Vishwanathbuwa Jadhav

Proudh Gandharva Vishwanathbuwa Jadhav
Birth name Vishwanath Jadhav
Born (1885-10-05)October 5, 1885
Hupari, Kolhapur district, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died 1964 (aged 78–79)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Genres Hindustani classical music
Occupation(s) Singer

Vishwanathbuwa Jadhav (1885−1964), also referred as Proudh Gandharva or with title Pandit, was an Indian Hindustani classical khyal singer. He was a celebrated disciple of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, the founder of Kirana gharana. He learned under Ustad from 1906 until Ustad's death in 1937 under the gharanedaar style of teaching with one student at a time. He also took lessons from Ustad Nissar Hussein Khan of Gwalior gharana.[1] Jadhav was appointed as the "darbar gayak" of the former princely state of Kolhapur by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj in 1920s.[2] He had also been invited to perform on various occasions by Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore State.[3] In 1938, he was also bestowed with the title of "Proudh Gandharva" by Wadiyar. He used to also perform at the royal functions of Sangli State. Being friends with Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar, he also taught the veteran Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar in her childhood days at Sangli.[1]

Jadhav composed music for films in the early talkie era. He was the music composer of the 1937 film Gangavataran.[4][5] The film was written and directed by Dadasaheb Phalke, who is known as the "father of Indian cinema". It was the first sound film and the last film to be directed by Phalke.[6] In 1938, he also composed music for the mythological film Dhurva Kumar based on Dhruva's story. The film starred actors Kumar Prabhakar and Raja Paranjape.[5]

On 4 April 1952, Pandit Vishwanathbuwa Jadhav was honoured by the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad, at the golden jubilee celebrations of the 'Gandharva Mahavidyalaya' at Delhi.

Jadhav has three sons, Pandit B.V. Jadhav, Pandit R.V. Jadhav, Pandit P.V. Jadhav, who are also classical Hindustani singers. At Nashik, they have set up and look after the Pandit Vishwanathbuwa Jadhav Memorial Committee (PVJMC) which promotes Hindustani music.[1][7] In May 2012, the committee submitted a collection of about 500 notations of various bandishes that Jadhav preserved of his learning from his gurus Ustad Nissar Hussein Khan and Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, to a Pune-based group Pune Bharat Gayan Samaj (PBGS).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mishra, Garima (21 May 2012). "On a Song". Indian Express. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Vishwanāth-bua Jādhav". Oxford Encyclopedia of the Music of India. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Kanavalli, Sadanand (26 April 2013). "Hindustani's home, south of the Vindhyas". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Gangavataran (1937 - Marathi)". Gomolo. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Indian Cinema Database: Music Direction : V". Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  6. ↑ The India magazine of her people and culture. A. H. Advani. 1997. p. 13. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Evening of Remembrance". Indian Express. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2013.

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