Hrishikesh Ranade Biography 
Hrishikesh Ranade is an Indian playback singer who predominantly sings in Marathi film industry. He has also rendered his voice for a few Hindi songs and other regional languages. He is a winner of singing talent hunt show - Idea Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Maharashtracha Ajacha Awaaj. Apart from film songs, he is also associated with live concerts and performs at award nights too. Some of his popular songs are included in the movies - Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 1 and 2, Online binline, Tuzya mazya sansarala aani kay hava, Ajintha, Ishq Wala Love, Ritya Sarya Disha, Double Seat, Gaghavacha Lagna, Cheers Marathe, Premachi Goshta and Kadhi Tu.
Hailed from a Maharashtrian musical family, he was born on 18 October 1981 in Pune. His father is a famous Marathi singer. He started to learn music during his school days. He took formal training in Hindustani music from famous Hindustani vocalist Pandit Vijay Koparkar, followed by Shekhar Kumbhojkar. Known for his unique voice and dedicated training regimen, he won Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Maharashtracha Ajacha Awaaj in 2009. He bet the finalists Amruta Natu and Madhura Datar, both from Pune. Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar and Suresh Wadkar were the judges of the finale.
Already an established voice of the Marathi music industry, Lil Champs was his first stint to reality singing shows. He has been a regular performer on television, apart from music festivals, where he performs light music as well as film songs. He performed aside Shreya Ghoshal in the live concert in Infosys DC Pune in 2015. Earlier he performed with this leading singer at 18th annual day celebration of Airports Authority of India in 2013. He has also accompanied Shreya Ghoshal in many foreign tours to continents like UK and Europe.
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Updated: January 28, 2016
