Name	Udhaar Ki Zindagi
Director	K.V. Raju
Producer	Rajesh Mishra, S.S Misra
Writer	K.V. Raju
Music	Anand-Milind.
Cinematography	S. Naidu
Editing	S. Heera
Distributor	Asht Murti Film Combines
Released	1994
Country
Language	Hindi

Udhaar Ki Zindagi is a 1994 Bollywood film about a father's rejection of a love marriage of his son, and the granddaughter's struggle to win her grandfather's heart. It is directed and written by K.V. Raju and stars Jeetendra, Moushumi Chatterjee and Kajol. The music is by Anand Chitragupth and Milind Chitragupth.

It is remake of the famous Telugu film Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu (1991) directed by Kranthi Kumar.

Cast

Jeetendra as Sitaram

Moushumi Chatterjee as Janki

Kajol as Sita

Rohit Bhatia

Sujata Mehta

Tinnu Anand

Ravi Kishan

Shiva Rindani

Raghuvir Yadav

Anu Dhawan

Shantanu Chhaparia

Deepa

Rabia

Tracks

# Dadaji ki chhadi hoon main: Poornima # Dil dhadakne ka bahaana: Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik # Humne to lee hai kasam: Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik # Main bhi chup hoon: Sadhna Sargam & Kumar Sanu # Thodi hansi hai to thode I: Udit Narayan, Suresh Wadkar & Kavita Krishnamurthy # Thodi hansi hai to thode II: Suresh Wadkar & Kavita Krishnamurthy

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Category:Hindi-language films Category:Indian films Category:1994 films

Name	Anand-Milind
Background	non_performing_personnel
Birth name	Anand Shrivastav Milind Shrivastav
Genre	Film score, World music
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1984-present

Anand and Milind are an Indian music directors duo consisting of Anand Shrivastav and his younger brother Milind. They have composed music for over 200 Bollywood films and are the sons of 60s music director, Chitragupta.

Career

Anand-Milind debuted in Ab Aayega Mazaa (1984) and rose to fame after the success of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). The film's successful songs include "Papa Kehte Hain","Ghazab Ka Hai Din", and "Akele Hai To Kya Gham Hai". The music for "Akele Hain To Kya Gum Hai" is an exact reproduction of the instrumental number Return to the Alamo by the band The Shadows. The same year also saw the moderate success of the horror flick Woh phir Aayegi.

Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka stormed the music stands in 1989 and the music of this telefilm proved to be a classic, staying popular even today. The film also strengthened their work-relationship with music baron Gulshan Kumar of T-Series. The duo then composed the songs for Salman Khan's film, . Baaghi was followed by a series of box office hits like Dil, Beta (1992). Love (1991), starring Salman Khan and Revathy, boasted of chartbusting-music, popular even today, despite the film's failure at the box office. It also marked the debut of the southern nightingale Chitra, into Bollywood and Hindi films. In 1994 they also composed, now famous music for Rahul Rawail's Anjaam which starred Madhuri Dixit and Shahrukh Khan. Suhaag (1994), starring Ajay Devgun, Akshay Kumar, Karishma Kapoor and Naghma, is another film that sold huge units that year. One of their best albums in 1994 was the highly ignored Vikram Bhatt directed romantic film Madhosh, which launched Aamir Khan's brother Faisal Khan.

Towards the end of the 90's they composed music for many Mithun Chakraborty films with little success. They have also composed music for a few Bhojpuri films.

Anand-Milind played a role in launching many Bollywood stars, including Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak; Salman Khan and Naghma in Baaghi; Akshay Kumar in Saugandh and Karisma Kapoor in Prem Qaidi.They also played god-fathers to singers Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Poornima, Gayatri Iyer, and Parvez.

Collaborations

Their collaboration with Gulshan Kumar yielded several music success's like Aayi Milan Ki Raat and Sangeet. Sangeet and Dhanwan with director K. Vishwanath, are amongst their finest works. Anand-Milind mostly found loyalists in producers Nitin Manmohan and Nandu Tolani, who repeated them in almost all their projects throughout the 90's. With Nitin Manmohan, the duo delivered hits in Maha-Sangram, Adharm, Bol Radha Bol, Laadla, Eena Meena Deeka, Army and Chal Mere Bhai. With Nandu Tolani, they worked on hits like Yaad Rakhegi Duniya, Swarg, Raja Babu, Mr. Bechara and Banarsi Babu. They also had a good track record with producer-director Suneel Darshan, for whom they conjured hit music in Lootere (1993) (produced by Suneel Darshan and directed by Dharmesh Darshan), Ajay (1996) and Jaanwar (1999). They also delivered hits with Vashu Bhagnani in films like Coolie No. 1 and Hero No. 1 and were regulars with producer Dr. D. Rama Naidu with hit scores in films like Rakhwala, Prem Qaidi, Santaan, Anari and Taqdeerwala.

They also composed more modern songs for Rakshak: "Shehar Ki Ladki" and "Sundara Sundara". They formed a hit-team with Ashok Honda in films like Anth, Rakshak and Krodh.

Style

Anand-Milind styled their music mostly based on Indian melodies and folk tunes. Their compositions bore some resemblance to the Laxmikant-Pyarelal school of music, in the early 90's, resulting in most of their compositions between 1988-1995 being popular in the interiors and rural India, even today. In fact, Laxmikant-Pyarelal loyalists like Mohan Kumar, Harmesh Malhotra, K. Vishwanath, Ashok Ghai, Boney Kapoor, to name a few, opted for Anand-Milind in the 90's over Laxmikant-Pyarelal for their new projects.

Later, they went on to copy a lot of southern tunes by maestro Illayaraja and the beats and style from these songs, formed a major part of their arrangements. So much so, that a lot of their tunes began sounding alike. This was one of the main reasons for their downfall in the late 90'ss from the immense popularity they achieved during the early 90's, giving room to new composers and their fresh compositions.

Anand-Milind experimented with their music and proved their true musical genius with Mrityudand (1997) (where they worked for the first time with wordsmith Javed Akhtar) and Daayraa (1997) (with poetry by none other than Gulzar). Both these albums received rave reviews by critics unanimously, but both soundtracks were highly ignored, in terms of promotion. Sangeet was another fine example of them exploring and experimenting.

Guest Composers

As guest composers, Anand-Milind made an impact with Tanhaai in Dillagi and Saawan Barse Tarse Dil in Dahek. Apart from this, they have also appeared as guest composers in films like Jaanam Samjha Karo, Chotta Chetan, and Rakht.

Telugu Cinema

In the south, they created the highly successful and critically acclaimed soundtrack for the Telugu film, Idhi Maa Ashok Gadi Love Story.

Lyricists (Before 2000)

Anand-Milind and lyricist Sameer created more than 950 songs together. Almost every film had Sameer doing the lyrics, until their fallout (see the Controversy section for details).

The other lyricists with whom Anand-Milind mostly worked were Majrooh Sultanpuri and Anand Bakshi. They created Indian melodies with folkish influences for Raj Kanwar's Jaan (1996). They also created a several love ballads and the popular Shiamak Davar title track for Hrishikesh Mukherji's Jhoot Bole Kauwa Kaate. Anand Bakshi worded both these albums. Other hits with Anand Bakshi included Aazmayish, Pehla Pehla Pyaar and . With Majrooh Sultanpuri, they created the award winning Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Laal Dupatta Malmal Ka, Tum Mere Ho, Naam Kya Hain, Daulat Ki Jung and two songs in Dahek, Saawan Barse which turned out to be popular.

