songs

July 29, 2014

The Religion is Love

I was the chief guest at a CD release function some time back. Dr. Shashank Inamdar, a music loving doctor from Goregaon composed music for an album based on the Ganapati Atharvashirsha. The songs were sung by veteran music composer Shridhar Phadke and sung by the supremely talented Sadhana Sargam. […]
March 9, 2013

Nominations Galore!

18 nominations for Radio Mirchi Marathi Music Awards for AJINTHA! 6 music related nominations in Zee Gaurav! Phew! I really hadn’t expected that. Prior to this I had received only one nomination and only one competitive award! Frankly speaking, I haven’t had much of a love affair with awards. Awards […]
May 20, 2009

When Life Kills…

Water… what picture does that word create in front of your eyes? It’s such a harmless word… water… and ninety-nine times in a hundred we get a cool, refreshing feeling… even quiet and contented. Water is called ‘Jeevan’ in Sanskrit or Marathi. Jeevan also means Life… such a beautiful interpretation. […]
October 8, 2007

It’s Breaking News: The Second Song

My confidence soared after writing the first song. Actually writing lyrics was not something new for me. Few people know that I started my career as a lyricist. It’s an interesting story but Woh kahaani phir sahi! But it has been a long time and after writing the first song, […]
August 9, 2007

The Making of Chaphyache Shimpan

For three years Mandar Karnik waited patiently for me to do this album and just for one song – ‘Manaat Maajhya’. The song, written by Kusumagraj appeared in ‘Madhavi’, a book of Kusumagraj’s lyrical poetry. The book has been edited by Smt. Shantabai Shelke. I remember having composed this song […]
July 3, 2007

What I have been doing….

Here I am… back after a long time. I have been doing a lot of things during this interval, apart from gleefully watching the responses that have been pouring in on the post about Rahman. I have finished composing music for my first Hindi film – IT’S BREAKING NEWS. The […]