Marathi Abhimaangeet
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Marathi 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
.
on February 27, 2010, on the occasion of Marathi Bhasha Diwas.
The Marathi Abhimaangeet has been sung by 112 established singers and a chorus of 356 upcoming singers. It has been recorded across 3 studios in Mumbai
, Chennai
and Thane
with 12 sound engineers and 65 musicians.
It is a very melodious composition which aims to reconcile every Marathi-speaking individual to the beauty of the language. More than 2500 accomplished singers and musicians have directly or indirectly contributed towards it.
is a noted Marathi
poet
. Shri. Suresh Bhat loved Maharashtra
and Marathi
language very deeply. Such was his caliber and stronghold on words that had he written poems in Urdu
or Hindi
his popularity would have reached national level. But he preferred and chose Marathi as his language of poetry
. He made the entire Maharashtra his own, and devoted himself towards Marathi poetry
. His love for the spoken language of Marathi
goes beyond imagination. He had special liking for cities like Mumbai
and Pune
. He proudly carried the roots of the Maharashtrian
soil as ornaments on the body. This immense love and pride towards the state and its language gave rise to a wonderful composition now popularly known as ‘Marathi Abhimaan Geet’.
noticed the diminishing respect for the Marathi language
in its own motherland, Maharashtra
. He came across many incidents where he experienced secondary treatment meted out to his mother-tongue Marathi, in Mumbai
, which is supposed to the heartland of Marathi speaking people. On his blog Music and Noise he particularly mentions an incident where he was mistreated in a plush south Mumbai retail chain, because he chose to speak in his mother-tongue.
A chance conversation with a friend working for a radio station made Inamdar embark on the colossal journey. Asked why the channel did not play Marathi songs, Inamdar was surprised to learn it was their policy not to. He was further dumbfounded on learning that the bosses felt Marathi songs were downmarket. He asked his friend whether the channel had any such policy not to play Tamil songs in Chennai, or Kannada songs in Bangalore.
Noticing that Marathi was slowly losing its foothold and importance in its hometown, Inamdar decided to compose a song in Marathi which would awaken love and respect for the language in the hearts of all Marathi-speaking individuals. This is where the concept of developing a Marathi anthem started. The project was fondly called ‘Marathi Asmita’ which means The Pride of Marathi.
Inamdar chose a very famous poem by the name ‘Marathi Abhimaangeet’ which was written by the veteran poet Late Shri Suresh Bhat
.
The music was composed by Kaushal Inamdar
himself.
written in Devanagari
:
लाभले अम्हास भाग्य बोलतो मराठी
जाहलो खरेच धन्य ऐकतो मराठी
धर्म, पंथ, जात एक जाणतो मराठी
एवढ्या जगात माय मानतो मराठी
आमुच्या मनामनात दंगते मराठी
आमुच्या रगारगात रंगते मराठी
आमुच्या उराउरात स्पंदते मराठी
आमुच्या नसानसात नाचते मराठी
आमुच्या पिलापिलात जन्मते मराठी
आमुच्या लहानग्यात रंगते मराठी
आमुच्या मुलामुलीत खेळते मराठी
आमुच्या घराघरात वाढते मराठी
आमुच्या कुलाकुलात नांदते मराठी
येथल्या फुलाफुलात हासते मराठी
येथल्या दिशादिशात दाटते मराठी
येथल्या नगानगात गर्जते मराठी
येथल्या दरीदरीत हिंडते मराठी
येथल्या वनावनात गुंजते मराठी
येथल्या तरुलतात साजते मराठी
येथल्या कळीकळीत लाजते मराठी
येथल्या नभामधून वर्षते मराठी
येथल्या पिकांमधून डोलते मराठी
