Bhaskar Chandavarkar hindi Biography
Overview
(16 March 1936 – 26 July 2009) was an Indian sitar player, academic and film and theatre composer who worked with directors of Indian cinema, in various languages including Marathi, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam, Mrinal Sen, Girish Karnad, Aparna Sen and Amol Palekar and was known for his blending of Indian classical and western music.[1][2] He taught at FTII, Pune for many years, and during his career as a music composer he worked for 40 films, and is most known for his work in films such as Amol Palekar's Aakrit and Thoda Sa Rumani Ho Jaayen, Girish Karnad's Ondanondu Kaladalli, Jabbar Patel's Samna, Mrinal Sen's Khandhar, Vijaya Mehta's Rao Sabeb and Chitra Palekar's Maati Maay.[3] He received the President's National Film Award for Music direction in the Marathi short film Chaitra directed by Kranti Kanade in 2002.[4]