They teamed up with Dev Kohli, Nitin Raikar, Santosh Anand and Deepak Chowdhary as well for many a hit songs.

Govinda and David Dhawan

Anand-Milind continued to write music throughout the 90s for various directors. However of all their works, they are best remembered for their association with director David Dhawan and actor Govinda.

They collaborated with David Dhawan on several hit soundtracks such as Swarg, Bol Radha Bol, Raja Babu, Eena Meena Deeka, Loafer, Coolie No.1, Hero No. 1 and Chal Mere Bhai. They also composed hits for Govinda in Maha Sangram, Swarg, Jaan Se Pyaara, Baaz, Raja Babu (film), Kismat, Coolie No. 1, Chhote Sarkar, Hero No. 1, Banarasi Babu, Dulhe Raja, Rajaji, Aunty No. 1, Akhiyon Se Goli Maare and Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen.

Madhuri Dixit and Anand-Milind

Anand-Milind have composed some of Madhuri Dixit's popular dance numbers. I Love You (Maha-Sangram), Saal Ke Barah Mahine (Phool) and Chane Ke Khet Mein, Barson Ke Baad and Kolhapur Se Aayi Hoon (Anjaam) are some of the hits they composed for Madhuri Dixit. They also composed Dum dama dum Dil and Dhak Dhak Karne Laga Beta for Madhuri Dixit.

Choice of singers

Unlike their biggest competitor, Nadeem-Shravan (who worked with selected favorites), Anand-Milind worked with and introduced a lot of playback singers. They initially recorded a few songs with Kishore Kumar. They also worked with legends Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. It's common knowledge that Anand-Milind re-introduced Udit Narayan and Abhijeet. They also heavily promoted Poornima and worked with Sapna Mukherjee on a regular basis. Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhna Sargam, Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal were regulars. Anand-Milind also continue to work with veterans like Suresh Wadkar. They also worked with S P Balasubramanyam, S. Janaki, Hariharan and KS Chithra. Chithra recorded her first hindi soundtrack under the music direction of Anand-Milind. The film was called Love. Ghazal singers Jagdish Singh, Anup Jalota, Pankaj Udhas and Manhar Udhas have also recorded few songs with the duo. Anand-Milind also teamed up on several occasions with Amit Kumar (in the early 90s). Their combination yielded many hits.

Anand-Milind also worked with Vinod Rathod a lot in the 90s, making him the voice of Govinda in hit songs for films like Raja Babu, Banarsi Babu, Hero No. 1 and Dulhe Raja, to name a few. They also recorded with Jolly Mukherjee, Alisha Chinai and Sukhwinder Singh. Sonu Nigam was a favorite in the late 90s and they teamed up for many a hit numbers. Anand himself sang a few songs. Pop singers Sunita Rao and Shweta Shetty have also recorded for them on several occasions. The qawali-pop king Altaf Raja recorded a few hit songs (all for films starring Mithun Chakraboty) under their supervision. Sudesh Bhosle has also been behind the microphone for the duo for several films. For the more folksy tunes, their first choice was always Sapna Awasthi over Ila Arun, with whom they recorded just one song. Anand-Milind also recorded a number of songs with the then child artist Aditya Narayan and also worked on many songs with Jaspinder Narula. Anand-Milind also managed to get south maestro Yesudas to record a song for them in the 1997 film Daayra. They also promoted Gayatri Iyer (Gayatri Ganjawala) in films like Loafer, Insaaf, Daanveer, Muqaddar and Tum Hi To Ho.

But Anand-Milind also promoted a lot of new talents whose careers who never took off. Some of these are Bela Sulakhe, Chandana Dixit, Bhavana Pandit, Jyotsna, Sumati, Uttara Kelkar, Vipin Sachdeva, Parvez, Sharon Prabhakar and Sarika Kapoor, to name a few.

Anand-Milind also got a lot of actors behind the microphone. Aamir Khan recited a few lines for the song Papa Kehte Hain (Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak), Aditya Pancholi for Dhak Dhak (Maha Sangram), Anupam Kher joined Amit Kumar for the song Aao Ji Aao (Mera Pati Sirf Mera Hain), Neelam recited a few lines in the title song of the film Ek Ladka Ek Ladki, Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan crooned the title track of the film Chal Mere Bhai and recently Raghubir Yadav recorded a song for the yet to be released film, Yeh Khula Aasman. Actor Aroon Bakshi also recorded many hit songs under Anand-Milind's music direction, which were mostly picturised on the main hero. Some of these include Tuna Tuna (Adharm), Jhule Jhule Lal (Jai-Kishen), filmed on Akshay Kumar, Mera Mehboob (Gopi Kishen), filmed on Sunil Shetty and Boi Boi (Laadla), to name a few. Actor-Drector Sachin sung a song for the duo, for the shelved film directed by him, for ABCL, called Naam Kya Hain. Veteran lyricist Anand Bakshi also recorded a song for the film Jaan (for which he also worded the songs) composed by them.

With changing times, Anand-Milind now opt for the newer breed of singers and have done a good amount of work with Kay Kay, Sowmya Raoh, Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, June Banerjee, Monali Thakur, Rahul Seth and Richa Sharma.

