Kaushal Inamdar

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Kaushal S. Inamdar

Background information
Born October 2, 1971
in Pune, Maharashtra, India
Genre(s) Soundtracks
Jingles
Classical music
Occupation(s) Music composer, singer
Years active 1996-present
Website Official Website

Kaushal S. Inamdar (born 2 October 1971 in Pune (Maharashtra) is an Indian singer and music composer in Marathi and Hindi movies. His work in music spans from composing music for films, television, drama to events, concerts in Hindi and Marathi, composing music for ballets, advertisements, and also albums. He is currently settled at Goregaon, a Mumbai suburb.

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[edit] Early Life

Kaushal did his schooling from IES Modern English School, Dadar and Billimoria High School, Panchgani. Thereafter he graduated from the D. G. Ruparel College, Mumbai, where he came in contact with Chetan Datar who initiated him into theatre. While in school, he had taken some primary lessons from Kamalakar Bhagwat, a renowned music composer himself, but he began learning the finer nuances of music composition only after he finished graduation and after a short stint as a writer in television soaps from his Guru, Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande, an eminent Hindustani vocalist and musicologist known for his insightful study of North Indian Classical music.

[edit] Musical Associations

Kaushal has worked with a lot of talented artists—singers and musicians. Some of them include — Shankar Mahadevan, Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande, Sadhana Sargam, Suresh Wadkar, Shreya Ghoshal, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Raghunandan Panshikar, Shubha Joshi, Ninad Kamath, Sanjeev Chimmalgi, Hamsika Iyer, Swanand Kirkire, Ravindra Sathe, Shilpa Pai, Sonali Karnik, Shobha Joshi, Karsan Sagathia, Kirti Sagathia, Sanjeevani Bhelande, and many others.

Kaushal has been one of the mentors for the program Idea Saregamapa on Zee Marathi

[edit] Noted Works

[edit] Feature Films

  • Krishna Kathchi Meera - Directed by Gajendra Ahire

(Songs won the best playback award male/female at the Maharashtra State Awards 2003)

  • Aag - Directed by Shiv Kadam
  • Not Only Mrs. Raut (2003) - Produced by Aditi Deshpande. More about it at the NDFC website

(This Marathi movie has made it to many international film festivals, and also won the National Award in 2004)

  • Adhantari - a film by Subhash Phadke
  • Rasta Roko - A film by Devashish Shedge
  • Its Breaking News (2007) - a feature film in Hindi by Vishal Inamdar
  • Nasati Aafat - a feature film in Marathi by Rohan Shivalkar

[edit] Discography

  • Shubhra Kalya Moothbhar - based on the poetry of Late Smt. Shanta Shelke

Singers – Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande, Sadhana Sargam, Ranjana Jogalekar, etc.

  • Ratra Bhizali - songs of the night

Singers – Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Sameer Date, etc.

  • Geetecha to saakshi vadala – a translation of Shri Nagaraja Rao’s poem - 'The Geeta's Witness'

Artsite - Shri Vidyadhar Gokhale.

  • Bhavanjali - a devotional Hindi Album based on the philosophy of Swami Samarth Ramdas

Rendered by famous classical vocalist, Shri Raghunandan Panshikar

  • Kamana Purti - an album for Sony Music, rendered by Sanjeev Chimmalgi.
  • Man Pakharache Hoi - Milind Gunaji’s poems set to tune.
  • Chaphyache Shimpan - an album composed by Kaushal S. Inamdar, with songs rendered by Sonali Karnik.

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