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 Suresh Wadkar is one
of the artists who are benchmarks of their generation
because of their talent. Though he could not become
a superstar he was one of the few singers whose
vocals respect its genes, one can identify his songs
without any confusion.
Suresh Wadkar hails from Kolhapur
in Maharashtra. His father named him 'Sur - esh'
(God of Sur) because he wanted him to become a singer.
At the age of ten, the boy went to the gurukul of
Pandit Jialal Vasant to take formal training in
music, from where comes his grounding in classical
music, a must for any singer.
Jaidev gave him a break with 'Seene
Mein Jalan' in Gaman. But though connoisseurs admire
the song to this day, the art film failed to give
him general exposure. This explains the erroneous
assumption that Wadkar's first film was Rajshri's
Paheli in which Ravindra Jain composed the hit Wadkar
- Hemlata duet 'Bishti Kare Tipur Tipar'.
Lata Mangeshkar was so impressed
with him that she rang up composers like Laxmikant,
Kalyanji and Khayyam in his presence and strongly
recommended the young boy's voice. Laxmikant - Pyarelal
too were impressed and soon recorded a duet with
Lata 'Chal Chameli Bagh Mein' for Krodhi (1981),
and soon after gave him hit songs in Hum Paanch,
Pyasa Sawan ('Megha re Megha Re') and above all,
his turning point in films, Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog,
in which he sang all the four songs for hero Rishi
Kapoor.Among Kalyanji - Kalyanji's songs, the Vidhaata
number 'Hathon Ki Chand Lakeeron Ka' proved a big
hit.
Pyasa Sawan, Prem Rog , Coolie
( 'Hum Ko Ishq Hai Logon' ), Hero ('Mohabbat Yeh
Mohabbat'), Utsav, Sindoor, Eeshwar, Saudagar and
Prem Granth, Kalyanji - Anandji's 'Aur Is Dil Mein'
from Imaandaar, Rajesh Roshan's 'Kaale Kaale Badal'
(Anjaane), Anand Milind's Dil, Vansh and Bol Radha
Bol, Hridaynath Mangeshkar's Dhanwaan and Lekin,
Ravindra Jain's Paheli, Ram Teri Ganga Maili and
Henna, Shiv - Hari's 59c Chaandni, Usha Khanna's
Saajan Bina Suhagan, R. D. Burman's Parinda, A.
R. Rahman's Rangeela, Vishal's Maachis, Dilip Sen
- Sameer Sen's Aaina and others. |
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