Awards

Filmfare Award - 1988 Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak

Filmfare Award - 1990 Baaghi - Nomination, did not win

Filmfare Award - 1990 Dil - Nomination, did not win

Filmfare Award - 1992 Beta - Nomination, did not win

Discography

{| class="wikitable" border="1" |- style="background:#CCC; text-align:center;" ! Year!! Album !! Other notes |- | 1984 | Ab Ayega Mazaa | |- |rowspan= 3| 1986 | Tan Badan | pop album |- |Shabash Sharon |pop album |- |Shararat |pop album |- |rowspan= 4| 1987 |The Best Of Sharon Prabhakar |pop album |- |Venella Raani | Telugu-language pop album |- |Jalwa | |- |Maa Beti | |- |rowspan= 6| 1988 |Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani | |- |Khoon Baha Ganga Mein | |- |Peechha Karro | |- |Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak | |- |Shiv Shakti | |- |Woh Phir Aayegi | |- |rowspan= 3| 1989 |Abhi To Main Jawan Hoon | |- |Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka | |- |Rakhwala | |- |rowspan= 16| 1990 |Anjaane Rishte | |- |Nyay Anyay | |- |Baaghi | |- |Bandh Darwaza | |- |Deewana Mujhsa Nahin | |- |Dil | |- |Jawani Zindabad | |- |Jungle Love | |- |Kafan | |- |Maha-Sangram | |- |Mera Pati Sirf Mera Hai | |- |Taqdeer Ka Tamasha | |- |Yum Mere Ho | |- |Yaadon Ke Mausam | |- |Zahreelay | |- |Zakhmi Zameen | |- |rowspan= 19| 1991 |Aayee Milan Ki Raat | |- |Aaj Ka Gundaraaj | |- |Adharm | |- |Dancer | |- |Dastoor | |- |Parda Hai Parda | |- |Haque | |- |Jeevan Ki Shatranj | |- |Kurbaan | |- |Lahu Luhan | |- |Love | |- |Mohabbat Mohabbat | |- |Prem Qaidi | |- |Sangeet | |- |Saugandh | |- |Sone Ki Zanjeer | |- |Sone Ki Zanjeer | |- |Swarg | |- |Trinetra | |- |rowspan= 34| 1992 |Abhi Abhi | |- |Gajab Tamaasa | |- |Baaz | |- |Beta | |- |Bhagyawan | |- |Bol Radha Bol | |- |Daulat Kee Jung | |- |Deedar | |- |Dil Aashna Hai | |- |Ek Ladka Ek Ladki | |- |Ghar Jamai | |- |Giraft | |- |Hasti | |- |Honeymoon | |- |Insaniyat Ke Devta | |- |Inteha Pyar Ki | |- |Jagruti | |- |Jaan Se Pyara | |- |Jigar | |- |Jungle Queen | |- |Mere Sajana Saath Nibhana | |- |Mr Bond | |- |Platform | |- |Pyar Hua Badnaam | |- |Qaid Mein Hai Bulbul | |- |Raat Ke Gunah | |- |Sachcha Pyar | |- |Sone Ki Lanka | |- |Suryavanshi | |- |Tilak | |- |Vansh | |- |Yaad Rakhegi Duniya | |- |Parwane | |- |Sanam | |- |rowspan= 17| 1993 |Anari | |- |Baarish | |- |Chandramukhi | |- |Faraar | |- |Game | |- |Kayda Kanoon | |- |Lootere | |- |Maha Shaktishaali | |- |Mahakaal | |- |Raja Babu | |- |Pehchaan | |- |Dhanwaan | |- |Santaan | |- |Zamane Se Kya Darna | |- |Shatranj | |- |Anth | |- |Phool | |- |rowspan= 24| 1994 |Ab To Aaja Saajan Mere | |- |Anjaam | |- |Sangam Ho Ke Rahega | |- |Faraar | |- |Betaaj Badshah | |- |Eena Meena Deeka | |- |Gopi Kishan | |- |Jai Vikraanta | |- |Jai Kishen | |- |Janam Kundli | |- |Krantiveer | |- |Laadla | |- |Madhosh | |- |Pehla Pehla Pyar | |- |Sangdil Sanam | |- |Suhaag | |- |Talaashi | |- |Teesra Kaun | |- |Udhaar Ki Zindagi | |- |Mafia | |- |Bambai Ka Babu | |- |Andaz Tera Mastana | |- |Aazmayish | |- |Ab Insaf Hoga | |- |rowspan= 12| 1995 |Angrakshak | |- |Coolie No 1 | |- |Dushmani | |- |God And Gun | |- |Jallaad | |- |Kismat | |- |Loafer | |- |Milan | |- |Taaqat | |- |Taqdeerwala | |- |Vapasi Saajan Ki | |- |Meri Mohabbat Mera Naseeba | |- |rowspan= 19| 1996 |Vijeta | |- |Ajay | |- |Army | |- |Bandish | |- |Chhote Sarkar | |- |Daanveer | |- |Duniya Jhukti Hai | |- |Ek Tha Raja | |- |Himmat | |- |Hukum | |- |Hum Dono | |- |Jaan | |- |Lahu Ke Do Rang | |- |Mr Bechaara | |- |Muqadar | |- |Naam Kya Hai | |- |Rakshak | |- |Yeshwant | |- |Zameer | |- |rowspan= 13| 1997 |Banarasi Babu | |- |Bhai | |- |Daayra | |- |Hero No. 1 | |- |Insaaf - The Final Justice | |- |Meri Sapno Ki Rani | |- |Mrityudaata | |- |Mrityudand | |- |Udaan | |- |Pagla Kahin Ka | |- |Qahar | |- |Shapath | |- |Chota Chetan | |- |rowspan= 12| 1998 |Suraj | |- |Aunty No. 1 | |- |Barood | |- |Chandaal | |- |Dulhe Raja | |- |Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate | |- |Sar Utha Ke Jiyo | |- |Sher-E-Hindustan | |- |Talaashi | |- |Dahek | |- |Yamraaj | |- |Zanjeer- The Chain | |- |rowspan= 11| 1999 |Gair | |- |Hogi Pyar Ki Jeet | |- |Jaanwar | |- |Kaala Samrajya | |- |Rajaji | |- |Sanyasi Mera Naam | |- |Shera | |- |Love Is Life |album |- |Maa Kasam | |- |Jaanam Samjha Karo | |- |Dillagi | |- |rowspan= 6| 2000 |Shikaar | |- |Chal Mere Bhai | |- |Chhupa Rustam | |- |Jwalamukhi | |- |Krodh | |- |Zahreela | |- |rowspan= 1| 2001 |Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar | |- |rowspan= 4| 2002 |Roshni | |- |Jaani Dushman | |- |Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare | |- |Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love Story | |- |rowspan= 3| 2003 |Miss India | |- |Police Force | |- |Gupta Vs Gordon | |- |rowspan= 4| 2004 |Alibaba Aur 40 Chor | |- |Naam Gum Jaayega | |- |Rakht | |- |Inteqam | |- |rowspan= 5| 2005 |Khullam Khulla Pyar Karein | |- |Mastaani | |- |Trishna | |- |Kyunki Hum Deewane Hain | |- |Sauda - The Deal | |- |rowspan= 5| 2006 |Beparda | |- |Dhadkanein | |- |Souten | |- |Jaana - Lets Fall In Love | |- |We R Friends | |- | 2010 | Idiot Box | |- | 2011 | Tum Hi To Ho | |- |}

Television

Anand-Milind composed the title track and the theme music for the popular detective serial Karamchand, which hit prime time Indian television, during the late 80's. Pankaj Parashar, the director of this extremely popular television series, directed Anand-Milind's music in two films, Jalwa and Inteqam.

Anand-Milind also composed the theme track for Lehren, a film based video-magazine, which released in several volumes in the late 80's through the early 90's. Lehren showcased fim parties, film events and also reviewed new film releases. It also covered features on forthcoming films and was hugely successful while it was produced.

Anand-Milind also appeared as judges in a few episodes of India's first singing, talent-based show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, around the final season, before it joined the "voting-by-viewers" bandwagon to compete with Sony television's Indian Idol.

Controversies

Anand-Milind had their share of controversies. When Alka Yagnik's songs in the film Dil were dubbed by Anuradha Paudwal, Alka Yagnik did not work with the duo for almost 2 years, only to patch up in 1993 and record close to 200 songs.

Kavita Krishnamurthy and Anand-Milind have never worked together post 1996. The reason for this was Kavita Krishnamurthy's decision to not accompany Anand-Milind on a musical tour.

They also copied south maestro Illayaraja's compositions in several of their films like Love, Dil, Beta, Anari, Taqdeerwala etc.

Anand-Milind were replaced in two projects. In Jaanam Samjha Karo, Anu Malik replaced them, though one song composed by them was retained (which was sung by Alka Yagnik) and in Dahek, Aadesh Shrivastava replaced them, with two of their songs being retained. They expressed their displeasure to this practice, but the producers insisted on multiple composers. Anand Raaj Anand was brought in as a guest composer in two other films composed by Anand-Milind, Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare (also featuring songs by Daboo Malik and Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen) and Jaani Dushman - Ek Anokhi Prem Kahani (which also had one song by Sandeep Chowta). Ironically, despite their protests, Anand-Milind themselves appeared as guest composers in two films, Rakht, which had Anand Raj Anand, Shaan and Naresh Sharma sharing credits and the re-released version of Chota Chetan, which had music by Illayaraja, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Anu Malik, along with Anand-Milind.

