Suresh Wadkar

Suresh Wadkar

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Suresh Wadkar Profile

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Suresh Wadkar Biography

 

Suresh Wadkar is a playback singer of Hindi, Bhojouri and Marathi movies who has given significant contributions to the field during 1980’s and 1990’s. Among his songs, Ee zindagi gale laga le of Sadma, Khamosh sa afazaana of Libaas, Huzur is kadar of Masoom, Title track of Prem rog, Tum se milke of Parinde, Megha re megha re of Pyasa sawan and Lagi aaj sawan ki of Chandini. He is famous for his distinct voice and has got Madan Mohan Best Male Singer Award at the Sur-Singar competition and Lata Mangeshkar Puraskar. He has won National award once for the song ‘Hey baskara’ of Marathi movie ‘Mee Sindhutai Sapkal’. He has worked with almost all music directors of Bollywood though the songs sung may be few. Among the music directors, Ilaya Raja, Shiv-Hari, Jatin Lalit, Anand Milind, Hridaya Nath Mangeshkar, Vasant Desai, Sudhir Phadke and Nadeem Shravan have given him the finest songs. He has also sung a Tamil song for the movie Kandein Kathalei and song is ‘Naan mozhi arinthein’.

 

Born in a Marathi family, he learnt the primary lessons of classical singing from Jialal Vasant and start singing at an early age. Taking advice from guru, he joined Arya Vidya Mandir as Music teacher to complete Prabhakar course. Then he participated in Sur-Singar competition judged by Jaidev in 1975 and won it. It gave him the first opportunity to sing for Jaidev in the movie Gaman. The song was ‘Seene mein jalan’. Before the release of Gaman, Paheli was released. Hearing his voice Lata mangeshkar was greatly impressed and recommended his name to famous music directors that time. This subsequently resulted in winning all songs of super hit movie ‘Prem Rog’ of R.K.banner, starring Rishi kapoor and padmini Kolhapuri. All songs of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Parindey were also sung by him.

 

His other hits include title song of Hum paanch, Bhawre ne khilaya and Mohabbat kya hai cheez of Prem Rog, Raat ke dhai baje of Kaminey, Surmay sham of Lekin, Omkara title track, Sapne mein milti hai of Satya, Chod aaye hum of Maachis, Dil aashna hai title track, Pyar yeh jaana kaisa hai of Rangeela, Hisn pahadon ka and title track of Ram teri ganga maili, Saanj dale of Utsav, Baaju band of Prem Grandh, Yaad nahi of lamhe, O priya priya of Dil and Bhaitha Neeli of Kurban.   

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Updated: May 27, 2018

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