Dilip Dholakia

DOB : 15-10-1921
Date of death: 02-01-2011
Lived For : 89 Years
Star Sign : Libra
Gender : Male

Skills

» Music Composer

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Dilip Dholakia also known as D. Dilip or Diliprai is an Indian Music composer and singer. He was born on 15 October 1921 in Junagadh. At the early age of seven, he accompanied in singing Bhajans to his father Bhogilal and grandfather Manishankar Dhilakia. They used to sing and play musical instruments at the Swaminarayan temple in Junagadh. His schooling was from Bahadur Khanji High School and his graduation was from Bahauddin College. He took his classical singing training from Pandurang Ambekar, a disciple of Amanat Ali Khan Amanat Ali Khan legendary classical and ghazal voc >> Read More... . His early career began as a clerk and accountant in the Department of Home Affairs of Bombay State. Later he was selected by All India Radio as an artist. In 1944 he got an offer from Khemchand Prakash's brother Ratanlal for singing in the Hindi film Kismatwala.

He contributed three songs to this film. He sang in the chorus of the Thukra Rahi Hai Duniya song. Dukh Ki Is Nagri Mai Baba Koi Na Puchhe Baat is another song sung by him for the film Laaj. He was introduced by Snehal Bhatkar Snehal Bhatkar was born in a Marathi-speaking fami >> Read More... in HMV studio for song recording. In 1948 he got an offer from Avinash Vyas Avinash Vyas was a music composer, lyricist, and s >> Read More... for a duet song in the film Sati Son. He also assisted Chitragupta and sang in Bhakta Pundalik. He worked with Chitragupta in various films such as Insaaf, Kismat, Zindagi Ke Mele, Bhabhi, etc. He not only assisted Chitragupta but also S. N. Tripathi. Soon after his journey started independently. He chose his identity as D. Dilip. With his new identity composed several songs in Hindi and Gujarati films. He composed Hindi songs for the films like Bhakti Mahima, Saugandh, Baghdad Ki Raaten, etc.

He was credited as Dilip Roy Dilip Roy was a famous actor-director in Bengali c >> Read More... in a few films. Daku Rani Ganga is a Bhojpuri film in which he composed music. He composed music for eleven Gujarati films. He started composition in Gujarati in 1963 with Satyavan Savitri's film. Some popular Gujarati songs by Dilip are Paglu Paglama Atvanu, Sathiya Puravo Dvare, Bole Milan No Mor, etc. Laxmikant Pyarelal Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarela l Rampras >> Read More... was assisted by him from 1972 to 1988. He worked with Hridyanath Mangeshkar for the recording of his composition, Meera Bhajan (part-1), Bhagavad Geeta, and an album of Urdu Ghazals by Ghalib. Chausanthpadi is another composition by him that was written by Nishkulanand Swami. His last composition was recorded in February 1988. He married Dhrumanben and had two sons, Kandarp and Rajat. He died on 2 January 2011.