Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi, also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music. Joshi belongs to the Kirana gharana tradition of Hindustani Classical Music. He is noted for his concerts, and between 1964 to 1982 Joshi toured Afghanistan, Italy, France, Canada and USA. He was the first musician from India whose concerts were advertised through posters in New York City. Joshi was instrumental in organising the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival annually, as homage to his guru, Sawai Gandharva.
Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar, also known as C. Ramchandra or Chitalkar or Anna Sahib, was an Indian music director and occasional playback singer.
Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy composing trio team for Indian films.
Pandit Satyasheel Deshpande is a Hindustani classical musician who specialises in singing Khayal. He is a disciple of Pandit Kumar Gandharva and the son of musicologist Vamanrao Deshpande.
Shanta Janardan Shelke was a Marathi poet and writer in the Marathi language. She was also a noted journalist, and academic. Her work included song compositions, stories, translations, and children's literature. She presided over many literary gatherings.
Hari Om Sharan was an Indian Hindu devotional singer and lyricist. He devoted most of his career in singing devotional songs in praise of Sita, Rama, and Hanuman. As a Bhajan singer in the 1970s he recorded albums such as Premanjali Pushpanjali, and Daata Ek Ram. His bhajans namely 'Tera Ram ji Karenge Bedaa Paar', 'Maili Chadar Odhke Kaise', 'Aarti Kunj Bihari ki', 'Aisa Pyar Bahaa De Maiyya', 'Shree Radhey Govinda', 'Hanuman Chalisa', 'Govind Jai Jai Gopal Jai Jai' are very popular amongst devotees around the world. During his devotional recordings spanning over 35 years, he released over 20 Bhajan albums.
Prabhakar Panshikar also known as Pant was an actor on Marathi Stage. His character as Lakhoba Lokhande in the drama To Mi Navhech, written by Prahlad Keshav Atre is considered to be one of the immortal roles presented so far on the Marathi Theater. Five unique characters played in this drama To Me Navhech made him famous in Marathi Theater and Maharashtra. He also performed Aurangzeb's role in a popular play Ithe Oshalala Mrutyu based on the death of Sambhaji Raje Bhosale. He was also the owner of Natyasampada, a well-known Marathi drama production organization.
Hamsika Iyer is an Indian singer based in Mumbai. She is a regular voice with ad world jingles and Marathi tele-serials, and has sung songs in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Bengali movies.
Vamanrao H. Deshpande was an Indian music critic, musicologist and a prolific writer on the subject of Hindustani classical music.
Aarya Ambekar is a Marathi playback singer and actor from Pune, Maharashtra. She participated and reached the finals of the first season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs aired on Zee Marathi channel between July 2008 and February 2009. Aarya has made her acting debut in January 2017 through the film Ti Saddhya Kay Karte.
Marathi Abhimaangeet is a song written in Marathi by the noted poet Suresh Bhat and set to music by well known composer Kaushal Inamdar.
Shrinivas Vinayak Khale, fondly addressed as "Khale Kaka", was an Indian composer/music director from Maharashtra, India.
Balgandharva is a biographical Marathi film on one of the Marathi singers and stage actors Narayan Shripad Rajhans, famously known as Bal Gandharva. The name was bestowed to Narayan by Lokmanya Tilak after listening to his public performance in Pune while he was very young.
Pandit Raghunandan Panshikar is a Hindustani classical vocalist. He has received training in the Jaipur gharana Shri. Raghunandan Panshikar has established his own unique treatment to classical singing under tutelage of Smt. Kishori Aamonkar, which diverted from traditional Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana. A versatile artist, he sings semi classical forms like Bhajans, Thumris, Gazals and Natya Sangeet with panache. Recipient of several prestigious awards, Shri. Raghunandan Panshikar has made his mark in performances throughout the nation as well as in Europe, the United States and the Middle east.
Katyar Kaljat Ghusali is a 2015 Indian Marathi-language epic musical drama film based on a play by the same name. Directed by Subodh Bhave, the film stars Sachin Pilgaonkar, Shankar Mahadevan, and Subodh Bhave in lead roles. The film marks the directorial debut for Bhave, and the theatrical acting debut for Shankar Mahadevan. The original play, written by Purushottam Darvhekar, premiered in 1967 in Mumbai, where Hindustani classical vocalist Vasantrao Deshpande played one of the protagonists. In 2010, the play was relaunched with protagonists essayed by Rahul Deshpande, grandson of Vasantrao Deshpande and singer Mahesh Kale. The film's music is composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and retained some of the songs from the original play composed by Jitendra Abhisheki.
Katyar Kaljat Ghusali is a Marathi musical play, originally released in 1967. The play gained such popularity that more than 1,000 shows were staged in a very short period. The play was written by Purushottam Darvhekar. The story depicts clash of two gharanas (schools) of Indian classical music. Pt. Jeetendra Abhisheki composed the padas.
Pyar Ki Dhun is a 2002 Indian (Hindi) romantic drama film directed and produced by Samarjit Dasgupta. It was produced under the banner of Magic Mantra Visons. The film was shot extensively in London, England and partly in India, at Ranikhet (Uttaranchal) and Mumbai in 2001. The film stars Milind Soman, Swati and Hena in the main leads. Prem Chopra, Saeed Jaffrey, Satish Shah, Beena Banerjee, Rajeev Verma, Smita Jaykar, Nirmal Pandey besides others, form a stellar supporting cast. Lyrics by Javed Akhtar and music by debutant Shantanu Moitra. The film was released on 26 April 2002 in India.
