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Kamlesh Bhadkamkar
Kamlesh Bhadkamkar
Director, Manasa Music

Educational Qualifications :

B.COM , Mumbai University
Diploma in Sound Recording

Professional Achievements :

Composed music for following movies
Hindi movie Chalta Hai Yaar
Marathi movie Aadhar

Composed title songs of following TV shows
Tak Dhina Dhin
Crime Diary
Sunday to Sunday
Mini Cinema
Ata Bola
Ladi
Phira re

Channel identity music for Zee NEWS
Track for Marathi film festival - 2001 for Sachin Pilgaonkar.

Composed background scores for following Hindi films
Lagi Shart
Wrong Mauritious
JaJantaram MaMantaram for music director Narayan Parshuram

Background music and arrangements for following Marathi Films
Krishna kathchi Meera
Vitthal Vitthal
Pandhar
Houseful by Gajendra Ahire
Chakva by Jatin Vagle
Mastkalandar by Ashok Karlekar
Ek Unad Divas by Vijay Patkar
Kadhi Achanak by Umesh Namjoshi
Sasarchi ki Maherchi by Umesh patil
Blind Game by Rajiv Patil

Music arrangements for following stage shows
Nakshtranche Dene - Srinivas Khale by Indian Magic Eye Pvt. Ltd for Alpha TV Marathi.
Program on well known poet Suresh Bhat at Nehru centre, Mumbai.
Navneet Sanmaan 2003.

Music arrangements for following albums
Navagraha for Sony Music
Kshitij for Venus
Vrindavan
Garda Nila Gagan Jhula
Dinaanchi Mauli
Shubhra Kalya Moothbhar
Raatra Bhijli
Jangalgani
Chand se Baaten
Amrutacha Vasa
Bhavanjali
Ganyat Boluya Ka?
Kshan Moharte

Music direction for events
Alpha Gaurav 2001
Maharashtra Times Sanmaan 2001 and 2002.
Doordarshan Awards
Chaitrapalavi (Events on Marathi film music for Etv Marathi)
Sahyadri Lux Hirkani Awards 2004

Worked as music arranger with following senior music directors
Srinivas Khale
Datta Davjekar
Snehal Bhatkar
Yashwant Deo
Kamlakar Bhagwat
Ravi Date.

Worked with following contemporary music directors
Kaushal Inamdar
Salil Kulkarni
Vikas Bhatawdekar
Sanjay Geete
Varsha Bhave

Worked as a keybordist in a prestigious live show by Lata Mangeshkar at Pune in April 2003 and also for Asha Bhosle at Thane in February 2004. Also played in Tochi Naadu Suswaru Jhala - a program conceptualized by Ganasaraswati Smt. Kishori Amonkar.

Worked with following contemporary singers
Usha Mangeshkar
Suresh Wadkar
Shankar Mahadevan
Anuradha Paudwal
Sudesh Bhosle
Sadhana Sargam
Devaki Pandit
Vaishali Samant
Mahalakshmi Iyer
Ashwini Bhide Deshpande
Uttara Kelkar
Asha Khadilkar
Varsha Bhave
Ravindra Sathe
Arti Ankalikar
Shubha Joshi
Pt. Satyashil Deshpande
Vitthal Umap
Avadhut Gupte
Priti Uttam
Anupama Deshpande
Raghunandan Panshikar
Jyotsna Hardikar
Udit Narayan

Conducted Alpha Dandiya from year 2003 till year 2005

Awards and accolades
Won Gold medal in interversity national youth festival at Gulbargha in 1995
Won Gold medal in interversity national youth festival at Ranchi in 1996
Won Best music director award by Alpha Gaurav for film Aadhar in 2003

Abhijit Joshi
Abhijit Joshi

Abhijit is a B.COM graduate from Mumbai's D.G. Ruparel college and Diploma holder in Export Management.

Born in a family with great interest in music, his grandfatrher was an exponent in the art of Samveda gayan. Naturally, Abhijit became fond of music at a very early age. He bagan learning harmonium under the tutelage of Shri. Pannalal Banerjee and then under Shri. Anil Kerkar.

Abhijit got associated with Manasa in the year 2004-2005 after meeting Kamlesh Bhadkamkar in a Manasa event and has since been actively participating in Manasa's events, efficiently bearing the co-ordination activities. Also, Abhijit receives valuable guidance in different aspects of music from Kamlesh Bhadkamkar, Varsha Bhave and Sagar Sathye.

Hanumant Rawde
Hanumant Rawde

Music has always been very close to Hanumant's heart. His father being from the "Warkari Sampraday", he received the priliminary training of music from his father. He then began to learn the Pakhawaj from Shri. Kisan Raut and the Tabla from Shri. Laxman Shinde. Hanumant today is a regular performer in music recordings and live shows with his talent in percussion, especially the Pakhawaj. He has also sparkled in numerous television programs on ETv Marathi, Mee Marathi and Sahyadri channels.

Hanumant became associated with Manasa so as to join hands in serving music in the year 2001-2002 and has since beenactively involved in Manasa's overall activites.

Hanumant too is receiving valuable guidance in different aspects of music from Kamlesh Bhadkamkar and Varsha Bhave.

Amit Padhye
Amit Padhye

Originally from Deogad, Amit began learning harmonium at an early age from the great Pt. Tulshidas Borkarji who recognized Amit's talent and advised him to come to Mumbai for further opportunities.

Amit came to Mumbai and soon began to show his talent at various musical occassions. He met Kamlesh Bhadkamakar during one such event and Kamlesh was impressed by Amit's talent. He offered Amit to participate in Mee Marathi's "Apli Aawad" as an accompanist and also to work as his assistant at Manasa. Since then, Amit has been an integral part of Manasa's activities and has learnt a lot in the process. He has chosen this challenging field as his career.



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