Anjali Marathe

Born in 1980, Anjali Marathe is an Indian singer from Maharashtra. Her mother, Anuradha Marathe, was a well-known singer who inspired her to choose the path of music and even gave her training in classical music. She launched an album called; Abhal Ek Rangveda Sanyasi" in 2013. At the tender age of 16, the immensely talented Anjali Marathe was honored with the National Film Award for the Best Playback Singer (1966) for singing the song Bhui Bhegalali Khol from Doghi, a Marathi film. Some of the well-known songs of Anjali Marathe are He Jeevan Sundar Aahe from Chaukhat Raja (1999), Bhui Bhegalali Khol from Doghi, Pritivachun Jagen from Majhe Mann Tujhe Jhale (2014), Udaseet Ya from Biscope (2015). Anjali first recorded her song from a Marathi film Olak Sangana at the early age of nine. 

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Anjali Marathe is an Indian Marathi playback singer and Hindustani vocalist. She was raised in a musical family. Her place of birth is Pune, Maharashtra, India. She graduated in Psychology. Anjali Marathe’s mother’s name is Anuradha Marathe, a singer. She married Saleel Kulkarni Saleel Kulkarni born on 6 October 1972 is a Marath >> Read More... , a Marathi singer, music composer, and author. They have two children. Her daughter’s name is Ananya. Her son’s name is Shubhankar, who sang song for kid’s film “Chintoo.” Later, she got divorced from Saleel Kulkarni.

Anjali Marathe learned classical music under her mother, Anuradha Marathe, who is a renowned classical & light vocalist and conducts stage shows of Hindi and Marathi songs. After her graduation, she wished to pursue medicine. When she was in eleventh standard, she realized that her calling was to pursue a career in the field of music. At the age of nine, Anjali Marathe recorded her first song in Marathi titled “Olak Sangana.” Since then, she has sung for Marathi films and television serials. She sings both Hindi and Marathi songs. At the age of sixteen, she was honored with the National Film Award in the category of Best Playback Singer for her rendition of a song in the Marathi film “Doghi” in 1996.

Anjali Marathe recorded songs for Saibaba (Marathi), Chaukat Raja (Marathi), Doghi (Marathi), and title songs for the show “Jhuthe Sacche Gudde Bacche” in Hindi. Also, she recorded vocals for All India Radio (AIR) Pune for “Balodyan” (a residential hostel project for nomadic and orphan children). She took part in several stage shows. She also participated in many other cultural events. She participated in Smaranayatra at Jagtik Marathi Parishad in Mumbai. She also participated in Chimangani, a program for children. Besides these shows, she participated in dance, elocution, drama, and street plays.

The Marathe Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)