येथल्या नद्यांमधून वाहते मराठी
येथल्या चराचरात राहते मराठी
The lyrics
written in English
:
Laabhale aamhas bhagya, bolato marathi
Jhaahalo kharech dhanya, eikato marathi
Dharma, Panth, Jaat ek jaanato marathi
Evhadhya jagaat maay maanato marathi
Aamuchya manaa-manaat dangate marathi
Aamuchya ragaa-ragaat rangate marathi
Aamuchya uraa-uraat spandate marathi
Aamuchya nasaa-nasaat naachate marathi
Aamuchya pilaa-pilaat janmate marathi
Aamuchya lahaanagyat raangate marathi
Aamuchya mulaa-muleet khelate marathi
Aamuchya gharaa-gharaat waadhate marathi
Aamuchya kulaa-kulaat naandate marathi
Yethalya fulaa-fulaat haasate marathi
Yethalya dishaa-dishaat daatate marathi
Yethalya nagaa-nagaat garjate marathi
Yethalya dari-darit hindate marathi
Yethalya vanaa-vanaat gunjate marathi
Yethalya taru-lataat saajate marathi
Yethalya kalee-kaleet laajate marathi
Yethalya nabaa madhun varshate marathi
Yethalya pikaan madhun dolate marathi
Yethalya nadyaan madhun waahate marathi
Yethalya charaa-charaat raahate marathi
The last Quatrain
from the original Suresh Bhat
poem has been left out in the Kaushal Inamdar
composition. Although he had rendered music to these lines, he left them out since the lines suggest that Marathi is being ousted in its own land now dwelled by outsiders and foreigners. This is not a permanent situation Kaushal felt, and hence not appropriate to include in Marathi anthem/pride song. It is as follows:
पाहुणे जरी असंख्य पोसते मराठी
आपूल्या घरीच हाल सोसते मराठी
हे असे कितीक खेळ पाहते मराठी
शेवटी मदान्द तख्त फोडते मराठी
Paahune jari asankhya posate marathi
Aapulya gharich haal sosate marathi
He ase kiteek khel paahate marathi
Shevati madaand takht phodate marathi
Inamdar did not want the project to become a political product and hence did not accept any political sponsorship. Interestingly, he also refused Uddhav Thackeray
’s offer of Rs 11 lakh, for it would then become a Shiv Sena
song. He accepted only Rs 500 each from Uddhav and his partymen, as well as from Raj Thackeray
and MNS
cadre.
The entire project was touted as a mass awakening movement and a large percentage of the expenses have been borne by common people, who in some manner wished to contribute towards the song. More than 1400 people have generously made monetary contributions. Their names have been included the CD booklet. The remaining deficit of Rs. 1.5 Lakh was met by Inamdar himself.
to senior singer Vittal Umap, each singer has lent his or her own special style and presence to make this song a collage of melodious voices.
Complete list of singers in order of singing is Ravindra Sathe, Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, Suresh Wadkar
, Ashok Patki, Asha Khadilkar
, Padmaja Phenani-Joglekar, Hariharan
, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
, Satyasheel Deshpande
, Shridhar Phadke
, Sadhana Sargam
, Shaunak Abhisheki, Sanjeev Chimmalgi
, Omkar Dadarkar, Savani Shende-Sathaye, Swapnil Bandodkar, Bela Shende
, Avadhoot Gupte, Prasad Oak, Sunil Barve, Shailesh Datar, Sumeet Raghavan
, Madhurani Prabhulkar, Seema Deshmukh, Swanand Kirkire
, Vitthal Umap, Devaki Pandit
, Uttara Kelkar, Ranjana Joglekar, Sharad Jambhekar, Ravindra Bijur, Mahesh Mutalik, Aniruddha Joshi, Salil Kulkarni
, Madhuri Karmarkar, Mrudula Dadhe-Joshi, Madhav Bhagwat, Suchitra Bhagwat, Anagha Pendse, Varsha Bhave, Bhagyashree Mule, Sangeeta Chitale, Anuja Vartak, Sayali Oak, Madhura Kumbhar, Anandi Joshi, Anagha Dhomse, Mahalakshmi Iyer
, Milind Ingle