After having worked on almost 950 songs, Anand-Milind and Sameer parted ways in 2000 (after Chal Mere Bhai) and a delayed 2004 release of Police Force when Anand-Milind felt that Sameer wasn't giving their films the attention it deserved. During this gap, Anand-Milind worked with lyricists like Ibrahim Ashq, Salim Binjori, Praveen Baharadwaj and Jalees Sherwani. The cold war thawed at Sameer's book release function where the lyricist reminisced about his association with Anand-Milind. "At the event, Sameer mentioned that he had written 950 songs with us and only around 400 with Nadeem-Shravan. I immediately messaged him saying let's add another 50 and make it a thousand; it will be a record. He agreed promptly," says Milind. They re-united with a Bhojpuri film called Sajan Sangh Laagi Laganiya Re and Idiot Box (2010).

Trivia

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who worked with Anand-Milind's father Chitragupt, gave Milind his name.

Anand-Milind created a record of sorts by completing 100 films in 1994, most of which were composed between 1990-1994.

Anand-Milind were signed to do the music of Pahlaj Nihlani's ambitious project Indian which was all set to star Sunny Deol and Aishwariya Rai. They even composed a few tunes but the film was shelved. Sunny Deol however, was very impressed by one song Tanhaai sung by none other than Pakistani qawali maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and decided to use the song from Indian in his maiden directorial venture Dillagi.

Notes and references

Film score composers Category:Indian film score composers Category:Filmfare Awards winners Category:Duos Category:Living people

Name	Kumar Sanu
Background	solo_singer
Alias	Kedarnath Bhattacharya
Born	September 23, 1957 (age 53) Kolkata, India
Instrument	Tabla
Genre	Playback singing
Occupation	Singer,Actor,Music Director,Film Producer
Years active	1984–present

Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya (), born in Kolkata, is an Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009.

Early life

Kumar Sanu's father Pashupati Bhattacharya was a vocalist and composer. He trained Sanu as a singer and tabla player. After getting a degree in commerce from Calcutta University, Sanu began performing publicly in 1979, singing at shows and restaurants around Calcutta. He modeled his singing style after Bollywood singer Kishore Kumar. Later he developed his own singing style.

Career

In 1987, music director and singer Jagjit Singh offered Sanu the chance to sing in the Hindi film Aandhiyan. Sanu then relocated to Mumbai, where Kalyanji-Anandji gave him chance to sing in the film Jaadugar. Kalyanji-Anandji suggested that he change his name from Kedar Nath Bhattacharya to Kumar Sanu.

Sanu started off singing Jagjit Singh's film songs, and went on to work with composers including Naushad, Ravindra Jain, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Pt.R K Razdan, Kalyanji Anandji, and Usha Khanna.

For the 1990 film Aashiqui, music directors Nadeem-Shravan got Sanu to sing all but one of the songs which included Sanson ki zaroorat hai jaise, Tu meri zindagi hain, Nazar ke saamne, Jaane jigar jaaneman, Ab Tere Bin Jee Lenge Hum and Dheere, dheere se meri zindagi mein aana. He won the first of his record five consecutive Filmfare awards as Best Male Playback Singer. His next Filmfare Awards came for songs in the movies Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Baazigar (1993), and (1994).

Sanu often collaborated with Nadeem-Shravan. Some of their collaborations include songs in movies like Aashiqi(1990), Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991),Sadak (1991), Saajan (1991), Deewana (1992), Dil Ka Kya Kasoor(1992),Kal Ki Awaz (1992), Shreeman Aashique (1993), Salami (1993), Damini: Lightning (1993), Dil Wale (1994), Agni Sakshi (1996) Raja Hindustani (1996), Jeet (1996) Pardes (1997), among others.

In a career spanning two decades he has sung with composers including R.D. Burman, Anand-Milind, Anu Malik, Jatin-Lalit, Nadeem-Shravan, Ismail Darbar, Kalyanji Anandji. Sanu has also worked with A. R. Rahman in Milgayee Milgayee from Kabhi Na Kabhi.

He has also created music for Indian films and also produced the Bollywood film, Utthaan.

Sanu was in the panel of judges on Sony TV for Waar Parriwar, a reality show based on the bringing together of a singing gharana (family of singers) and on Zee Bangla TV in a music reality show called Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Vishwa Sera.

Awards

2009: Padma Shri: India's 4th highest civilian honour given by Government of India.

Filmfare

;Filmfare Best Male Playback Award

1990; Ab tere bin jeelenge hum - Aashiqui

1991: Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai - Saajan

1992: Sochenge Tumhe Pyaar - Deewana

1993: Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen - Baazigar

1994: Ek Ladki Ko Dekha -

Star Screen Award

;Star Screen Award for Best Male Playback

1994: Ek Ladki Ko Dekha -

Notable Bollywood Filmography

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Song(s) !! Co-singer(s) |- |rowspan="1" | 1990 || Aashiqui|| Ab Tere Bin Jeelenge Hum, Nazar Ke Saamne Jigar || Solo, Anuradha Paudwal |- |rowspan="2" | 1991 || Saajan || Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai, Jiye To Jiye Kaise || Solo, Alka Yagnik, SP Balasubramanyam |- | Sadak || Tumhein Apna Banane Ki Kasam || Anuradha Paudwal |- | rowspan="1" | 1992 || Deewana || Sochenge Tumhe Pyaar || Solo |- | rowspan="2" | 1993 || Baazigar || Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen || Anu Malik |- | Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke || Ghunghat Ki Aad Se, Kash Koi Ladka, Yoohi Kat Jayega Safar, Bombay Se Gayi Poona|| Alka Yagnik |- | rowspan="3" | 1994 || || Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To, Rim Jhim Rim Jhim || Solo, Kavita Krishnamurthy |- | Main Khiladi Tu Anari || Chura Ke Dil Mera, Paas Woh Aane Lage Zaara Zaara || Alka Yagnik |- | Yeh Dillagi || Honton Pe Bas || Lata Mangeshkar |- |rowspan="5" | 1995 || Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge || Tujhe Dekha To || Lata Mangeshkar |- | Karan Arjun || Yeh Bandhan, Jaati Hoon Main, Jai Maa Kali || Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik |- | Veergati || Mausam Ne Badal Se, Meri Nigah Main || Bela Sulakhe, Poornima |- | Akele Hum Akele Tum || Dil Mera Churaya Kyun || Alka Yagnik |- | Coolie No. 1 || Aa Jaana Aa Jaana, Mai To Raste Se Jaa Raha Tha, Kya Majnu Kya Ranjha, Jeth Ki Dopahri Mein || Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam, Poornima |- |rowspan="2" | 1996 || Raja Hindustani || Poocho Zara Poocho, Tere Ishq Mein Nachenge || Alka Yagnik, Alisha Chinoy |- | Jeet || Tu Dharti Pe Chahe, Waadon Se Nahin || Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam |- | rowspan="4" | 1997 || Judwaa || Duniya Mein Aaye, Tera Aana Tera Jaana, Tu Mere Dil Mein Bas Ja || Kavita Krishnamurthy, Poornima |- | Ishq || Neend Churai Meri || Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy |- | Pardes || Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain || Solo |- | Hero No. 1 || Saton Janam Tujko Paate, Main Tujhko Bhaga Laya || Solo, Alka Yagnik |- | rowspan="5" | 1998 || Kuch Kuch Hota Hai || Saajanji Ghar Aaye; Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai || Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy; Alka Yagnik |- | Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai || Pehli Pehli Baar; O Jaana Na Jaana, O Jaana Yeh Mana, Madhosh Dil Ki Dhadkan; Ek Dil Tha, Dil Mein Basake || Solo; Lata Mangeshkar; Alka Yagnik |- | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya || Odh Li Chunariya; Tum Par Hum Hai Atke || Alka Yagnik; Kavita Krishnamurthy |- | Ghulam || Aankhon Se Tune Kya || Alka Yagnik |- | Bandhan || Title Song || Solo |- | rowspan="3" | 1999 || Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam || Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan|| Kavita Krishnamurthy |- | Jaanam Samjha Karo || Love Hua || Alka Yagnik |- | Biwi No.1 || Jungle Hai Aadhi Raat || Hema Sardesai |- | rowspan="2" | 2000 || Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai || Chand Sitare || Solo |- | 2000 | Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye || Title Song || Alka Yagnik |- | rowspan="1" | 2002 || Yeh Hai Jalwa || Aankhen Pyari Hain, O Jaane Jigar || Alka Yagnik |- |rowspan="3" | 2003 || Dil Ka Rishta || Kitna Majboor Ho Gaya Hu Main, Dil Chura, Hai Dil Mera Dil, Saajan Saajan || Solo, Alka Yagnik, Sapna Awasthi |- | || Woh Larki Buhat Yaad, Mujhe Tumse Muhabbat Hai|| Alka Yagnik, Mahalakshmi Iyer |- | Andaaz || Kitna Pagal Dil Hai, Kisise Tum Pyar Karo, Aaj Kehna Zaroori Hai || Solo, Alka Yagnik |- | rowspan="1" | 2004 || Bewafaa || Pyar Ka Anjam || Alka Yagnik, Sapna Mukherjee |- |rowspan="1" | 2005 || No Entry || Kahan Ho Tum || Udit Narayan |}

