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Vasant Desai Part 1: A Multifaceted Talent

If a new visitor looks up Songs Of Yore, she would notice some names conspicuously missing in the right-hand scroll of music directors. There is no design in it, it has just happened. Yet I have to thank our regular reader Shachindra Prasad for drawing my attention to the omission of Vasant Desai so far on the blog. We know him primarily as the music director of V Shantaram’s famous films like Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955); Toofan Aur Diya (1956); Do Aankhein Barah Hath (1957); Mausi (1958); and outside films like Ardhangini, School Master, Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959); and Guddi (1971). But during review of songs of the Vintage Era, we came across Vasant Desai as a singer too, besides being a music director. That was not a casual dalliance. Some of the songs sung by him may be a new discovery for most of us, but they are absolutely mellifluous.

That is not all. He was an important hand in Prabhat Studios, one of the three most respected studios of the earliest era along with New Theatres and Bombay Talkies. Born to Krishna

Vasant Desai

Indian composer (1912-1975)

Vasant Desai (1912–1975) was an Indian film music composer, most remembered for his score in V. Shantaram films like Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1955), Do Aankhen Barah Haath (1957), Vijay Bhatt's Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), Sampoorna Ramayan (1961), Ashirwad (1968) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Guddi (1971).[1]

Early life

Desai was born in 1912 into a wealthy family in Sonawade village, Maharashtra state, ruled by the Bhonsale clan, and grew up in Kudal area, also in Konkan belt, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra in western India.[2]

Career

Desai was with the famous Prabhat Film Company since it started making talkies. He acted, sang, and sometimes composed songs in Prabhat's films like Dharmatma and Sant Dnyaneshwar. After learning the craft of music composition, he stuck solely to it since the 1940s.

Desai scored music for a majority of V. Shantaram's films when the latter broke away from Prabhat to form his own film studio. Their relations soured in late 1950s after which Vasant(

About Vasant Desai / Vasant Desai Biography

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Date of Birth:

Jun 9, 1912

Longitude:

73 E 35

Latitude:

17 N 7

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About Vasant Desai/ Who is Vasant Desai

Vasant Desai was a Indian film music composer, most remembered for his score in V. Shantaram film, like Do Aankhen Barah Haath, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje, Vijay Bhatt's Goonj Uthi Shehnai and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Guddi.

What year was Vasant Desai born?

Year 1912

What is Vasant Desai's birth date?

His birthday is on Sunday, June 9, 1912.

Where was Vasant Desai born?

Sonavade

How old is Vasant Desai ?

Vasant Desai is 113 years old.

When was Vasant Desai born?

Sunday, June 9, 1912

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