Sureshbabu Mane

Sureshbabu Mane

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Sureshbabu Mane Profile

  • Name:
  • Sureshbabu Mane
  • Father:
  • Ustad Abdul Karim Khan
  • Mother:
  • Tarabai Mane

Sureshbabu Mane Biography

Sureshbabu Mane was a prominent Hindustani classical music singer of Kirana Gharana, founded by his father, the great Ustad Abdul Karim Khan. Famous vocalists, Saraswati Rane and Hirabai Barodekar were his siblings. Sureshbabu was born as Abdul Rehman in 1902 as the son of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and Tarabai Mane. When his parents got separated, his mother renamed all the kids and gave Abdul Rehman the name, Sureshbabu Mane, the name through which he became popular later. He was the vocalist who initiated his younger sister, Saraswati Rane to the world of music. Tarabai belonged to a royal family of Baroda.

 

Sureshbabu had his initial training from his father. Later he received training from Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan. Suresh started performing in concerts and was also in touch with Marathi plays and movies, where he acted as a singer. He has also acted in theatrical company formed by his younger sister Hirabai Barodekar. Later he appeared in movies - Amrit Manthan (1934), 'Chandrasena (1935), Rajput Ramani (1936) by Prabhat Films and has also composed music for Devyani and Such Hai. Great doyen sof music like Artists like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande were influenced by Sureshbabu's music. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Vasantrao Deshpande and a few more vocalists like Vamanrao Deshpande, Manik Varma and Basavaraj Rajguru have received guidance from Sureshbabu.

 

Suresh was an expert in Khyal, Thumri, Marathi Natya Sangeet and Bhajan and a few of his records are available now. His well balanced and intelligent singing style attracted thousands. His music came through intuition, imagination and will power, not through hard work. He sang in a simple style, but it was difficult to imitate his singing style. He was one among those rare vocalists of that era from Maharashtra attached to Punjabi-style of Thumri singing.

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Updated: February 20, 2014

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