, Achyut Thakur, Ashok Hande, Udesh Umap, Aadesh Umap, Sandesh Umap, Nandesh Umap, Vaishali Samant, Ajay Gogavle, Atul Gogavle, Shankar Mahadevan
, Hamsika Iyer
, Nihira Joshi, Ajit Parab, Hrishikesh Kamerkar, Amol Bawdekar, Yogita Pathak, Vibhavari Apte-Joshi, Madhura Datar, Amruta Natu, Sanjeevani Bhelande, Milind Joshi, Manisha Joshi, Nilesh Moharir, Yogita Chitale, Kalyani Pande-Salunke, Raja Kale, Ram Deshpande, Anand Sawant, Mandar Apte, Hrishikesh Ranade, Abhijeet Rane, Jeetendra Abhyankar, Neha Rajpal, Shilpa Pai, Janhavi Prabhu-Arora, Swapnaja Lele, Sonali Karnik, Mithilesh Patankar, Vinay Rajwade, Mayuresh Pai, Manoj Desai, Prashant Kalundrekar, Tyagraj Khadilkar, Amruta Kale, Sandeep Ubale, Mugdha Vaishampayan
, Kartiki Gaikwad, Prathamesh Laghate, Rohit Raut, Arya Ambekar
, Chorus.
Even non marathi singers like Hariharan
, Mahalakshmi Iyer
, Hamsika Iyer
, Shankar Mahadevan
have come forward willingly to show their love for Marathi.
, Chennai
and Thane
. A part of the song was recorded in A.R.Rahman's studio in Chennai
. Murugan Mohan, a South Indian music composer, managed to book it for Kaushal Inamdar
. He also booked Ilaiyaraaja
's orchestra
which consists of some the most famous musicians. The Chennai
leg of the recording was completed under the supervision of S. Shivkumar, and the Mumbai recording was done by Avadhoot Wadkar. Vishwadeep Chatterjee was the sound mixer. Chinmay Harshe recorded the chorus voices of 350 professional singers. Interestingly, the chorus consisted of Non-Marathi singers as well.
rendition of the same, two more songs by Kusumagraj
and Ashok Bagwe and also a booklet emphasizing the rich cultural heritage of the language.
The occasion was graced by the presence of eminent Marathi
personalities from different fields. Some prominent names include Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Sai Paranjpye
, Anil Awachat
, Prabhakar Panshikar
amongst others.
The album is available across India
for 300. The CD can be bought online from Rhythm House.
, a leading network provider tied up with the ‘’marathi abhimaangeet’’ and made it available as a customer caller tune and also on their live music stations.
A video of the song is available at the following link:
The Marathi Abhimaangeet Video
succeeded to a huge extent in creating an awareness and love for Marathi in the hearts of the listeners. The song reached out to millions of people scattered across the globe.
Earlier FM
channels in Mumbai, capital of Marathi state of Maharshtra, and dominated by Marathi speaking public, refused to play Marathi music on air. However the Marathi Abhimaangeet brought out a paradigm shift in this attitude. Bowing down to public pressure and demand, almost all leading FM stations began playing local Marathi music on air.
Inamdar has managed to salvage the language without having resorted to any political play.
In collaboration with zenage studios, Inamdar developed an interesting iPhone
application, which allows the users to mark themselves dynamically on a world map. This unique piece of promotion allows everyone to see for themselves the reach of the song.
Veteran Bollywood Actor Shri. Amitabh Bachchan
felicitated Kaushal Inamdar
on his efforts and lauded the composition generously.
On 15 August 2010, 1560 students of A. Bhi Goregaonkar English school, in Goregaon
, Mumbai
came together under the guidance of Kaushal Inamdar
and Sadhana Sargam
and successfully sang the song as a chorus. The event was covered live by many leading news channels.
