Deenanath Mangeshkar

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2402:3A80:CA6:E917:CC7D:33EB:199:550E: He didn't inherit his father's caste because he was illegitimate, so he didn't inherit his father's caste-based surnames either.

{{short description|Indian theatre actor, musician and vocalist}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|honorific_prefix=[[Pandit]]
| name = Deenanath Mangeshkar
| image = Dinanath Mangeshkar.jpg
| caption =
| alias = {{unbulleted list
|Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar
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|Dinanath Mangeshkar
|Dina
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1900|12|29}}
| birth_place = [[Mangeshi village|Mangeshi]], [[Portuguese India]] (present-day [[Goa]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1942|04|24|1900|12|29}}
| death_place = [[Pune|Poona]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India)
| instrument =
| genre = [[Indian classical music|Indian Classical]], Indian semi-classical, [[Sangeet Natak|Natya Sangeet]]
| occupation = Vocalist, Singer, Marathi film producer
}}
[[Pandit|Pt.]] '''Deenanath Mangeshkar''' (29 December 1900 – 24 April 1942) was a well-known [[Marathi theatre]] actor, a [[Natya Sangeet]] musician and a [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] vocalist. He is also the father of well-known singers [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Meena Khadikar]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar]] as well as composer [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]].

==Background==
Pt. Deenanath Mangeshkar, popularly known as Dina, was born at [[Mangeshi village|Mangeshi]], [[Portuguese India]] (present-day [[Goa]] on 29 December 1900.<ref name=birth>{{cite book|last=Cabral e Sá|first=Mário|title=Wind of fire: the music and musicians of Goa|year=1997|publisher=Promilla & Co.|isbn=978-81-85002-19-4 |page=166}}</ref> His father, Ganesh Bhatt Navathe Hardikar (Abhisheki),<ref>{{cite web|title=Mangeshkar, Deenanath|url=https://marathivishwakosh.maharashtra.gov.in/khandas/khand12/index.php/23-2015-01-14-06-25-27/10237-2012-07-19-05-51-48|website=Marathi VishwaKosh|publisher=Government of Maharashtra|access-date=30 December 2016}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> was a married [[Karhade Brahmin]] who served as [[Hindu priest|priest]] at the famous [[Mangueshi Temple]] in Goa. His mother Yesubai was his father's [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]] belonging to the [[Devadasi]] community of Goa,<ref name=birth /> which is now known as [[Gomantak Maratha Samaj]]. Since Deenanath was [[illegitimate]] (he did not inherit his father's Brahmin caste <ref>{{cite web|title=Asha Bhosle has not done enough for Goa: BJP lawmaker|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/asha-bhosle-has-not-done-enough-for-goa-bjp-lawmaker-2-760577.html|website=First post|date=7 May 2013}}</ref>) and born in [[Mangeshi village]], he later, in his teens, adopted the surname "Mangeshkar," which means "of Mangesh." Mangesh is also the name of the deity worshipped in the [[Mangueshi Temple]].<ref>https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2019/09/27/lata-mangeshkar-at-90-tracing-mangeshkar-lineage-to-western-ghats.html</ref>

As a ''[[Devadasi]]'', Yesubai often sang and danced at temple events and festivals. She is said to have had an unerring genius for music. Deenanath's father's surname was ''Hardikar'', whose family performed the [[Abhishekam]] ''(ritual bathing)'' of the [[lingam]] of [[Shiva]] at Mangueshi Temple, thus they were known as ''Abhisheki''s.<ref name=mother>{{cite book|last=Bhimani|first=Harish|title=In search of Lata Mangeshkar|year=1995|publisher=Indus|isbn=978-81-7223-170-5|pages=47–48}}</ref>
The father of the [[Hindustani classical music|Indian vocalist]] [[Jitendra Abhisheki]] was Deenanath's half-brother.

