Kaushal Inamdar
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Kaushal S. Inamdar is an India
n singer and music composer in Marathi
and Hindi
movies. His work in music spans from composing music for films, television, drama to events, concerts in Hindi and Marathi, composing music for ballets, advertisements, and also albums. He is currently settled at Goregaon, a Mumbai
suburb.
and Billimoria High School, Panchgani
. Thereafter he graduated from the D. G. Ruparel College
, Mumbai, where he came in contact with Chetan Datar who initiated him into theatre. While in school, he had taken some primary lessons from Kamalakar Bhagwat, a renowned music composer himself, but he began learning the finer nuances of music composition only after he finished graduation concentrated on writing and music. He did writing apprentice under Lekh Tandon
and also had a short stint as a writer in television soaps. As he found himself more of a natural musician, he settled with music as his creative career. His Guru, Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande
, an eminent Hindustani vocalist
and musicologist is known for his insightful study of North Indian Classical music
.
, Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande
, Sadhana Sargam
, Suresh Wadkar
, Shreya Ghoshal, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Raghunandan Panshikar, Shubha Joshi, Ninad Kamath, Sanjeev Chimmalgi
, Hamsika Iyer
, Swanand Kirkire
, Ravindra Sathe, Shilpa Pai, Sonali Karnik, Shobha Joshi, Karsan Sagathia, Kirti Sagathia, Sanjeevani Bhelande, and many others.
Kaushal has been one of the mentors for the program Idea Saregamapa on Zee Marathi
. Kaushal and Suchitra have a son, Anuraag.
(Songs won the best playback award male/female at the Maharashtra State Awards 2003)
(This Marathi movie has made it to many international film festivals, and also won the National Award
in 2004)
Singers – Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande, Sadhana Sargam, Ranjana Jogalekar, etc.
Singers – Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Sameer Date, etc.
Artsite - Shri Vidyadhar Gokhale.
Rendered by famous classical vocalist, Shri Raghunandan Panshikar
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n singer and music composer in 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...
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...
movies. His work in music spans from composing music for films, television, drama to events, concerts in Hindi and Marathi, composing music for ballets, advertisements, and also albums. He is currently settled at Goregaon, a Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
suburb.
Early life
Kaushal did his schooling from IES Modern English School, DadarDadar
Dadar is a place in Mumbai, and is also a railway station on both the Western and Central lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. Dadar is situated in the heart of Mumbai, and Dadar station is the only railway station common to both the Central and Western lines...
and Billimoria High School, Panchgani
Panchgani
Pānchgani is a town and municipal council in Sātārā district in Mahārāshtra, India .-History:Scenic Panchgani was discovered by the British during the British Raj as a summer resort, and a superintendent named John Chesson was placed in charge of the hill station in the 1860s...
. Thereafter he graduated from the D. G. Ruparel College
Ruparel College
The D.G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce is a college in Matunga, Mumbai, India. It is run by Modern Education Society, Pune and is affiliated with the University of Mumbai, and has been referred to as "prestigious" by the Times of India....
, Mumbai, where he came in contact with Chetan Datar who initiated him into theatre. While in school, he had taken some primary lessons from Kamalakar Bhagwat, a renowned music composer himself, but he began learning the finer nuances of music composition only after he finished graduation concentrated on writing and music. He did writing apprentice under Lekh Tandon
Lekh Tandon
Lekh Tandon has directed numerous Bollywood movies and Indian TV Serials. Recently he has acted in few movies such as Swades. He is brother of Urdu playwright Yograj Tandon.-Biography:...
and also had a short stint as a writer in television soaps. As he found himself more of a natural musician, he settled with music as his creative career. His Guru, Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande
Satyasheel Deshpande
Pandit Satyasheel Deshpande is an Indian musician who specializes in singing khyal. He is a prominent disciple of Pt. Kumar Gandharva and the son of musicologist Vamanrao Deshpande.-Early life:...