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...
by the noted Marathi poet Late Shri Suresh Bhat
Suresh Bhat
Suresh Bhat was a noted Marathi poet from the state of Maharashtra, India. He was known as Ghazal Samrat for his exposition of the ghazal form of poetry and its adaptation to the Marathi language.-Life:...
and set to tune by well known composer Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal S. Inamdar is an Indian 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...
.
Introduction
The composition is probably one of its kind with over 450 artistes having lent their voice. The song was released under the name Marathi Abhimaangeet in ThaneThane
Thane , 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...
on February 27, 2010, on the occasion of Marathi Bhasha Diwas.
The Marathi Abhimaangeet has been sung by 112 established singers and a chorus of 356 upcoming singers. It has been recorded across 3 studios in 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...
, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
and Thane
Thane
Thane , 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...
with 12 sound engineers and 65 musicians.
It is a very melodious composition which aims to reconcile every Marathi-speaking individual to the beauty of the language. More than 2500 accomplished singers and musicians have directly or indirectly contributed towards it.
About the poet
Shri. Suresh BhatSuresh Bhat
Suresh Bhat was a noted Marathi poet from the state of Maharashtra, India. He was known as Ghazal Samrat for his exposition of the ghazal form of poetry and its adaptation to the Marathi language.-Life:...
is a noted Marathi
Marathi people
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. Shri. Suresh Bhat loved Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
and 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...
language very deeply. Such was his caliber and stronghold on words that had he written poems in Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
or 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...
his popularity would have reached national level. But he preferred and chose Marathi as his language of poetry
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
. He made the entire Maharashtra his own, and devoted himself towards Marathi poetry
Marathi poetry
-Earliest Prominent Marathi Poetry:The two poets, Namadev and Dnyaneshwar , wrote the earliest significant poetry in Marathi. They were respectively born in 1270 and 1275 CE in Maharashtra, India, and both wrote religious poetry. A little over 400 verses in the so-called “abhang” form are...
. His love for the spoken language of 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...
goes beyond imagination. He had special liking for cities like 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...
and Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
. He proudly carried the roots of the Maharashtrian
Marathi people
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...
soil as ornaments on the body. This immense love and pride towards the state and its language gave rise to a wonderful composition now popularly known as ‘Marathi Abhimaan Geet’.
Idea
Mr. Kaushal InamdarKaushal Inamdar
Kaushal S. Inamdar is an Indian 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...
noticed the diminishing respect for the Marathi language
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...
in its own motherland, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
. He came across many incidents where he experienced secondary treatment meted out to his mother-tongue Marathi, in 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...
, which is supposed to the heartland of Marathi speaking people. On his blog Music and Noise he particularly mentions an incident where he was mistreated in a plush south Mumbai retail chain, because he chose to speak in his mother-tongue.
A chance conversation with a friend working for a radio station made Inamdar embark on the colossal journey. Asked why the channel did not play Marathi songs, Inamdar was surprised to learn it was their policy not to. He was further dumbfounded on learning that the bosses felt Marathi songs were downmarket. He asked his friend whether the channel had any such policy not to play Tamil songs in Chennai, or Kannada songs in Bangalore.
Noticing that Marathi was slowly losing its foothold and importance in its hometown, Inamdar decided to compose a song in Marathi which would awaken love and respect for the language in the hearts of all Marathi-speaking individuals. This is where the concept of developing a Marathi anthem started. The project was fondly called ‘Marathi Asmita’ which means The Pride of Marathi.
Inamdar chose a very famous poem by the name ‘Marathi Abhimaangeet’ which was written by the veteran poet Late Shri Suresh Bhat
Suresh Bhat
Suresh Bhat was a noted Marathi poet from the state of Maharashtra, India. He was known as Ghazal Samrat for his exposition of the ghazal form of poetry and its adaptation to the Marathi language.-Life:...
.
The music was composed by Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal S. Inamdar is an Indian 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...
himself.
