My Compelling Story

Hridaynath Mangeshkar is a renowned Indian music director, singer, music composer, and politician.He was born in the Gomantak Maratha Samaj family. [4]Bean Inspirer.Since his childhood, he was inclined towards poetry. During an interview, while remembering his childhood days, he said, If I like music 100% then I like reading 101%. When I was 5 years old, I developed an infection in my leg. The pain was so bad that I would just be sitting at home. I could not walk, I could not play. It was not financially possible to have any formal education in school. To entertain myself, I would keep pestering my mother to tell me stories. She started off by telling me stories from her life in Thalner; then she moved on to tell about Babas life and stage experiences and when that was over she started reading from the books that we had at our home. He continued, So she started reading from religious mythological books such as Hari Vijay, Ramayan, Mahabharat and Dnyaneshwari. Once that was over, we started reading Babas old plays like Gadkaris Raj Sanyas, Veer Savarkars Sanyast Khadag and Veer Vamanrao Joshis Ran Dundubhi. Later I started reading on my own and was bowled over by the poetry of B.R. Tambe, Keshavsut and Kusumagraj. In the latter years, I started exploring what kind of spiritual poetry was written in other states and started reading the works of Meerabai, Kabir and Surdas. Hridaynath Mangeshkars childhood photo with his sisters.At the age of 17, he started working at All India Radio, but he was removed within 8 days as he recited some verses on the Indian politician Veer Savarkar. [5]NDTV During an interview, while talking about the incident, he said, I was working in All India Radio at that time. I was 17 years old and my salary was Rs 500 per month. It may be peanuts today but Rs 500 was considered a big fat salary during that timebut I was summarily fired from the All India Radio because I chose to create a musical composition for Veer Savarkars famous poem Ne majsi ne parat matrubhoomila, sagara pran talmalala..He got his first break as a music composer in 1955. While talking about his debut work, he said, I got my first break as a composer with HMV, when I composed my first song Nis din barsat nain hamaare. a Surdas pada, soulfully sung by Lata Didi, in 1955. This was a private record of HMV that broke all records of popularity. The same year I also debuted as a music director with the Marathi film Akash Ganga..He has worked in various Marathi films as a music composer such as Ha Khel Savalyancha (1976), Chaani (1977), Janaki (1979), and Sansar (1980).He has also worked as a music composer in the Hindi films like Dhanwan (1981), Ram Ki Ganga (1984), Maya Memsaab (1993), and Lal Salaam (2002). He is well known for his compositions like Saagara Pran Talamalala and Dnyaneshwar Mauli.Hridaynath has composed music for the Hindi musical drama Phoolwanti aired on the Doordarshan channel.His composition for the Koli geets (folk songs of fisherman) became immensely popular.He has also worked as a singer in many Marathi and Hindi songs in the films like Anantyatra (1985), Maya (1993), and Sail (2006).