==Career==
Deenanath Mangeshkar started taking singing and music lessons from Shri Baba Mashelkar at the age of five. He was also to become a disciple at [[Gwalior]] school. He was fascinated by the variety and aggressive style of Gayanacharya Pundit Ramkrishna bua Vaze and became gandabandh shagird. In his youth, he travelled to Bikaner and took formal training in classical music from Pundit Sukhdev Prasad, father of Pundit [[Mani Prasad]], of the [[Kirana Gharana]]. He joined the Kirloskar Sangeet Mandali and the Kirloskar Natak Mandali at the age of 11. Later, he left Kirloskar Mandali, and formed Balwant Mandali with his friends [[Chintaman Ganesh Kolhatkar|Chintamanrao Kolhatkar]] and Krishnarao Kolhapure. This new group had [[Ram Ganesh Gadkari|Gadkari's]] blessing, but shortly after the group was formed; Gadkari died in January 1919.

Deenanath's good looks and melodious voice won him popularity in the Marathi theatre. So much so that the then giant of the [[Marathi language|Marathi]] stage, [[Bal Gandharva]] publicly declared that he would welcome the entry of Deenanath in his organisation "''by throwing a carpet of rupee coins under his feet''".

During the period of 1935, he produced 3 films, one of them being ''Krishnarjun Yuddha''. It was made in both Hindi and Marathi, and a song from it, sung by and filmed on Deenanath. Deenanath also studied [[Indian classical music]] under Ramkrishna Vaze. He also studied [[astrology]].

Partly out of his interest in astrology and numerology, he believed that dramas with 5 letters, with anuswar (diacritical) on the third letter, were lucky for him. Examples : Ranadundubhi (रणदुंदुभी), Rajsanyas (राजसंन्यास), Deshkantak (देशकंटक).

The dramas produced by Deenanath were extremely popular amongst the masses due to his masterly presentation of the songs composed by Vaze Bua and the patriotic content.

==Personal life==

===First marriage===
Deenanath's first wife was Narmada (later renamed "Shrimati" by her in-laws). She was the daughter of Seth Haridas Ramdas Lad – a prosperous businessman of the town of [[Thalner]] (between [[Dhule]] and [[Jalgaon]] (Khandesh), [[Maharashtra]]. Deenanath and Narmada were married in 1922. Deenanath changed his wife's name to "Shrimati". She was 19 at the time and Deenanath was 21.

They had a daughter named Latika, who died in her infancy. Deenanath's wife died shortly thereafter.

===Second marriage===
Deenanath's second wife was his first wife's sister. Her name was Shevanti. Some sources claim that Deenanath named his second wife "Shrimati" as well.

The marriage of Deenanath and Shevanti was solemnised at a quiet ceremony within the house in 1927. Shevanti's mother chose not to attend.

Deenanath and his second wife had five children: [[Lata Mangeshkar|Lata]], [[Meena Mangeshkar|Meena]], [[Asha Bhosle|Asha]], [[Usha Mangeshkar|Usha]], and [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar|Hridaynath]].

Their first child was named Hema. But Deenanath called her Lata in memory of his deceased daughter. The name stuck and it is by that name that his legendary eldest daughter, [[Lata Mangeshkar]], is known today.

See above

==Death==
[[File:Deenanath Mangeshkar 1993 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Mangeshkar on a 1993 stamp of India]]
Deenanath took to alcohol during the days of financial hardship in 1930s. After being ill for a few weeks, he died in Pune in April 1942. He was only 41 at the time of his death.

His family has erected a [[Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital]] and research centre in his name in [[Pune]].

==Theatrical productions==
Some of his theatrical productions, in which he sang and starred too, are
* ''Manapaman'' (मानापमान) (written by K.P. Khadilkar)
* ''Ranadundubhi'' (रणदुंदुभी) (written by [[Veer Vamanrao Joshi]]) Music composed by Vaze buwa
* ''Punyaprabhaav'' (पुण्यप्रभाव)
* ''Sanyasta Khadga'' (संन्यस्तखड्ग) (written by [[Veer Savarkar]]) Music composed by Vaze buwa
* ''Rajsanyaas'' (राजसंन्यास) (written by [[Ram Ganesh Gadkari]])
* ''Deshkantak'' (देशकंटक)
* ''Ram Rajya Viyog'' (रामराज्य वियोग)

==See also==
* [[Mangeshkar Family]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Deenanath Mangeshkar}}
*[http://www.dmhospital.org/ Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital,Pune]
*Deenanath Mangeshkar Award

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