, an eminent Hindustani vocalist
Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian Classical Music or Shāstriya Sangeet...
and musicologist is known for his insightful study of North Indian Classical music
Indian classical music
The origins of Indian classical music can be found in the Vedas, which are the oldest scriptures in the Hindu tradition. Indian classical music has also been significantly influenced by, or syncretised with, Indian folk music and Persian music. The Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, describes music...
.
Musical Associations
Kaushal has worked with a lot of talented artists—singers and musicians. Some of them include — Shankar MahadevanShankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...
, Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande
Satyasheel Deshpande
Pandit Satyasheel Deshpande is an Indian musician who specializes in singing khyal. He is a prominent disciple of Pt. Kumar Gandharva and the son of musicologist Vamanrao Deshpande.-Early life:...
, Sadhana Sargam
Sadhana Sargam
Sadhana Sargam is an acclaimed Indian playback singer. She is a recipient of the prestigious National Film Award and Filmfare Awards.Sargam has sung in many Indian languages for films, television serials and music albums. She is well known for her 90s Hindi songs and recent South Indian songs. She...
, Suresh Wadkar
Suresh Wadkar
Suresh Ishwar Wadkar is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films.He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films and in Konkani.- Early life :...
, Shreya Ghoshal, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Raghunandan Panshikar, Shubha Joshi, Ninad Kamath, Sanjeev Chimmalgi
Sanjeev Chimmalgi
Sanjeev Chimmalgi is a Indian Hindustani vocalist. He is a disciple of the master composer, musician and revered guru, Pandit C. R. Vyas. His music reflects the voice culture of Kirana gharana as well as the bandish oriented singing of the Gwalior gharana/ Agra gharana.-Early life:Sanjeev...
, Hamsika Iyer
Hamsika Iyer
Hamsika Iyer is an Indian singer based in Mumbai—born in Pune and brought up in Mumbai. She studied at the SIES college of Arts and Science in Sion. She is a regular voice with ad world jingles, Marathi tele-serials, and has sung songs in Tamil and Hindi movies.-Biography:Hamsika received her...
, Swanand Kirkire
Swanand Kirkire
Swanand Kirkire is an Indian lyricist, playback singer, writer, also a television serial writer, assistant director, dialogue writer, both in television and Hindi films.Kirkire won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics twice...
, Ravindra Sathe, Shilpa Pai, Sonali Karnik, Shobha Joshi, Karsan Sagathia, Kirti Sagathia, Sanjeevani Bhelande, and many others.
Kaushal has been one of the mentors for the program Idea Saregamapa on Zee Marathi
Personal life
Kaushal is married to Suchitra Inamdar. She has a M.A. degree in psychology and teaches in course in D. G. Ruparel CollegeRuparel College
The D.G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce is a college in Matunga, Mumbai, India. It is run by Modern Education Society, Pune and is affiliated with the University of Mumbai, and has been referred to as "prestigious" by the Times of India....
. Kaushal and Suchitra have a son, Anuraag.
Noted Works
- Music for the Official CD ROM - Miss World 1996Miss World 1996Miss World 1996, the 46th Miss World pageant took place on November 23, 1996 in the city of Bangalore, India. 88 contestants from all over the world took part in the prestigious pageant...
in BangaloreBangaloreBengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India - Composed a song for 'Celebrating India' which was performed by greats like Pt. Satish Vyas (santoor), Pt. Bhavani Shankar (pakhawaj), Kala Ramnath (violin), Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar), Roopak Kulkarni (flute), Sanjeev Chimmalgi (vocals) at the Gateway of IndiaGateway of IndiaIts design is a combination of both Hindu and Muslim architectural styles, the arch is in Muslim style while the decorations are in Hindu style. The Gateway is built from yellow basalt and reinforced concrete. The stone was locally obtained, and the perforated screens were brought from Gwalior.The...