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Name	Shahrukh Khan
Caption	Shah Rukh Khan at (Berlin Film Festival 2008)
Other names	Shah Rukh Khan, King Khan, SRK
Birth date	November 02, 1965
Birth place	New Delhi, India
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Gauri Khan (1991–present)
Occupation	Actor, producer, television presenter

Shahrukh Khan (}}, ; born 2 November 1965), often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor and a prominent Bollywood figure, as well as a film producer and television host.

Khan began his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980s. He made his film debut in Deewana (1992). Since then, he has been part of numerous commercially successful films and has earned critical acclaim for many of his performances. Khan has won fourteen Filmfare Awards for his work in Indian films, eight of which are in the Best Actor category (a record). In 2005, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions towards Indian Cinema.

Khan's films such as Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Chak De India (2007), Om Shanti Om (2007) and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) remain some of Bollywood's biggest hits, while films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and My Name Is Khan (2010) have been top-grossing Indian productions in the overseas markets, making him one of the most successful actors of India.

Since 2000, Khan branched out into film production and television presenting as well. He is the founder/owner of two production companies, Dreamz Unlimited and Red Chillies Entertainment. Globally, Khan is considered to be one of the biggest movie stars, and a net worth estimated at over . In 2008, Newsweek named him one of the 50 most powerful people in the world.

Biography

in New Delhi where he won the school's highest accolade, The Sword of Honour. ]] Khan was born in 1965 to Muslim parents of Pathan descent in New Delhi, India. His father, Taj Mohammed Khan, was an Indian independence activist from Peshawar, British India. According to Khan, his paternal grandfather was originally from Afghanistan. His mother, Lateef Fatima, was the adopted daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Rajput clan, who served as a General in the Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose. Khan's father came to New Delhi from Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar before the partition of India, while his mother's family came from Rawalpindi, British India. Khan has an elder sister named Shehnaz.

Growing up in Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood, Khan attended St. Columba's School where he was accomplished in sports, drama, and academics. He won the Sword of Honour, an annual award given to the student who best represents the spirit of the school. Khan later attended the Hansraj College (1985–1988) and earned his Bachelors degree in Economics (honors). Though he pursued a Masters Degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia, he later opted out to make his career in Bollywood.

After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991. In that same year, before any of his films were released, he married Gauri Chibber, a Hindu, in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991. They have two children, son Aryan (b. 1997) and daughter Suhana (b. 2000). According to Khan, while he strongly believes in Allah, he also values his wife's religion. At home, his children follow both religions, with the Qur'an being situated next to the Hindu deities.

In 2005, Nasreen Munni Kabir produced a two-part documentary on Khan, titled The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan. Featuring his 2004 Temptations concert tour, the film contrasted Khan's inner world of family and daily life with the outer world of his work. The book Still Reading Khan, which details his family life, was released in 2006. Another book by Anupama Chopra, King of Bollywood: Shahrukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema, was released in 2007. It describes the world of Bollywood through Khan's life.

Film career

Background

Khan studied acting under celebrated Theatre Director Barry John at Delhi's Theatre Action Group (TAG). In 2007, John commented thus on his former pupil that, "The credit for the phenomenally successful development and management of Shahrukh's career goes to the superstar himself." Khan made his acting debut in 1988 when he appeared in the television series, Fauji, playing the role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai. The same year, Khan also had a minor role in the made-for-television English-language film, In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones, which was based on life at Delhi University and was written by Arundhati Roy. When Khan appeared in those teleserials, people found in him some resemblance with legendary actor Dilip Kumar and also compared his acting style with the thespian.

1990s

Upon moving from New Delhi to Mumbai in 1991, His performance won him a Filmfare Best Male Debut Award. He went on to star in Maya Memsaab, which generated some controversy because of his appearance in an "explicit" sex scene in the movie.

In 1993, Khan won acclaim for his performances in villainous roles as an obsessive lover and a murderer, respectively, in the box office hits, Darr and Baazigar. In Khan's entry in Encyclopedia Britannica's "Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema" it was stated that "he defied the image of the conventional hero in both these films and created his own version of the revisionist hero." Darr marked his first collaboration with renowned film-maker Yash Chopra and his banner Yash Raj Films, the largest production company in Bollywood. Baazigar, which saw Khan portraying an ambiguous avenger who murders his girlfriend, shocked its Indian audience with an unexpected violation of the standard Bollywood formula. His performance won him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award. In that same year, Khan played the role of a young musician in Kundan Shah's Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, a performance that earned him a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance. Khan maintains that this is his all-time favourite among the movies he has acted in. In 1994, Khan once again played an obsessive lover/psycho's role in Anjaam, co-starring alongside Madhuri Dixit. Though the movie was not a box office success, Khan's performance earned him the Filmfare Best Villain Award.