Lyrics
The lyricsLyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
written in Devanagari
Devanagari
Devanagari |deva]]" and "nāgarī" ), also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...
:
लाभले अम्हास भाग्य बोलतो मराठी
जाहलो खरेच धन्य ऐकतो मराठी
धर्म, पंथ, जात एक जाणतो मराठी
एवढ्या जगात माय मानतो मराठी
आमुच्या मनामनात दंगते मराठी
आमुच्या रगारगात रंगते मराठी
आमुच्या उराउरात स्पंदते मराठी
आमुच्या नसानसात नाचते मराठी
आमुच्या पिलापिलात जन्मते मराठी
आमुच्या लहानग्यात रंगते मराठी
आमुच्या मुलामुलीत खेळते मराठी
आमुच्या घराघरात वाढते मराठी
आमुच्या कुलाकुलात नांदते मराठी
येथल्या फुलाफुलात हासते मराठी
येथल्या दिशादिशात दाटते मराठी
येथल्या नगानगात गर्जते मराठी
येथल्या दरीदरीत हिंडते मराठी
येथल्या वनावनात गुंजते मराठी
येथल्या तरुलतात साजते मराठी
येथल्या कळीकळीत लाजते मराठी
येथल्या नभामधून वर्षते मराठी
येथल्या पिकांमधून डोलते मराठी
येथल्या नद्यांमधून वाहते मराठी
येथल्या चराचरात राहते मराठी
The lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
written in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
:
Laabhale aamhas bhagya, bolato marathi
Jhaahalo kharech dhanya, eikato marathi
Dharma, Panth, Jaat ek jaanato marathi
Evhadhya jagaat maay maanato marathi
Aamuchya manaa-manaat dangate marathi
Aamuchya ragaa-ragaat rangate marathi
Aamuchya uraa-uraat spandate marathi
Aamuchya nasaa-nasaat naachate marathi
Aamuchya pilaa-pilaat janmate marathi
Aamuchya lahaanagyat raangate marathi
Aamuchya mulaa-muleet khelate marathi
Aamuchya gharaa-gharaat waadhate marathi
Aamuchya kulaa-kulaat naandate marathi
Yethalya fulaa-fulaat haasate marathi
Yethalya dishaa-dishaat daatate marathi
Yethalya nagaa-nagaat garjate marathi
Yethalya dari-darit hindate marathi
Yethalya vanaa-vanaat gunjate marathi
Yethalya taru-lataat saajate marathi
Yethalya kalee-kaleet laajate marathi
Yethalya nabaa madhun varshate marathi
Yethalya pikaan madhun dolate marathi
Yethalya nadyaan madhun waahate marathi
Yethalya charaa-charaat raahate marathi
The last Quatrain
Quatrain
A quatrain is a stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines of verse. Existing in various forms, the quatrain appears in poems from the poetic traditions of various ancient civilizations including Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and China; and, continues into the 21st century, where it is...
from the original Suresh Bhat
Suresh Bhat
Suresh Bhat was a noted Marathi poet from the state of Maharashtra, India. He was known as Ghazal Samrat for his exposition of the ghazal form of poetry and its adaptation to the Marathi language.-Life:...
poem has been left out in the Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal S. Inamdar is an Indian 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...
composition. Although he had rendered music to these lines, he left them out since the lines suggest that Marathi is being ousted in its own land now dwelled by outsiders and foreigners. This is not a permanent situation Kaushal felt, and hence not appropriate to include in Marathi anthem/pride song. It is as follows:
पाहुणे जरी असंख्य पोसते मराठी
आपूल्या घरीच हाल सोसते मराठी
हे असे कितीक खेळ पाहते मराठी
शेवटी मदान्द तख्त फोडते मराठी
Paahune jari asankhya posate marathi
Aapulya gharich haal sosate marathi
He ase kiteek khel paahate marathi
Shevati madaand takht phodate marathi
The Marathi Asmita Project
Inamdar began work on the project in 2009. He decided to open a portal under the name Marathi Asmita through which he could reach out to the Marathi-speaking populace and incorporate their suggestions and views.Inamdar did not want the project to become a political product and hence did not accept any political sponsorship. Interestingly, he also refused Uddhav Thackeray
Uddhav Thackeray
Uddhav Thackeray is the executive president of the Shiv Sena, a right wing, Marathi ethnocentric regional political party based in the Indian state of Maharashtra...