, 2003 - Composed the invocation song for the opening ceremony of the Mumbai Festival, which was sung by 63 school-children in January 2005
- Recreated 'Bilhan', a musical by Mangesh Padgaonkar & P. L. DeshpandeP. L. DeshpandePurushottam Laxman Deshpande was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was popularly known by his initials पु. ल. Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was popularly known by his initials पु. ल. Purushottam Laxman...
after a gap of 50 years - 'Gaganzula', a programme based on new marathi music and choreography
- 'Rain Raga' - a fusion concert on the rains with Louiz Banks, George Brooks, Rupak Kulkarni, Sanjeev Chimmalgi, Hamsika Iyer, Gino Banks, Sheldon D'Silva, Vinayak Netke, Ravindra Chary, and Rafique Ahmed. Produced by Pancham Nishad Creatives.
- The Marathi AbhimaangeetMarathi AbhimaangeetMarathi Abhimaangeet is a song written in Marathi by the noted Marathi poet Late Shri Suresh Bhat and set to tune by well known composer Kaushal Inamdar.-Introduction:...
is perhaps Kaushal's most famous work till date. Kaushal was inspired to work on this song after he was told that playing Marathi music on FM radio in Mumbai is considered downmarket. This song is sung by 112 eminent and well-known singers and 300+ chorus singers.
Feature films
- Krishna Kathchi Meera - Directed by Gajendra Ahire
(Songs won the best playback award male/female at the Maharashtra State Awards 2003)
- Aag - Directed by Shiv Kadam
- Not Only Mrs. Raut (2003) - Produced by Aditi Deshpande. More about it at the NDFC website
(This Marathi movie has made it to many international film festivals, and also won the National Award
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi
The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi winners:...
in 2004)
- Adhantari - a film by Subhash Phadke
- Rasta Roko - A film by Devashish Shedge
- Its Breaking News (2007) - a feature film in Hindi by Vishal Inamdar
- Hungama - a feature film in Marathi by Rohan Shivalkar
- Balgandharva- a feature film in Marathi by Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Discography
- Shubhra Kalya Moothbhar - based on the poetry of Late Smt. Shanta ShelkeShanta ShelkeShanta Janardan Shelke was a gifted Marathi poetess and writer. Apart from this she has been a journalist, a professor, composer, story writer, translator, written child literature, presided over literature gatherings and more.Some of her compositions became immortal as either stand-alone poetic...
Singers – Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande, Sadhana Sargam, Ranjana Jogalekar, etc.
- Ratra Bhizali - songs of the night
Singers – Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Sameer Date, etc.
- Geetecha to saakshi vadala – a translation of Shri Nagaraja Rao’s poem - 'The Geeta's Witness'
Artsite - Shri Vidyadhar Gokhale.
- Bhavanjali - a devotional Hindi Album based on the philosophy of Swami Samarth RamdasSamarth RamdasRamdas was a prominent Marathi saint and religious poet in the Hindu tradition in Maharashtra, India. Samarth Ramdas was a devotee of Lord Hanuman and Lord Rama...
Rendered by famous classical vocalist, Shri Raghunandan Panshikar
- Kamana Purti - an album for Sony Music, rendered by Sanjeev Chimmalgi.
- Man Pakharache Hoi - Milind Gunaji's http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348004/ poems set to tune.
- Chaphyache Shimpan - an album composed by Kaushal S. Inamdar, with songs rendered by Sonali Karnik.
External links
- Kaushal Inamdar - Official Website
- Kaushal Inamdar - Music in the world of noise (BlogBlogA blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
) - Kaushal Inamdar at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Its Breaking News - Official website of the movie Its Breaking News
- Article on Kaushal in Maharashtra TimesMaharashtra TimesMaharashtra Times , coloquially referred to as 'Ma Taa' from its Marathi initialism, is a Marathi newspaper based out of Mumbai, India. It is the 9th largest selling daily newspaper in the country. It is owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
on Saturday (MOSS) on the 23rd of June 2007 - Ase Janmate Gaane - Review of the program held at Gadkari Rangayatan in ThaneThaneThane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...