In 1995, Khan starred in the two biggest hits of the year in India. His first release was Rakesh Roshan's Karan Arjun. The film, which dealt with reincarnation, became the second-highest grossing film of the year. He followed it with Aditya Chopra's directorial debut, the romance Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. A major critical and commercial success, the movie became the year's top-grossing production in India. In 2007, it entered its twelfth year in Mumbai cinemas. By then the movie had grossed over 12 billion rupees, making it one of India's biggest movie blockbusters. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge won ten Filmfare Awards, and Khan's performance as a young NRI who falls for Kajol's character while on a college vacation, won him his second Best Actor Award. In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the 25 Must See Bollywood Films, citing it as a "trendsetter of sorts". In that same year's retrospective review by Rediff, Raja Sen stated, "Khan gives a fabulous performance, redefining the Lover for the 1990s with great panache. He's cool and flippant, but sincere enough to appeal to the junta. The performance itself is, like the best in the business, played well enough to come across as effortless, as non-acting."

1996 was a disappointing year for Khan as all his movies released that year failed to do well at the box office. This was, however, followed by a comeback in 1997. He saw success with Subhash Ghai's social drama Pardes – one of the biggest hits of the year – and Aziz Mirza's comedy Yes Boss, a moderately successful feature. His second project with Yash Chopra as a director, Dil to Pagal Hai became that year's second highest-grossing movie, and he won his third Filmfare Best Actor Award for his role as a stage director who falls in love with one of his new actresses. His performance won him his fourth Best Actor award at the Filmfare. He won critical praise for his performance in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se. The movie did not do well at the Indian box office, though it was a commercial success overseas. Khan's only release in 1999, Baadshah, was an average grosser.

2000s

in Sun Tech City, Singapore, in 2008]] Khan's success continued with Aditya Chopra's 2000 film, Mohabbatein, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan. It did well at the box office, and Khan's performance as a college teacher won him his second Critics Award for Best Performance. He also starred in Mansoor Khan's action film Josh. The film starred Khan as the leader of a Christian gang in Goa and Aishwarya Rai as his twin sister, and was also a box office success. In that same year, Khan set up his own production house, Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla (see below). Both Khan and Chawla starred in the first movie of their production house, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani.

In 2002, Khan received acclaim for playing the title role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's award-winning period romance, Devdas. This was the third Hindi movie adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's well-known novel of the same name, and surfaced as one of the biggest hits of that year. Khan also starred opposite Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit in the family-drama Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, which did well at the box office. That same year, he starred in the tearjerker, Kal Ho Naa Ho, written by Karan Johar and directed by Nikhil Advani. Khan's performance in this movie as a man with a fatal heart disease was appreciated. The movie proved to be one of the year's biggest hits in India and Bollywood's biggest hit in the overseas markets. The film relates the love story of Veer and a Pakistani woman Zaara Haayat Khan, played by Preity Zinta. Khan's performance in the film won him awards at several award ceremonies. In that same year, he received critical acclaim for his performance in Ashutosh Gowariker's drama Swades. He was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for all three of his releases in 2004, winning it for Swades. His second release that year saw him playing the title role in the action film , a remake of the 1978 hit Don. The movie was a success. The film was a major critical success. In the same year Khan also starred in Farah Khan's 2007 film, Om Shanti Om. The film emerged as the year's highest grossing film in India and the overseas market, and became India's highest grossing production ever up to that point. where he was introduced as the King of Bollywood. Khan introduced Slumdog Millionaire, a movie he had previously turned down, along with a star from the film, Freida Pinto. My Name Is Khan was released on 12 February 2010. Based on a true story, and set against the backdrop of perceptions on Islam post 11 September attacks, My Name Is Khan stars Khan as Rizwan Khan, a Muslim man suffering from Asperger syndrome who sets out on a journey across America on a mission to meet the country's President and clear his name. During a promotional visit to the United States, Khan was detained at Newark Airport, New Jersey because of the similarity of his last name to known terrorists. Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics and became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time in the overseas market. Khan won his eighth Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his portrayal, thereby joining Dilip Kumar as the record holder in this category. He is currently filming for Anubhav Sinha's science fiction Ra.One opposite Kareena Kapoor, which is due for release on 26 October 2011.

Producer

in Germany]] Khan turned producer when he set up a production company called Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza in 1999. The first two of the films he produced and starred in: Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) and Asoka (2001) were box office failures.

In 2004, Khan set up another production company, Red Chillies Entertainment, and produced and starred in Main Hoon Na, another hit. It was, however, India's official entry to the Academy Awards for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not pass the final selection. Also in 2005, Khan co-produced the supernatural horror film Kaal with Karan Johar, and performed an item number for the film with Malaika Arora Khan. Kaal was moderately successful at the box office.

In 2008, Red Chillies Entertainment became the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the BCCI-backed IPL cricket competition.

Television

In 2007, Khan replaced Amitabh Bachchan as the host of the third series of the popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The previous had hosted the show for five years from 2000–05. On 22 January 2007, Kaun Banega Crorepati aired with Khan as the new host and later ended on 19 April 2007.

On 25 April 2008, Khan began hosting the game show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?, the Indian version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, whose last episode was telecasted on 27 July 2008, with Lalu Prasad Yadav as the special guest.

In February 2011, he began hosting Zor Ka Jhatka, the Indian version of the American game show Wipeout, on Imagine TV.

Awards and nominations

Khan has been awarded several honours which includes the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 2005. In April 2007, a life-size wax statue of Khan was installed at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, London. Another statue was installed at the Musée Grévin in Paris, the same year. During the same year, he was accorded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) award by the French government for his “exceptional career”. There are also statues in Hong Kong and New York

In October 2008, Khan was conferred the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka which carries the honorific Datuk (in similar fashion to "Sir" in British knighthood), by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, the head of state of Malacca in Malaysia. Khan was honoured for "promoting tourism in Malacca" by filming One Two Ka Four there in 2001. Some were critical of this decision. He was also honoured with an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire in 2009.

Filmography

Film actor

Producer

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000)

Asoka (2001)

Chalte Chalte (2003)

Main Hoon Na (2004)

Kaal (2005)

Paheli (2005)

Om Shanti Om (2007)

Billu (2009)

Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011)

Ra.One (2011)

Playback singer

Main to hoon Pagal – Baadshah (1999)

Apun Bola – Josh (2000)

Khaike Paan Banaraswala – Don - The Chase Begins Again (2006)

Ek Hockey Doongi Rakhke – Chak De India (2007)

Sattar Minute – Chak De India (2007)

Stunts director

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)

Main Hoon Na (2004)

Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)

Chak De India (2007)

Om Shanti Om (2007)

Television appearances

Dil Dariya (1988)

Fauji (1988) ... Abhimanyu Rai

Doosra Keval (1989)

Circus (1989)

In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989)

Idiot (1991) ... Pawan Raghujan

Kareena Kareena (2004) ... Special appearance

Rendezvous with Simi Garewal.....Guest

Koffee with Karan (2004–2007) ... Guest (3 episodes)

Kaun Banega Crorepati (2007) ... Host

Jjhoom India (2007) ... Guest

Nach Baliye (2008) .... Guest

Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? (2008)  .... Host

Oye! It's Friday! (2009)  ... Guest

Tere Mere Beach Mein (2009)  ... Guest

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2010)  ... Guest

(2011) ... Host

See also

List of Indian Actors

Newark Airport Incident

Notes

Bibliography

Nasreen Munni Kabir. The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan (Documentary, 2005).

Shahrukh Khan – Still Reading Khan. A1Books Distributor 2007. ISBN 9788187107798.

Gahlot, Deepa; Agarwal, Amit. King Khan SRK. Augsburg Weltbild 2007. ISBN 9783828988699.

