Hridaynath Mangeshkar is an Indian music director, music composer, singer and politician. He is the only brother of legendary Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar. In the Hindi film industry, he is popularly known as Balasaheb.
Wiki/Biography
Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar was born on Tuesday, 26 October 1937, in Mumbai, Maharashtra (age 84 years 2021). His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He did not receive any formal education in school.
Childhood photos of Hridaynath Mangeshkar and his sisters
appearance
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: black
family
He was born into a family in Gomantak Maratha Samaj.
Parents and siblings
His father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, was an Indian classical singer and theater actor. His mother, Shevanti Mangeshkar, was a Gujarati woman and his father’s second wife.
Hridaynath Mangeshkar’s parents and sisters
He is among the four sisters Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Meena Khadikar and Usha Mangeshkar The smallest one. All his sisters are singers.
Hridaynath Mangeshkar with his mother (seated) and sisters
Hridinat Mangeshkar and his sisters
wife and children
On March 17, 1970, he married Bharati Malvankar Mangeshkar. Bharati is the daughter of Marathi comedian Damuanna Malvankar. The couple has two sons, Aadinath Mangeshkar and Vaijnath Mangeshkar, and a daughter, Radha Mangeshkar. Aadinath runs a music academy called Vishva Sanskriti Sangeet Kala Akademi in Pune. Vaijnath is a music composer and Radha is a trained Indian classical singer.
Old photos of Hridynath Mangeshkar with wife and kids
Hridaynath Mangeshkar’s son Aadinath Mangeshkar
Hridaynath Mangeshkar with his daughter and wife
address
101, Prabhukunj, Peder Road, Mumbai(400026)
sign
Hridinath Mangeshkar’s signature
Profession
music
He started his music composition career in 1955 with the song “Nis Din Barsat Nain Hamaare”.
In 1959, he made his debut as a music composer in the Marathi film “Akashganga”. In an interview, when talking about his first breakthrough, he said:
I got my first break as an HMV composer when I composed my first song “Nis din Barsat nain hamaare…”. Surdas pada sung soulfully by Lata Didi in 1955. This was HMV’s personal record that broke all pop records. In the same year, I also made my debut as the music director for the Marathi film “Akash Ganga”.
He subsequently worked as a music composer in several Marathi films such as “Ha Khel Savalyancha” (1976), “Chaani” (1977), “Janaki” (1979) and “Sansar” (1980 ). He subsequently composed music for Hindi films such as “Dhanwan” (1981), “Ram Ki Ganga” (1984), “Maya Memsaab” (1993) and “Lal Salaam” (2002). Some of his famous works include Saagara Pran Talamalala and Dnyaneshwar Mauli. He has also composed music for Doordarshan channel’s musical Phoolwanti. He is popular for his folk songs especially “Koli geets” (fishermen’s songs). Hridaynath has lent his voice in several Marathi and Hindi songs such as “Anantyatra” (1985), “Maya” (1993) and “Sail” (2006). He worked as music director in several films including “Nivdung” (1989; Marathi) and “Lekin…” (1990; Hindi). He was the first Indian music composer to release two music albums, “Chala Vahi Des” and “Meera Bhajans”, whose titles were taken from the poems and songs of Meera (poet and saint). He has released several songs on the poetry of Indian poets Meera, Kabir Das and Surdas. Later, he made another album based on Ghalib’s ghazals, in which the sounds were borrowed from Lata Mangeshkar. He collaborated with renowned Marathi poets Shanta Shelke and Suresh Bhat to compose several Marathi classical songs. In 1967, he composed music for two adhyaays (chapters) of the Bhagavad Gita. In an interview, while talking about recording adhyaay, he said:
In fact, I wanted to set all the 18 adhyaays of “Geeta” to music, but the company only allowed me to record 2 of them. They are right in their own way. After all, as an idol, Sri Krishna is sold in temples all over the world, but tell me, who really wants to buy Sri Krishna’s philosophy? “
He is well versed in various music genres such as pop, folk and Indian classical music.
Hridaynath Mangeshkar performing live
politics
In 2009, he started his political career and joined the Shiv Sena. In 2009, he contested the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Hridaynath Mangeshkar and Shiv Sena Chief Bal Keshav Thackeray
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- 1990: Lakin wins the National Film Award for Best Musical Direction…
- 2006: Lata Mangeshkar Award from Maharashtra
- 2016: Sangeet Natak Akademi Scholarship and Award
Hridaynath Mangeshkar receives Sangeet Natak Akademi Scholarship and Award from Pranab Mukherjee, 13th President of India
- 2018: Plotsav Lifetime Achievement Award
- Seven Maharashtra Awards for Best Singer and Music Director/Composer
Note: There are many more honors to his name.
