Shridhar Phadke
| Shridhar Phadke | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Shridhar Sudhir Phadke |
| Born | 9 September 1950 |
| Origin | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Genres | Indian classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer and composer |
| Instruments | Vocal |
| Associated acts | Rutu Hirawa (Marathi: ऋतु हिरवा) |
| Notable instruments | |
| Harmonium | |
Shridhar Phadke (Marathi: श्रीधर फडके, born 9 September 1950) is a composer and a singer from Maharashtra, India.
Shridhar Phadke was born on 9 September 1950 in Mumbai. He is son of the famous Marathi singer and composer Sudhir Phadke and singer Lalitabai Phadke. He completed his education from D. G. Ruparel College of Arts Science and Commerce and later did his post graduation in Information Technology in United States of America in the decade of 1970. Later he joined Air India. He retired from Air India as Executive Director-IT in the year 2009.
He has not undergone any formal training for music. When Shridhar Phadke was in USA for his post graduation, he composed his first tune for a devotional song Devachiye Dwari. Sudhir Phadke heard this song and appreciated the tune. Sudhir Phadke also sung this song in one of his programs in the USA. Later this song was recorded in the voice of Suresh Wadkar for album Omkar Swaroopa (Marathi: ॐकार स्वरूपा).
Shridhar Phadke started his career as a music director with the film Laxmichi Paule (Marathi: लक्ष्मीची पाउले). Earlier it was decided that Sudhir Phadke would compose music for this film. But the director heard the tune of the song 'Phite Andharache Jaale' (Marathi: फिटे अंधाराचे जाळे) composed by Shridhar Phadke. He liked the tune very much and decided to include this song in the film. Later it was decided that all songs from this film be composed by Shridhar Phadke.
Shridhar Phadke has composed music for many Hindi, Marathi films. Some of them can be listed as:
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