Ghosh, Biswadeep. Hall of fame: Shahrukh Khan (in English). Mumbai: Magna Books, 2004. ISBN 8178092379.

Chopra, Anupama. King of Bollywood : Shah Rukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema (English). New York: Warner Books, 2007. ISBN 9780446578585.

External links

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Name	Shastri Pandurang Athavale
Caption	Shastri Pandurang Athavale
Birth date	October 19, 1920
Birth place	Roha, Maharashtra, India
Death date	October 25, 2003
Death place	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Dadaji
Occupation	Philosopher, Spiritual Teacher
Spouse	Nirmala Tai
Parents	Vaijnath Shastri
Children	Jayshree Talwalkar (adopted)

Shastri Pandurang Vaijnath Athavale () (October 19, 1920 – October 25, 2003), also known as Dada-ji (), which literally translates as elder brother in Marathi, was an Indian philosopher, spiritual leader, social reformer and Hinduism reformist, who founded the Swadhyay Movement and the Swadhyay Parivar organization (Swadhyay Family) in 1954, a self-knowledge movement based on the Bhagavad Gita, which has spread across nearly 100,000 villages in India, with over 5 million members. He was also noted for his discourses or "pravachans" on Srimad Bhagawad Gita and Upanishads.

He was awarded the 'Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion' in 1997 and the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership and India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan in 1999.

Early life

Shastri Pandurang Vaijnath Athavale was born on October 19, 1920 in the village of Roha in Maharashra (konkan) India. He was one of 5 children of Sanskrit teacher Vaijanath Athavale and Parvati Athavale. saying that he had work to accomplish if he wanted to show the world a model community peacefully practicing and spreading the divine Vedic thoughts and the message of the Bhagavad Gita.

Swadhyay Pariwar

for Progress in Religion, from HRH Prince Philip at a public ceremony held in Westminster Abbey, May 6, 1997]]

Swadhyay Movement is a philosophy found all over the world. "Swadhyayees", as the divine family members of the Swadhyay Pariwar are called. Swadhyay is a family where individuals come from all parts of society, regardless of social strata, and are considered divine brothers and sister, equal in the eyes of God. Many Swadhyayees who continue Athavale's work in spreading his ideas throughout India and to other parts of the world are known as "krutisheels" or people of action. Over the years, his followers (Swadhyayees), have taken his message of love for God and God's love for all to people across caste, social and economic lines to about 100,000 Indian villages, and started various cooperative farming, fishing and tree-planting projects in the spirit of collective, divine work of the Lord. Swadhyayees have never reached out to fellow brothers in sister in the name of converting or even attracting to Swadhyay, but in the spirit of or meeting and establishing relationships, and taking the message of the universal Gita to every man. Today, Swadhyay has spread to numerous countries in the Caribbean, the Americas, Asia, and even Africa. The divine parivar, or family, has extended to many millions. As Dadaji always dreamed of, Swadhyay is creating a "Universal brotherhood under the Divine Fatherhood of God."

On December 20–21 of 2010, 3 million Swadhyayees gathered in Kharghar, Mumbai, India, to celebrate late Pujya Dadaji's 90th birthday. The program, "Dadaji Namastubbyam" (respects to Dadaji) was held on a large, cleared ground. Swadhyayee families from South Africa, Hong Kong, Europe, America, and all parts of India gathered to pay their respects and to celebrate Athavale's 90th birthday. To begin the program, a youth celebration was held. The performance featured a dance by 83,000 youth, who creating unique formations with their multicolored shirts. The dance was recorded by a remote controlled helicopter, and displayed on 2 massive LED screens and more than 10 big projector screens. This was followed by a speech from Jayashree "Didiji" Talwalkar, the daughter of Pandurang Shastri and head of Swadhyay Parivar.

Demise

Revered as an Activist Philosopher, Athavale passed away at 12:30 pm on October 25, 2003, in at Khetwadi in south Mumbai, India. He was 83 years old at the time of his demise. He was cremated on the evening of October 26 at Tatvagnyaan Vidyapeeth, Ghodbunder in Thane district, where around 10,000 people were present. Subsequently his ashes were immersed at Ujjain, Pushkar, Haridwar, Kurukshetra, Gaya, Jagannath Puri, and lastly at Rameswaram.

Awards

1954

Honored as Chief person in sectional and general meetings of Second World Conference of Religion and Philosophy held in Shimizu city near Tokyo, Japan.

1982

Invited as the chief guest at the fifth centenary celebrations organized by German government and German universities Trier, Germany, in honor of the 15th Century Saint-philosopher Nicholos of Cusa.

1986

Internationally honored when the translation of “Vision of God “from Latin to German was dedicated to him.

1987

Received Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award conferred by National Westland Development Board for 'Temple of Trees' created under the banner of Vaijnath Bhavdarshan Trust.

1988

Received the ”Mahatama Gandhi Award” conferred by Akhil Bharatiya Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti, Vardha for visionary thoughts and work done through revolutionary projects imparting a new vision to human life for boosting the cultural values.

1992

Received the "Lokmanya Tilak Sanman Paritoshik(Award)" conferred by Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust for dedicated selfless work for the good of mankind.

1993

Received the first "International Award for Progress in Religion" conferred by Diwaliben M. Mehta Trust in March, 1993 for outstanding contributions towards inter-religious amity and scientific approach to religion.

1994

Honored by Pune Municipal Corporation in recognition of his dedicated services to human development.

1994

Unanimously honored by the entire legislative assembly of Gujrat State, India, in recognition of his invaluable contributions to the development of humanity in general and the people of Gujrat state in particular.

1996

R.G.Joshi foundation, Mumbai, India, presented award for “National Integration”

1996

Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, Manila, Philippines, conferred the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 'Community Leadership'.

1997

Sir John Templeton Foundation conferred the most prestigious Templeton Prize for 'Progress in Religion' for originality, effectiveness, creativity and progress in religion and spirituality.

1997

Felicitated by Vadodara Municipal Corporation (Gujrat).

1997

FIE foundation of Kolhapur, Maharashtra – announced “Rashtra Bhushan Award” for remarkable work for humanity.

1997

Ramshastri Prabhune Pratishthan, Maharashtra, conferred “Ramshastri Prabhune Award” for social justice.

1997

Maharashtra chamber of commerce and industries presented “Raosaheb Gogate Award” for dedicated service to society.

1998

Dinanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan presented “Anandmayi Award” for Ceseless Social Service.

1998

Honored by Saurashtra University, by conferring “Doctorate of Letters. (D.Lit.)”

1999

“G.D. Birla International Award” for Humanism conferred by Birla Academy of Art and Culture.

1999

Honored by Government of India by awarding the prestigious Padma Vibhushan title.

1999

“Lok Gaurav Puraskar” has been announced for exceptional work done in the spiritual and religious spheres in the society.

1999

“Anubhai Chimanlal Nagrikta Puraskar” has been announced by Anubhai Chimanlal – AMA center for management of civic affairs.

2000

Honored by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India by conferring Doctorate of Letters (D.Lit.)

2001

“Lokshikshak Award” instituted in the memory of Apte Guruji conferred to Adarniya Didi (Mrs. Jayashree Athavale Talwalkar) by Apte Guruji Smarak Trust.

2001

“Ahilyabai Holkar National Award” instituted in the memory of great lady administrator of Indore. Awarded for Rev. Dadaji's contributions towards righteousness, social justice and benovalence towards mankind.