’s offer of Rs 11 lakh, for it would then become a Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena , is a political party in India founded on 19 June 1966 by Balasaheb Thackeray. It is currently headed by Thackeray's son, Uddhav Thackeray...
song. He accepted only Rs 500 each from Uddhav and his partymen, as well as from Raj Thackeray
Raj Thackeray
Raj Shrikant Thackeray is the founder and president of the right-wing Marathi ethnocentric regional political party, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in the state of Maharashtra, India...
and MNS
MNS
MNS may refer to:*Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, a regional political party in Maharashtra, India*The Malaysian Nature Society*Maki-Nakagawa-Sakata matrix*Ministry of National Security*Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway...
cadre.
The entire project was touted as a mass awakening movement and a large percentage of the expenses have been borne by common people, who in some manner wished to contribute towards the song. More than 1400 people have generously made monetary contributions. Their names have been included the CD booklet. The remaining deficit of Rs. 1.5 Lakh was met by Inamdar himself.
Singers
For the first time in musical history, more than 450 accomplished singers have come together for a single song. 112 professional playback singers have sung one line each for this composition. From 10 year old Mugdha VaishampayanMugdha Vaishampayan
Mugdha Vaishampayan was one of the finalists in the Marathi championship of Idea Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs, which aired on Zee Marathi television between July 2008 and February 2009...
to senior singer Vittal Umap, each singer has lent his or her own special style and presence to make this song a collage of melodious voices.
Complete list of singers in order of singing is Ravindra Sathe, Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, 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 :...
, Ashok Patki, Asha Khadilkar
Asha Khadilkar
Shrimati Asha Khadilkar is a Mumbai, India based vocalist renowned for her specialization in Indian Classical, Semi-Classical and Devotional Music including Natya Sangeet.-Background:...
, Padmaja Phenani-Joglekar, Hariharan
Hariharan
Hariharan may refer to:* Hariharan , ghazal and playback singer from India* Hariharan , Malayalam film director* Githa Hariharan , Indian author and editor based in New Delhi...
, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar is a noted Indian Classical Music vocalist and a world renowned classical singer. She has received training in Agra as well as Gwalior-Atrauli gharanas...
, 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:...
, Shridhar Phadke
Shridhar Phadke
-Early life:Shridhar Phadke was born on September 9, 1950 in Mumbai. He is son of the famous Marathi singer and composer Sudhir Phadke and singer Lalitabai Phadke....
, 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...
, Shaunak Abhisheki, 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...
, Omkar Dadarkar, Savani Shende-Sathaye, Swapnil Bandodkar, Bela Shende
Bela Shende
Bela Shende is an Indian playback singer. She performed several songs in Bollywood and regional films. 'Su Che' from the film What's Your Raashee?, 'Aata Wajle Ki Baara' and 'Apsara Aali' from Natarang are some of her hits....
, Avadhoot Gupte, Prasad Oak, Sunil Barve, Shailesh Datar, Sumeet Raghavan
Sumeet Raghavan
Sumeet Raghavan is an actor in highly Marathi and Hindi TV Industry/ Hindi Movies. Born on April 22, 1971 to a Tamil Father and a Kannadiga mother-Career:...
, Madhurani Prabhulkar, Seema Deshmukh, 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...
, Vitthal Umap, Devaki Pandit
Devaki Pandit
Devaki Pandit is an Indian playback singer. She is also a trained classical singer.-Early life:Devaki Pandit was born in Maharashtra, India to Usha Pandit. She was introduced to music at the age of two, and is a third generation musician from the Pandit household. She received her initial music...
