Arun Paudwal

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Arun Paudwal
Origin India
Died(1991-11-01)1 November 1991
Occupation(s)Music composer

Arun Paudwal (died 1 November 1991) was a composer in Bollywood in India. He worked with music director S. D. Burman for some time.

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Biography

Arun Paudwal's wife is the well known Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal. Their daughter Kavita Paudwal also became a singer.[ citation needed ]

He died on 1 November 1991.

Career

Paudwal was a versatile and popular musician, who composed the music for several movies including Marathi and Hindi films.

He composed the song "Ashwini Ye Na" for the Marathi film Gammat Jammat in 1987, which was performed as a duet by the singer Kishore Kumar and Anuradha Paudwal . He also wrote the music for Meera Ka Mohan ; the film was released in 1992, after Paudwal's death, and the music became very successful.

Music career as Duo

In earlier years, he composed music with Anil Mohile as a duo 'Anil-Arun'. The duo were music assistants (arrangers) working for S. D. Burman. They assisted the composer along with S. D. Burman's wife, Meera Dev. After that the duo was assistant music director for Bappi Lahiri for more than 15 years.

Contribution in Music Industry

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