2001

Giants Internationals, Mumbai, awarded Rev. Dadaji for his outstanding contributions in the field of social services.

Recognized as one of the Top Ten Most Important Indian People of the 20th Century

Legacy

Tatvagnyaan Vidhyapeeth is an institution in which Athavale, himself, often gave discourses to the many youths that studied there. The youths study a broad variety of religious and spiritual subjects and live as they would have done in a "tapovan" thousands of years ago.

In popular culture

In 1991, noted film director, Shyam Benegal, directed a film, Antarnaad (The Inner Voice), based on the Swadhyay Movement of the Swadhyay Parivar, with Shabana Azmi and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in lead roles. In 2004, director, Abir Bazaz made a documentary, Swadhyaya, on the life and works of Pandurang Shastri Athavale.

Works

The Systems: The Way and the Work (Swadhyaya: The Unique Philosophy of Life), by Rev. Shri Pandurang Vaijnath Athavale Shastri (Rev. Dada). Vallabhdas J. Jhaveri, Bombay, 1992.

Further reading

Vital Connections: Self, Society, God : Perspectives on Swadhyaya, by Raj Krishan Srivastava. 1998; Weatherhill, ISBN 0-8348-0408-5.

Self-Development and Social Transformations?: The Vision and Practice of the Self-Study Mobilization of Swadhyaya, by Ananta Kumar Giri. Lexington Books. 2008. ISBN 0-7391-1198-1.

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External links

The Official web portal of Pandurang Shastri Athavale : www.dadaji.net

The Official web portal of the Swadhyay Parivar : www.swadhyay.org

Ramon magsaysay site introduction of Pandurang Shastri Athavale

Templeton award web-site referencing Pandurang Shastri Athavale's work

Templeton award web-site referencing News of Award to Pandurang Shastri Athavale

Pandurang Shastri Athavale on factbites.com

An article by a well known writer Suma Varughese

By WAVENEY ANN MOORE, Times Staff Writer © St. Petersburg Times, published June 29, 2002

In rural India, quiet introspection has outward effects By Chhavi Sachdev in Science & Theology News, July 2004

Pandurang Shastri Athvale Quotations

Information about Pandurang Shastri Athavale from www.rohaonline.com

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Attaullah Khan Niazi Esakhelvi is a well known folk singer and poet of Pakistan. He belongs to the land of Niazi 'MIANWALI'(Isa Khel). He has the world record for the highest number of audio albums ever released by a singer. He is traditionally considered a Seraiki artist but mostly he has recorded albums in Punjabi and Urdu which in 2006 were an astonishing 402 albums which is listed in the Guinness book of records. The reason behind his astonishing success is that he sings only for the poor, desperate and afflicted. His voice has a healing effect and is considered one of the best folk singers Pakistan has ever produced. He has dominated the folk music scene of Pakistan for over forty years. He gathers thousands in his audiences whenever and wherever he performs. Attaullah Khan has performed all over the world even in countries like Japan.

He is from the Niazi tribe of the Pashtun people.

He has released smash hits such as Qameez Teri Kaali, Raatan, We Bol Sanwal, Ishq Main Hum Tumain Kya Batayain, Theva Mundri tha Theva and Mahi Wasey Mera He has become one of the most well known singers in Pakistan.

History

Atta Ullah Khan Essa Khelvi was born on 19 August 1951 in a town called Esakhel. This town is situated in the district Mianwali of Pakistan. He belongs to the Niazi Pathan tribe, therefore he was named in his childhood as Atta Ullah Khan Niazi. His showbiz fame got him known as Atta Ullah Khan Essa Khelvi. Esakhel is a town in Mianwali and Atta Ullah Khan has represented his town all over the world - he has also said in many interviews Esakhel is like his 'mother'.

Right from his childhood he had inner leaning towards music and used to practise singing stealthily behind his parents back. The moment they found out there was trouble for Atta. It resulted in him having been expelled from home. Instead of getting down it provided him an impetus to struggle make a mark in life and he came to the conclusion this could only be achieved through education, so he worked in bits and pieces, continued his education and eventually graduated at Mianwali.

Moreover, He kept nourishing his childhood love of music which had contributed toward his family's anger and revulsion and made a name for himself to the extent that he was invited to do a show on Radio Pakistan Bahawalpur in 1972. He did a stage show as well in Mianwali the same year. These events increased his popularity. He then appeared on Pakistan Television in a very famous TV Programme called Nilam Ghar from Karachi. These performances projected him as an icon in music field. His Sert was organised and presented in England in 1980 in the north of England in Bradford at St Georges Hall. Atta Ullah Khan had come to the UK in 1979 to perform but was unaware that he required a work permit to perform so returned to Pakistan and came the following year with his work permit. Atta Ullah Khan does hold a British passport through his work permit as he has spent many years producing albums in the UK under various labels:- Hi tech, OSA, moviebox.

Attaullah Khan is a proud Muslim and has sang many Naats and Kalaams of famous Sufis such as Mian Mohammad Baksh's Saif Ul Malook and Baba Bulleh Shah's Keey Bay Dardan Sang Yaree.

Atta Ullah Khan is also a sufi mureed and has been since a very young age and regularly gives a visit to his Murshid in Tounsa Shareef.

He has recorded more than 40000 songs in 7 different languages .gfg

Across the border

Ataullah Khan (as he is commonly known in India) became very famous in India following the use of the lyrics of his songs in the Indian movie Bewafa Sanam, by T-Series. Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Paudwal and Udit Narayan gave voice to his music wherein he went on to become a huge success. Ataullah Khan is a very famous person in India and his soul rendering music touches the hearts of people all over the country.

Personal life

After becoming a singer Atta was settled in Lahore. Atta Ullah Khan married 4 times and remained married to "Bazigha" from who he has all his three children. The name of his elder son is "Sanwal Atta" (has a masters degree in electronic engineering) and daughter "Laraib Atta" and younger son "Mohammed Atta"

After many years of his life in Lahore, he moved back to his hometown i.e. Eisa Khel. He constructed a beautiful House on Forty Canals and a mosque namely "Laraib Masjid" near Govt. Degree College Isa Khel.

Television

Attaullah Khan is a regular on TV he has performed for PTV (national Pakistani television) for forty years he has also performed for GEO, ARY, AAJ, DM DIGITAL and many others.

Esakhelvi has recently appeared in Coke Studio season 4 Episode 2 on June 5 2011 Singing his Well known Song, Ni Uthan Wale Turjaane Ge, which was well received for its new form and to encourage and create awareness of the folk music among the youth of Pakistan.

Musicians

Attaullah has his own musicians which travel all over the world with him apart from the UK where he comes alone and gets a few musicians from UK. Atta Ullah Khan's musicians have been with him for all his career and some of the many include:-

Salamat Ali Khan - Tabla

Javed Ali - Dholak

Babar - flute

Sabir Ali - Harmonium

These Musicians have been with Attaullah since the 70's at a time when Attaullah performed almost every night throughout Pakistan as well as abroad in countries like America, Japan, Canada, UK, France, Spain, Germany, India Italy, Australia, New Zealand

According to AttaUllah Khan he has performed on many occasions from time after Isha right till dawn and this was mainly during the start of his career in the 70's, 80's and even through the 90's.

Interviews

New Website dedicated to Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi gaz;a

References

Attaullah Khan International Fans Club

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