Janhavi Prabhu-Arora

Janhavi Prabhu-Arora (born 9 September 1978) is an Indian playback singer. She Completed her schooling from Tarapur Vidya Mandir (TVM), and graduation (B.com) from Chetana College, Bandra, Mumbai. She Started Her journey with the super hit Marathi music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma second season and she was a semi finalist for the season. Post the show she made her own album which was titled “JAANVEE” and which was released by the prestigious music label Sagarika.^[1]

Early life

She was born in Mulund to Prakash Prabhu and Anuradha Prabhu, Her sibling is Juilee Hattangadi. Her Origin Is Kokan Kudal.

Musical Education

• She Learnt Indian Classical Music for 12 years under the tutelage of Mrs. Kumudini Katdare [1984-96]
• 2yrs of training in Indian Classical Music and Light (Gazal) Music at Sangeet Mahabharati [1996-98]
• She Trained with the Late Pandit Pratap Narayanji for Classical Music and Pandit Dhruba Ghosh for Light Music. [1998-99]
• She Trained with Mrs. Padma Talwalkar in Indian Classical Music. [1999 – 2004]
• She Trained in classical music with Shri Gautam Mukherjee (2004 – 2006)
• She Successfully completed Gandharva Mahavidyalaya’s “Madhyama Poorna” examination.

Career

FILMS/ TV MARATHI

• She Sung a duet with Avadhoot Gupte for the Marathi film ”Sanai Choughade” produced by Mukta Arts and Shreyas Talpade under the music direction of Avadhoot Gupte.^[2]
• She Sung two duets with Shaan for the film “Sumbaran” Produced and Directed by Gajendra Ahire under the music direction of Rahul Ranade.
• She Sung for “Nau Mahine Nau Diwas” under the music direction of Ajit Parab for which I was nominated for the prestigious Zee Gaurav Awards 2010.
• She Sung for “KshanBhar Vishranti” along with Avadhoot Gupte under the music direction of Hrishikesh Kamerkar.^[3]
• She Sung for “Agadbamb” under the music direction of Ajit Parab.
• She Sung the super hit lavani “Bhonga” for Mahesh Manjrekars “Lalbaug Parel” and “City of Gold” under the music direction of Ajit Parab.^[4]
• She Sung for “Bokad” under the music direction of Avadhoot Gupte.
• She Sung for Sanjay Surkars “Aamche Ghar” under the music direction of Avadhoot Gupte.
• she Sung for Sanjay Narvekars “Ata Ga Baya” under the music direction of Pankaj Pushkar.
• she Sung for Kedar Shindes “Iraada Pakka” under the music direction of Pankaj Pushkar.^[5]
• she Sung for Kedar Shindes “On duty 24 taas” under the music direction of Pankaj Pushkar.
• she Sung for Deepak Balraj Vij’s “Aika Dajiba” under the music direction of Avadhoot Gupte.
• she Sung for the critically acclaimed film “Platform” under the music direction of Nilesh Moharrir.
• she Sung for the popular Marathi TV show “tuza vina sakhya re” telecast on STAR PRAVAAH under the music direction of Nilesh Moharrir.
• she Sung for the title song of the popular music based show on SAAM TV “Music City”.
• she Performed as a celebrity artist for “Music City” – two episodes.
• she Sung the title song for the film “Mi Nahi Tyaatli” for music director Salil Amrite.
• she Sung the title song of the popular TV series “Bhanda Saukhya Bhare”. Music by Avadhoot Gupte
• she Sung the Title track of the Daily Marathi Serial “Ashakya” for Nimbus Television which was telecast on D.D Sahyadri. Music Director Kaushal Inamdar.
• she Sung for Ketan Desai’s first Marathi production under the music direction of Avadhoot Gupte.
• she Super hit Lavani ‘E Mail Kala” for the prestigious film “Morya”. Produced / Directed and / Music composed by Avadhoot Gupte
• she Sung the title song of the popular show on Zee Marathi “Uncha Maza Zoka" music is by Nilesh Moharir
• she Sung for the film “Jai Maharashtra Dhaba Bhatinda” produced and directed by Avadhoot Gupte. Music by Nilesh Moharir.^[6]
• she Sung the title song for the popular show on ZEE Marathi “Radha Hi Bawari”. Music Nilesh Moharir.
• she Sung the theme song for ETV Marathi.
• she Sung the title song for ETV’s “Sundar Majhe Ghar” under the music supervision of Shashank Pawar
• she Sung a duet with Sonu Nigam for the tentatively titled film “Main Joker” under the music direction of Gaurav Dagaonkar. The film is produced by IKKON films and directed by Vikram Tuli. It stars Rajeev Khandelwal and Prachi Desai and is slated for release this year.
• she Sung the Title tracks for the serials “Hadd” (unreleased)“Rishtey” (episode titled - Chaaya) telecast on Zee TV
• she Sung for the serial “Pratima” telecast on Sahara TV for Music directors Jatin and Lalit.
• she Sung some background tracks for “Kittu Sab Jaanti hain” on Sahara TV
• she sung for Marathi film “Premachi Pungi” ^[7]
• she sung for “Zapatlela 2” the first 3D horror film in Marathi. Music by Avadhoot Gupte.^[8]
• she Sung for the musical play “Ye Re Ye Re Paisa” which has music by Nilesh Moharir
• she Sung the theme channel song for 2014 for STAR PRAVAAH music by Avadhoot Gupte.
• she Sung a duet with Swapnil Bandodkar for forthcoming film “Mitwa” directed by Swapna Waghmare Joshi and starring Swapnil Joshi, Sonali Kulkarni and Prarthana Behere…Music By Nilesh Moharir. Also sang a duet with Shankar Mahadevan for the same film composed by Shankar Ehsaan and Loy.^[9]
• she Sung for the upcoming release “Andhali Koshambhir” Music by Narendra Bhide.^[10]
• she Sung for the forthcoming film “Powder” Music by Abhijeet Kawthalkar.
• she Sung for a new show on ETV Marathi “Hriday Preet Jagate” Music by Mandar Apte and Produced and Directed by Virendra Pradhan
• she Sung for Niranjan Pednekar for his forthcoming films
• she Sung the title song for the Marathi show “Duheri” on Star Pravah
• she Sung the title song for the Marathi show “Ga Saha Jani” on Star Pravah
• she Sung the title song for the Marathi show “Runjhi” on Star Pravah
• she Sung a song for the show “Goth” for Star Pravah
• she Sung the title song for the show “Saubhagyawati” for Zee Marathi.^[11]
• she Sung 2 songs for the film “Fugay” directed by Swapna Waghmare Joshi under the supervision of music director Nilesh Moharir.^[12][13]
• she Sung for the yet to be released “4000 km chi sorry” Directed by Swapna Waghmare Joshi, Music composer – Nilesh Moharir
• she Sung for the film “Friends” Directed by Madhesh and Music composed by Nilesh Moharir.^[14][15]
• she Sung for the film “Lalbaugchi Rani” ^[16]
• she Sung a lavani with music composer Avadhoot Gupte for the Marathi film “Dil Dimaag Aur Batti”

Awards and nominations

• Zee Marathi award for Uncha Maza Zoka 2012
• Zee Marathi award for Radha hi Bawari 2013
• Dadasaheb Phalke award for Sawar re mana- Mitwa 2015
• Sanskruti kaladarpan award for Sawar re mana- Mitwa 2016
• Radio Mirchi award for Sawar re mana- Mitwa 2016
• Sangeet Ratna Award Image Welfare Achievers Forum
• Maharashtra State award (Rajya puraskaar) for Sawar re mana- Mitwa 2016

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