, Uttara Kelkar, Ranjana Joglekar, Sharad Jambhekar, Ravindra Bijur, Mahesh Mutalik, Aniruddha Joshi, Salil Kulkarni
Salil Kulkarni
Dr. Saleel Kulkarni is a renowned Marathi music composer, singer and author from Maharashtra, India. His musical journey started at the age of 3 years, when he performed on All India Radio, Pune. Thereafter, he took his musical lessons from Pt.Gangadharbuva Pimpalkhare, Jaymalabai Shiledar and...
, Madhuri Karmarkar, Mrudula Dadhe-Joshi, Madhav Bhagwat, Suchitra Bhagwat, Anagha Pendse, Varsha Bhave, Bhagyashree Mule, Sangeeta Chitale, Anuja Vartak, Sayali Oak, Madhura Kumbhar, Anandi Joshi, Anagha Dhomse, Mahalakshmi Iyer
Mahalakshmi Iyer
Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over a thousand songs in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada and Malayalam.-Career:Mahalakshmi made her singing debut with Dus,...
, Milind Ingle
Milind Ingle
Milind Ingle is a singer and music director from Pen, Maharashtra, India. Milind's songs are mainly in Marathi and Hindi. Milind collaborated with poet/lyricist Soumitra for his album, Gaarva meaning "cool" , in Marathi. It is a compilation of 6 songs that describe the advent of the monsoon after...
, Achyut Thakur, Ashok Hande, Udesh Umap, Aadesh Umap, Sandesh Umap, Nandesh Umap, Vaishali Samant, Ajay Gogavle, Atul Gogavle, Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar 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:...
, 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...
, Nihira Joshi, Ajit Parab, Hrishikesh Kamerkar, Amol Bawdekar, Yogita Pathak, Vibhavari Apte-Joshi, Madhura Datar, Amruta Natu, Sanjeevani Bhelande, Milind Joshi, Manisha Joshi, Nilesh Moharir, Yogita Chitale, Kalyani Pande-Salunke, Raja Kale, Ram Deshpande, Anand Sawant, Mandar Apte, Hrishikesh Ranade, Abhijeet Rane, Jeetendra Abhyankar, Neha Rajpal, Shilpa Pai, Janhavi Prabhu-Arora, Swapnaja Lele, Sonali Karnik, Mithilesh Patankar, Vinay Rajwade, Mayuresh Pai, Manoj Desai, Prashant Kalundrekar, Tyagraj Khadilkar, Amruta Kale, Sandeep Ubale, Mugdha Vaishampayan
Mugdha Vaishampayan
Mugdha Vaishampayan was one of the finalists in the Marathi championship of Idea Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs, which aired on Zee Marathi television between July 2008 and February 2009...
, Kartiki Gaikwad, Prathamesh Laghate, Rohit Raut, Arya Ambekar
Arya Ambekar
Aarya Ambekar is a playback singer from Pune, Maharashtra, India. Aarya shot to fame when she participated and reached the finals of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs aired on Zee Marathi channel between July 2008 and February 2009.-Background:...
, Chorus.
Even non marathi singers like Hariharan
Hariharan (singer)
Hariharan , born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity...
, Mahalakshmi Iyer
Mahalakshmi Iyer
Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over a thousand songs in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada and Malayalam.-Career:Mahalakshmi made her singing debut with Dus,...
, 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...
, Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar 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:...
have come forward willingly to show their love for Marathi.
The Recording
The actual recording of the song took place over a period of 15 months across 3 different studios in MumbaiMumbai
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...
, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
and Thane
Thane
Thane , 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...
. A part of the song was recorded in A.R.Rahman's studio in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
. Murugan Mohan, a South Indian music composer, managed to book it for Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal S. Inamdar is an Indian 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 also booked Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...
's orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
which consists of some the most famous musicians. The Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
leg of the recording was completed under the supervision of S. Shivkumar, and the Mumbai recording was done by Avadhoot Wadkar. Vishwadeep Chatterjee was the sound mixer. Chinmay Harshe recorded the chorus voices of 350 professional singers. Interestingly, the chorus consisted of Non-Marathi singers as well.
Album release
The song was released in a special edition album called Marathi Abhimaangeet. Besides the song, this album also contains an instrumentalrendition of the same, two more songs by Kusumagraj
Kusumagraj
Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar , popularly known by his pen name, Kusumāgraj , was an eminent Marathi poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer, apart from being a humanist, who wrote of freedom, justice and emancipation of the deprived, In a career spanning five decades starting in...
and Ashok Bagwe and also a booklet emphasizing the rich cultural heritage of the language.
The occasion was graced by the presence of eminent Marathi
Marathi people
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, that inhabit the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages...
personalities from different fields. Some prominent names include Gautam Rajadhyaksha, Sai Paranjpye
Sai Paranjpye
Sai Parānjpye is a movie director and a screenwriter in India. She is the director of award-winning movies, Sparsh, Katha, Chasme Buddoor, and Disha....
, Anil Awachat
Anil Awachat
Anil Awachat is a social activist and Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.Awachat was born in 1944 in the town of Otur in Pune District. He received his medical degree from B. J...
, Prabhakar Panshikar
Prabhakar Panshikar
Prabhakar Panshikar was an Indian stage actor. His role as Lakhoba Lokhande in the drama To Mi Navhech is considered to be one of the most memorable roles presented so far on the Marathi stage...
amongst others.
The album is available across India
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...
for 300. The CD can be bought online from Rhythm House.
Post release
The song instantly connected with the Marathi populace and became a hit. Shemaroo Entertainment is the digital partner and is set to make this song available across all digital platforms. On march 11, 2010, Tata IndicomTata Indicom
Tata Teleservices Limited is a Indian broadband and telecommunications provider based in Mumbai, India. It is a subsidiary of the Tata Group, an Indian conglomerate...
, a leading network provider tied up with the ‘’marathi abhimaangeet’’ and made it available as a customer caller tune and also on their live music stations.
A video of the song is available at the following link:
The Marathi Abhimaangeet Video
Effects of the Song
Kaushal InamdarKaushal Inamdar
Kaushal S. Inamdar is an Indian 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...
succeeded to a huge extent in creating an awareness and love for Marathi in the hearts of the listeners. The song reached out to millions of people scattered across the globe.
Earlier FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
channels in Mumbai, capital of Marathi state of Maharshtra, and dominated by Marathi speaking public, refused to play Marathi music on air. However the Marathi Abhimaangeet brought out a paradigm shift in this attitude. Bowing down to public pressure and demand, almost all leading FM stations began playing local Marathi music on air.
Inamdar has managed to salvage the language without having resorted to any political play.
In collaboration with zenage studios, Inamdar developed an interesting iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
application, which allows the users to mark themselves dynamically on a world map. This unique piece of promotion allows everyone to see for themselves the reach of the song.
Veteran Bollywood Actor Shri. Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
felicitated Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal S. Inamdar is an Indian 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...
on his efforts and lauded the composition generously.
On 15 August 2010, 1560 students of A. Bhi Goregaonkar English school, in Goregaon
Goregaon
Goregaon is the locality situated at the north of Mumbai . It is a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Railway railway line....
, 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...
came together under the guidance of Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal Inamdar
Kaushal S. Inamdar is an Indian 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...
and 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...
and successfully sang the song as a chorus. The event was covered live by many leading news channels.
External links
- Marathi Asmita website
- Kaushal Inamdar's blog kshitij jase diste
- Music in the World of noise
- http://www.facebook.com/kaushalsinamdar?ref=tsKaushal's FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
profile] - http://www.facebook.com/ksinamdar?ref=ts
- Kaushal's ReverbNation profile