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|name = Vasant Desai<br />
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|06|09}}<br />
|birth_place = Sonawade village, [[Sindhudurg, Maharashtra]], India<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|12|22|1912|06|09}}<br />
|website = {{url|www.soundsofsonawade.com}}<br />
|death_place = Bombay<br />
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|occupation = [[film score composer]]<br />
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'''Vasant Desai''' (1912–1975) was an Indian film music composer, most remembered for his score in [[V. Shantaram]] films like '' [[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]'' (1953), ''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]'' (1955), [[Vijay Bhatt]]'s ''[[Goonj Uthi Shehnai]]'' (1959), ''Sampoorna Ramayan'' (1961), [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]'s ''[[Guddi (1971 film)|Guddi]]'' (1971) and ''Aashirwaad''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT562&dq=Vasant+Desai+-inauthor:%22Vasant+Desai%22&lr=#v=onepage&q=Vasant%20Desai%20-inauthor%3A%22Vasant%20Desai%22&f=false Vasant Desai] ''Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema'', by [[Gulzar]], [[Govind Nihalani]], Saibal Chatterjee. (Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd,) Publisher: Popular Prakashan, 2003. {{ISBN|81-7991-066-0}}. ''p. 544''.</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
He was born in 1912 into a wealthy family in Sonawade village, [[Savantwadi]] state, ruled by the [[Bhonsale]] clan, and grew up in [[Kudal]] area, also in [[Konkan]] belt, [[Sindhudurg district]], [[Maharashtra]] in western India.<ref>http://village.kokansearch.com/show-village-details.php/sonawade+tarf+kalsuli/kudal/sindhudurg<br />
[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZI1wqkWsIjYC&pg=PA229&dq=Vasant+Desai+-inauthor:%22Vasant+Desai%22&lr=#v=onepage&q=Vasant%20Desai%20-inauthor%3A%22Vasant%20Desai%22&f=false Vasant Desai] ''Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries'', by Ashok Da. Ranade. Bibliophile South Asia, 2006. {{ISBN|81-85002-64-9}}. ''p. 229''.</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He was with the famous [[Prabhat Film Company]] since it started making talkies. He acted, sang, and sometimes composed songs in Prabhat's films like ''Dharmatma'' and ''Sant Dnyaneshwar''. After learning the craft of music composition, he stuck solely to it since the 1940s.<br />
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He scored music for a majority of [[V. Shantaram]]'s films when the latter broke away from Prabhat to form his own film studio. Their relations soured in late 1950s after which Vasantrao Desai never worked for his former mentor again.<br />
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His memorable songs are, [[Filmi Devotional songs|Hindi Filmi Devotional song]], ''[[Filmi Devotional songs#Ae Malik Tere Bande Ham .28film Do Aankhen Barah Haath.2C 1957.29 by Vasant Desai and Bharat Vyas|Ae Malik Tere Bande Ham]]'' ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]'', 1957. and launched play back singer, [[Vani Jairam]] with the song, ''Bole re papihara'' in ''[[Guddi (1971 film)|Guddi]]'' (1971).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080420071424/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/12/02/stories/2005120200770300.htm Nostalgia unlimited: Vani Jairam's songs in Malayalam continue to enchant a new generation of music lovers] [[The Hindu]], 2 December 2005.</ref><br />
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[[Maithreem Bhajata]] is a benediction composed in Sanskrit by sant Jagadguru Shri [[Chandrasekharendra Saraswati]] of the Kanchi Mutt.<br />
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The song was set to a Ragamalika by composer Shri Vasant Desai. It was rendered at the United Nations on Oct. 23, 1966 on the occasion of the UN day, by Bharat Ratna Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi.<br />
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In Marathi, some of his memorable songs are Sanga Mukund kuni ha pahila, Uthi Uthi Gopala from [[Amar Bhoopali]], Ramya hi swargahuni Lanka from Swayamwar zale Seeteche, Deh devache mandir from Preetisangam, Manuskichya shatrusange yuddha amuche suru from Chota jawan.<ref>http://www.aathavanitli-gani.com/Lists/Composer%20Details/Vasant%20Desai.asp List of songs by Vasant Desai</ref><br />
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==Last recording==<br />
Vasant Desai went back home on 22 December 1975 after a full day<br />
recording of a special musical programme at HMV Studios attended by<br />
high-profile musicians as it was in praise of Indira Gandhi. He<br />
stepped into the elevator of his apartment building and due to some<br />
technical glitch, the lift began to move, crushing him to death.<ref>http://www.bookganga.com/Preview/Preview.aspx?BookId=170912115720&PreviewType=ebooks (p. 23)</ref><br />
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==Partial filmography==<br />
*''[[Shakuntala (1943 film)|Shakuntala]]'' (1943)<br />
* [[Amar Bhoopali]] (Marathi)<br />
* ''[[Shyamchi Aai (film)|Shyamchi Aai]]'' (1953) (Marathi)<br />
* Molkarin (Marathi)<br />
* Swayamwar zale Seeteche (Marathi)<br />
* Laxmanrekha (Marathi)<br />
* Tooch mazi rani (Marathi)<br />
* Kanchanganga (Marathi)<br />
* Chota jawan (Marathi)<br />
* Dev Deenaghari Dhavala (Marathi Drama)<br />
*'' [[Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani]]'' (1946) <ref>[http://www.movietalkies.com/artists/index.asp?ArtistId=55420 Filmography]</ref><br />
* ''[[Narasinha Avatar]]'' (1949)<br />
* ''[[Dahej (film)|Dahej]]'' (1950)<br />
* ''[[Sheesh Mahal (1950 film)|Sheesh Mahal]]'' (1950)<br />
* ''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]'' (1955)<br />
*'' [[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]'' (1953)<br />
* ''[[Toofan Aur Deeya]]'' (1956)<br />
* ''Do Phool'' (1958)<br />
* ''[[Gunj Uthi Shehnai]]'' (1959)<br />
*''Pyar ki Pyas'' (1961)<br />
* ''[[Sampoorna Ramayana]]'' (1961)<br />
* ''[[Yaadein (1964 film)|Yaadein]]'' (1964)<br />
* ''[[Guddi (1971 film)|Guddi]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''[[Achanak (1973 film)|Achanak]]'' (1973)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0220848}}<br />
* [http://www.vasantdesai.com Vasant Desai]<br />
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