Facts/Trivia
- When he was working at All India Radio, he was fired within 8 days of joining because he recited some verses about Indian politician Veer Savarkar. In an interview, he said about this incident,
I was working at All India Radio at that time. I was 17 years old and my monthly salary was 500 rupees. It may be trivial today, but back then 500 rupees was considered a huge salary… But I was soon fired from All India Radio because I chose to compose for Veer Savarkar’s famous poem “Ne majsi ne parat matrubhoomila, sagara pran” Musical composition Tamarala. “
- During the interview, he was asked if family members inspired him to pursue a career in music. He said,
To a certain extent yes, because I grew up listening to riyaaz (musical practice) from all of them, but my father died when I was less than four years old. So, no one really guided me into music in the sense that you’re asking. Those were different days. No one used to get paid to teach music. I mean, music teaching wasn’t popular. I used to go to the learned singers nearby. I learned from a lot of people, but they were not famous singers (Woh Naam-cheen log nahin the). There are many “Guni logs” who can sing and teach. They were willing to give me ‘prasad’ of any piece I liked. “
- He has loved poetry since childhood. In an interview, he said about this incident,
If I 100% love music, then I 101% love reading. When I was five years old, I developed an infection in my leg. The pain was so bad I could only sit at home. I couldn’t walk or play. It was financially impossible to get any formal education in school. To entertain myself, I kept pestering my mother to tell me stories. She started by telling me the story of her life in Tarna; then she went on to tell about Dad’s life and stage experiences, and when it was over she started reading the books we had at home. “
He added,
So she started reading religious mythological books like Hari Vijay, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Dnyaneshwari. After that, we started reading Baba’s old plays like Gadkari’s Raj Sanyas, Veer Savarkar’s Saniyast Kadag and Veer Vamanrao · Joshi’s “Lan Dundubi”. Later I started reading on my own and was fascinated by the poetry of BR Tambe, Keshavsut and Kusumagraj. In later years, I started exploring what kind of spiritual poetry was written in other states and started reading the works of Mirabai, Kabir and Surdas.
- In an interview, he shared how he got the opportunity to work with famous Indian singer Ustad Aamir Khan. He said,
It was just happenstance and pure luck. They were looking for a boy who could play tanpura for Ustad Amir Khan, who played the famous role in the movie Baiju Bawra “Tansen”. Not only was this the first time I saw him, it was also the first time he sang for a film. I was singing quite well then (main theek-thaak gaa leta tha) and he heard me singing Puriya Dhanashri Bandish “Tori Jai Jai Kartar” for Baijnath (Baiju Bawra) in this film and I could feel that he liked it immediately I. I was not yet 11 or 12 years old when he took me as his disciple. Since then, I have lived and wandered with him for 22 years. “
- Legendary Indian singers Bhimsen Joshi and Jasraj gave him the title “Pandit”.
- Hridaynath Mangeshkar’s surname was “Hardikar” which was changed to “Mangeshkar” by his father.
- In addition to films, he performs live in various concerts and stage shows at national and international levels.
- Hridaynath is proficient in playing various instruments including harmonium and tabla.
- During an interview, he was asked about his relationship with his sister Lata Mangeshkar. He replied,
Didi is a lot like my dad. The way she sings, talks, smiles, thinks; even the softness and shape of her hands – everything reminds me of Dad. I have often felt that it was fate that she was born a woman and became Lata Mangeshkar; that she was born a man and had a beard? She will be like Dinanath Mangeshkar! “
He added,
Because I have a similar mentality, we are like two sides of the same coin. The way we think, the way we analyze… it’s very similar. It was as if we were both connected by an invisible rope. Once we are convinced that we want to do a particular thing, we don’t care what others think or say about it. We just keep doing that. “
- He counts Indian songwriter Salil Choudhury as his mentor.
- He is fluent in multiple languages including Marathi, Hindi, Sanskrit and Urdu. In an interview, he talked about learning different languages. He said,
I learned Urdu under Ustad Mohabbat Khan who taught Urdu to Lata Didi and read all Urdu Works of classical poets in the capital. I composed the long record “Ghalib”, in which Didi sang the ghazals of Ghalib that I composed. I studied Hindi under Pandit Narendra Sharma because before composing Meera, Sur or Kabir, you should understand what they want to say, what is the essence of their poetry. I am selective about my compositions and choose the appropriate raga tala according to the rasa-bava and chand of the poem. Ghazal, geet and bhajan require different types of creative thinking. Bhajan may be open-ended, but you cannot use the ‘beher’ of ghazal freely. “
- He was an admirer of famous Indian poets such as BR Tambe, Keshavsut, Kusumagraj, Meerabai, Kabir Das and Surdas.
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