26 July 2009(2009-07-26) (aged 73) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Genres
Hindustani classical music
Occupation(s)
composer, music director
Instrument(s)
sitar
Musical artist
Bhaskar Chandavarkar (16 March 1936 – 26 July 2009) was an Indian sitar player, academic and film and theatre composer who worked with well-known directors of Indian cinema like Mrinal Sen, Girish Karnad, Aparna Sen, K. G. George and Amol Palekar in various languages including Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Oriya and was known for his blending of Indian classical and western music.[1][2]
He taught at FTII, Pune for many years, and during his career as a music composer he worked for 40 films, and is most known for his work in films such as Amol Palekar's Aakreit and Thoda Sa Rumani Ho Jaayen, Girish Karnad's Ondanondu Kaladalli, Jabbar Patel's Samna, Mrinal Sen's Khandhar, Vijaya Mehta's Rao Saheb, Chitra Palekar's Maati Maay and K. G. George's Swapnadanam.[3]
He has given music to films which are considered classics in their respective languages, like: Vamsha Vriksha (1971), Ondanondu Kaladalli (1978) in Kannada, Maya Darpan (1972), Khandhar (1984) in Hindi, Swapnadanam (1975) in Malayalam, Paroma (1984) in Bengali, Maya Miriga (1984) in Oriya, Shwaas (2004) in Marathi, etc.
He received the President's National Film Award for Music direction in the Marathi short film Chaitra directed by Kranti Kanade in 2002.[4]
^Eminent musician Chandavarkar passes away Archived 30 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine The Hindu, 26 July 2009.
^Marathi music loses a maestro and visionary Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express, 27 July 2009.
^Chandavarkar was an innovative and imaginative composer Chitra Nair, The Times of India, TNN 27 July 2009.
^"IMDB profile". IMDb.
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