1. Bela Shende
Bela Shende is an Indian singer who was born in Pune, Maharashtra, India. She is well known mostly for her charismatic personality and beautiful voice. Shende came from a family with musical background as her grandmother, Smt. Kusum Shende, and her sister, Sawani Shende, were classical vocalists. In addition, she had her grandmother and father, Dr. Kusum Shende, as Gurus. She then became famous after winning the National Award for Saregama Mega Final when she was 16 years old.
She has sung numerous songs, and many of them have been featured in various films. For example, in 2001, she worked with another singer, Atul Kale, during the recording of "Dum Dum Diga Diga" which was featured in the film "Tera Mera Saath Rahen", a Hindi drama. That song was also her first one which was featured in a film. In 2008, her rendition of "Mann Mohana" was featured in the film "Jodhaa Akbar". After that, the song earned her the Female Vocalist of The Year. Two years later, three songs sung by her were featured in "Natrang", a Marathi film based on a novel by Dr. Anand Yadav. The songs were”Wajle Ki Bara", "Kashi Mi Jau Mathurechya Bajari", and "Apsara Aali".
In 2013, Shende was indirectly featured in "Rajjo", a musical drama, as Kangana Ranaut's sole voice. Furthermore, she acquired the Best Female Playback Singer National Award through her rendition of "Khurkhura", a song in another Marathi film. She then claimed that she felt really blessed because the award was something that every artist wanted to achieve. She also added that it was a dream that became a reality.
In this year, she recorded the song "Masoli", which was released on January 9th. Currently, she is singing at concerts and keeping in touch with her fans via her Facebook page.
...4. Smita Prakashkar
5. Ashok Patki
Ashok Patki is an Indian music composer and director who works in the Marathi and Hindi film and television industries. He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on August 25, 1941, and attended Gopi Tank Municipal School for his secondary education. He has a sister and two brothers. Patki was less interested in schooling as his passion for music grew, and he decided not to attend college for further studies.
...6. Sudhir Moghe
Sudhir Moghe was an Indian poet born on 8th February 1939 in Pune, Maharashtra. He has predominantly worked in the Marathi industry as a lyricist and has been active in radio, television, theatre, film, and literature. He was the president of the program Swaranand Pratishthan in Pune. In 1971, he was presented on stage shows as a narrator because of his unique style of submitting a poem or song. He enacted and worked as the lyricist for the movie Raja Shivchhatrapati. He has been awarded the Alpha Gaurav award for Best Lyricist in the first year, the Gadima award in 2006, the Chaitraban award, the Mata Gaurav award, the Maharashtra State award, Mahalakshmi award in 2006, Vocational Excellence award, Appreciation award, and Sursingar award, and many more.
...7. Rakesh Sarang
Rakesh Sarang is a well known director, producer and writer for primarily hindi TV series and movies. He directed a drama TV series in 1998, “Aashirwad.” The top cast for this series are Navin Nischol, Govind Namdeo, Poonam Narula, Nasir Khan, Shama Deshpande, and Manasi Salvi. He directed all 161 episodes. In 1999, he directed another TV series, “Abhimaan.” The top cast for this series are Sachin Khedekar, Kishori Shahane, Vaquar Shaikh, Sanjay Batra, Deepshikha Nagpal, Kabir Sadanand, Mohan Bhandari, Rajeev Paul, Kanwalijeet Singh, Govind Namdeo, Shishir Sharma, and Divya Seth Shah.
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