Krishnarao Phulambrikar

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Master Krishnarao Phulambrikar
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

Vishnudas Bhave Gold Medal
Balgandharva Gold Medal
Sangeetkalanidhi
Websitewww.masterkrishnarao.com

Krishnaji Ganesh Phulambrikar (1898–1974), popularly known as Master Krishnarao, was a musical genius - an Indian vocalist, classical musician and composer of

Padosi, a 1941 directorial venture of V. Shantaram.[4] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1971, for his contributions to music.[5]

Biography

Krishnarao Phulambrikar was born in 1898 at

Hindustani music and their guru-shishya relationship lasted till Bakhale's death in 1922.[7] The tutelage under Bakhale also gave him opportunity to meet and get associated with Bal Gandharva, who would later go on to become a noted Marathi singer.[8] His first solo concert was when he was 13 years of age (he was awarded the title of Sangeet Kalanidhi in 1930 by Jagadguru Shankaracharya Dr.Kurtkoti), which preceded several concerts in India and abroad, including a trip to China as a Government of India delegate in 1953.[6]

Phulambrikar served as the director of Pune Bharat Gayan Samaj, a music academy founded by his mentor

Ram Marathe, Yogini Joglekar, Saraswati Rane, Haribhau Deshpande, Anjanibai Kalgutkar, Madhusudan Kanetkar, Jaymala Shiledar, Dr.Pabalkar, Bapurao Ashtekar, Dattopant Bhope, Pitre buwa, Suhas Datar, Sudhakar Joshi, Ravindra Joshi, Mohan Karve, Rangnath Karkare, Shivram Gadgil, Balwant Dixit and his daughter, Veena Chitko are some of his notable disciples.[6]

Hindustani music career

Phulambrikar was known to have had expertise in

national anthem.[6][15] At the request of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Master Krishnarao composed music for Buddha Vandana and also sang it in his voice. Dr.Ambedkar arranged for its recording and that record was played during the mass conversion ceremony held at Nagpur on the 14th of October 1956.[15]

Film career

Soon after he received the Sangeet Kalanidhi title from Dr. Kurtkoti, the Shankaracharya of Karvir Peeth, he was contracted by

Padosi, another Shantaram film and the film featured a ten-minute song, Lakh lakh chanderi, reportedly with complex choreography.[23] He played the lead role of Sant Savata Mali in the movie Bhakticha Mala released by Rajkamal Kalamandir. He composed the music for this movie and also sang his own songs in this movie. Many aspiring composers of that period - Vasant Desai, C.Ramchandra, Sudhir Phadke, Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Snehal Bhatkar, Dinkarrao Amembal (alias D Amel) and Gajananrao Watve got inspired by his school of musical thought.[6]

Honors and later years

Master Krishnarao Phulambrikar received the Vishnudas Bhave Gold Medal of the Government of Maharashtra in 1969

Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskar in 1972.[2] In 1961, he suffered a facial paralysis which forced him to abandon his career as a singer in 1969.[6] On his 60th birth anniversary, a 9-day long music conference was staged in Pune in which many notable musicians from all over India took part.[6] He did not survive much longer and the death came on 20 October 1974, when he was 76 years of age.[24] The story of his life has been documented in his biography, Bola Amrit Bola which was published posthumously in 1985.[12] Every two years an award in his memory is presented to a music critic or author of music book by Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune. Since his family is originated from Phulambri in Marathwada, a drama theatre has been named "Master Krishnarao Phulambrikar Natyagruha" in Jalna, Marathwada in his honour. Every year Pune Bharat Gayan Samaj celebrates his birth anniversary and death anniversary. His daughter, Veena Chitko, who died in September 2015, was a notable light classical musician.[25]

Filmography

Film Year Director Producer Additional info
Dharmatma 1935 V. Shantaram Prabhat Film Company Originally titles Mahatma
Amar Jyoti 1936 V. Shantaram Prabhat Film Company Shanta Apte ,who sang 3 songs, also acted in the film
Wahan 1937 K. Narayan Kale Prabhat Film Company Shanta Apte acted and sang in the film
Gopal Krishna 1938 Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal Prabhat Film Company Remake of 1929 silent film of the same name
Manoos 1939 V. Shantaram Prabhat Film Company Anil Biswas assisted in music composing
Aadmi
 1939 V. Shantaram Prabhat Film Company Remake of Manoos
Padosi
 1941 V. Shantaram Prabhat Film Company Bilingual in Hindi and Marathi, in Marathi the name was Shejari
Lakharani 1945 Vishram Bedekar Prabhat Film Company Durga Khote starrer
Vasantasena 1942 Gajanan Jagirdar Prabhat Film Company Film won the National award for second best Marathi film[26]
Bhakticha Mala 1944 Keshavrao Date Prabhat Film Company Bilingual (Mali in Marathi), Krishnarao played the lead role
Meri Amanat 1947 Prabhakar Gupte and Shreekant Sutar Vikas Picture Krishnarao acted and sang in the film,music composed by Shridhar Parsekar[27]
Sant Ramdas 1949 Raja Nene Devotional film
Pooja 1954 Bhagwan Das Varma Varma Films Mohammed Rafi accompanied Krishnarao in the song Rumjhum Ke Bajao Bansari Murali
Keechak Vadh 1959 Tara Harish and Yashwant Pethkar Manik Studios Lata Mangeshkar sang a duet with Mohammed Rafi and three solos in the film[28]
Vithu Majha Lekurwala 1962 Datta Dharmadhikari Manik Studios
Asha Bhonsle sang a song in the film[29]
Tai Telin 1967 Aryan Film Company A biopic about Tai Telin

See also

References

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