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Nandu Bhende,Singer/ Voice over Artiste/ Voice trainer/ Director of InSync Studios Pvt. Ltd, is considered to be one of the pioneers of Rock Music in Mumbai. Son of the famous Marathi actor-director Atmaram Bhende and Dr Asha Bhende (Lily Ezekiel), the performing Arts has been Nandu's calling since his childhood when he performed for All India Radio with his sister, Purnima.

Lead singer of legendary bands of the 70s like Velvette Fogg, Savage Encounter, Atomic Forest, he went on to perform the roles of Judas in Alyque Padamsee production of “Jesus Christ Superstar”. Later he also played the role of Jesus in the Bangalore version of the same opera. The lead roles in famous Rock musicals like Tommy, Fantastiks, Jaya followed. The eighties saw Nandu’s debut as a playback singer in Bollywood with the film “Disco Dancer” for which he received a Gold Disc. ‘The song -Krishna Dharti pe aja tu. He was also selected to perform for the Festival of India in USSR, Muscat & Korea.
Today, Nandu is the founder director of Voice, Music & Film production house, InSync Studios which has its own Recording studio. He performs with his band occasionally & he also conducts Voice training workshops for Singers, Actors, Voiceover artists & Marketing professionals.

Bands

• Velvette Fogg
• The Brief Encounter
• Savage Encounter
• Nandu Bhende Band

Theatre Performances

• Jesus Christ Superstar, as Judas.
• Jesus Christ Superstar,(Bangalore) as Jesus.
• Teen Paischacha Tamasha,(Three Penny Opera) as Ankush.
• Tommy
• The Fantastiks, as El Gallo
• Jaya as Yudhishtra

Theatre Productions

• Rashoman,
• Hanky Panky,
• The Yours, Mine and Ours Show,
• Double Trouble,
• Casanova

Singing

Bhende has sung playback for Hindi films for music directors such as R.D. Burman,Laxmikant Pyarelal

Laxmikant Pyarelal

Laxmikant-Pyarelal were a popular Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma . They composed music for about 635 Hindi movies from 1963 to 1998, working for almost all notable filmmakers including Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Feroze Khan, B.R...

 and Bappi Lahiri

Bappi Lahiri

Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri , born 27 November 1952, is a music director in the Hindi film industry. He pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with films like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others.-Early...

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These films include:

• Disco Dancer
  Disco Dancer
  Disco Dancer is a 1982 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Babbar Subhash starring Mithun Chakraborty in lead role and Rajesh Khanna in a special appearance. The film tells the rags-to-riches story of a young street performer...
  
  
• Chamatkar
  Chamatkar
  Chamatkar is a Hindi movie which was directed by Rajiv Mehra and released in India in 1992. It cast Naseeruddin Shah and Shahrukh Khan in pivotal roles....
  
  
• Zakhm
• Shankara Bharanam
• Shiva Ka Insaaf,

Albums

• Disco Duniya
• Disco Nasha
• Disco Zamana
• Disco Mazaa
• GET ORGANIZED
• TERE LIYE
• Aaa Jaane Jaa
• Spicy Mango-Raapchick Remix
• Kaun Hai Woh

TV serial composer credits

• Cats
• Kohra(StarPlus)
• Chandrakanta"(DD1)
• Tanha(Star Plus)
• Daayre (Zee TV)
• Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (Zee TV)
• Memsaab(TVI),
• Mang Hai Rangachari (TVI)
• Chamatkar (Sony)
• Parakh (DD1) Chunav Chunauti 98
• Yeh Hai Raaz (Star Plus)
• Maal hai to taal hain (Star Plus)

Film credits

• David Sassoon, The great philanthropist" for ORT INDIA
• Rock...the alternate years

External sources

• Nandu Bhende on IMDB