Hrishikesh Ranade | |
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Birth name | Hrishikesh |
Born | Pune, Maharashtra, India [ citation needed ] | 18 October 1981
Genres | playback singing, |
Occupation | Singer |
Instrument | Vocalist |
Years active | 2000–present |
Hrishikesh Ranade (born 18 October 1981) is an Indian playback singer in Marathi film industry. He has sung songs in Marathi, Hindi, Konkani and in some other Indian languages. He won Idea Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Maharashtracha Ajacha Awaaj . [1] [2] [3] He is the recipient of Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.
Hrishikesh is from the music family and his father Pramod Ranade is also a well known Marathi singer. He took initial training from Pandit Vijay Koparkar and Shekhar Kumbhojkar. [1]
He has made performances in television, and various festivals in the light music and film music. Along with singer Shreya Ghoshal he made a stage performance during the 18th annual day celebration of Airports Authority of India in 2013 and sang some of hit songs. [4] Later in 2013, he accompanied Shreya Ghoshal in UK and Europe tour in which they sang at various places in Europe, as a celebration of 100 years of Bollywood. Both gave a tribute to many legendary playback singers of Bollywood. [5] They had a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in Westminster, London. On 17 May 2013 both performed at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in United Arab Emirates. [6] [7]
He has sung songs in various films. Some of them are -
Hrishikesh Ranade is the elder son of Marathi singer Pramod Ranade. He is married to singer Prajakta Joshi- Ranade and has a daughter. [14] [15]