Snehal Bhatkar

Snehal Bhatkar

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Snehal Bhatkar Profile

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Snehal Bhatkar was one of the earliest music directors of Hindi and Marathi film industry. He is best remembered for the classic hit - Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein of Humari yaad aayegi (1961) sung by Mubarak Begum. The movie was directed by Kidar sharma and still remembered for this classic song. This song is regarded as the milestone of both its composer’s and playback singer’s career. Snehal was most active in the era of 1950s. He started his career with 1947 movie – Rajkamal and later composed some memorable songs for movies like Scout Camp, Haria, Aaj Ki Baat, Bindiyan, Daku, Diwali Ki Raat, Gunah, Bhola Shankar, Nand Kishore, Hamari Beti, Thes, Sohag Raat, Jaldeep, Deepak, Fariyaad etc. Noted Marathi actor Ramesh Bhatkar is his son.

 

Snehal Bhatkar was born on 17 July 1919 in Mumbai. He lost his father at the age of 1 and then he was brought up by his mother who was a good singer. Shehal learnt the primary lessons of music from his mother. After matriculation, for a brief period he learnt music from a music school at Dadar - ‘Shri Krishna Sangeet Vidyalaya’. Simultaneously he started singing in public programs at ‘Satyanarayan Pooja’ which gave him recognition and break to the leading cassette company, HMV in the early 1940s. He released many private records with HMV.

 

At HMV, he came to contact with famous filmmaker, Kedar Sharma, who later played a crucial role in shaping Snehal’s career. He entered film industry as a singer with Kidar Sharma’s movie, ‘Kaliyaan’ (1944) followed by Lady Doctor. His first break as a music director was also given by Kidar Sharma – Neel Kamal. His most memorable music compositions of Humari yaad aayegi was also a Kidar Sharma movie. His actual name is ‘Vasudev Gangaram Bhatkar’. But he had to work with a pseudo name because of his contract signed with HMV. He received Lata Mangeshkar Award in the year 2004.

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Updated: June 23, 2014

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