword in use in India and Pakistan...
, Yash Chopra
Yash Chopra
Yash Raj Chopra is an Indian filmmaker, film director, screenwriter, and a highly successful Bollywood producer. Waqt, Deewar, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni, Darr, Dil To Pagal Hai, and Veer-Zaara are some of his highly popular movies...
's Mashaal
Mashaal
Mashaal is a 1984 Bollywood film. Produced and directed by Yash Chopra it stars Dilip Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Rati Agnihotri, Nilu Phule, Iftekhar, Saeed Jaffery, Gulshan Grover, Alok Nath, Madan Puri and Amrish Puri...
, Dhanwaan and Chaani
Chaani
Chaani is a 1977 Bollywood film directed by Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram....
, to name a few.
He is also the first Indian composer to compose and release two entire albums featuring the poems and songs of the poet-saint Sant Meerabai, titled Chala Vahi Des and Meera Bhajans.
He has recently also composed and released an album titled Meera Soor Kabeera, featuring the works of Meerabai, Kabir
Kabir
Kabīr was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement...
and Surdas
Surdas
Surdas, the 15th century sightless saint, poet and musician, is known for his devotional songs dedicated to Lord Krishna. Surdas is said to have written and composed a hundred thousand songs in his magnum opus the 'Sur Sagar' , out of which only about 8,000 are extant...
.
He produced an album featuring the ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...
s of Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Ghalib
Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan , pen-name Ghalib and Asad , was a classical Urdu and Persian poet from India during British colonial rule...
, titled Ghalib and sung by Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
.