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'''Avinash Vyas''' was an Indian music composer, lyricist and singer of [[Gujarati film industry|Gujarati films]]<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA463|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=1993}}</ref><ref name="IMDB Profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1033520/ | title=IMDB Profile | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref> who composed music for over 190 [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati films]].<ref name="Songs of Yore">{{cite web | url=http://www.songsofyore.com/forgotten-composers-unforgettable-melodies-8-avinash-vyas/ | title=Songs of Yore | publisher=Songs of Yore | date=2015 | access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Planet Radio City">{{cite web | url=http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/article-musicdir/Avinash-Vyas/812 | title=Planet Radio City | publisher=Planet Radio City | date=2015 | access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> He was a winner of Gujarat State Film award for the best lyricist and best music 25 times.<ref name="Movies and Music of India">{{cite web | url=https://iyerbhaskar.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/movies-music-of-india-avinash-vyas/ | title=Movies and Music of India | publisher=Movies and Music of India | date=2015 | access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1970 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https:// | '''Avinash Vyas''' was an Indian music composer, lyricist and singer of [[Gujarati film industry|Gujarati films]]<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA463|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=1993}}</ref><ref name="IMDB Profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1033520/ | title=IMDB Profile | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref> who composed music for over 190 [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati films]].<ref name="Songs of Yore">{{cite web | url=http://www.songsofyore.com/forgotten-composers-unforgettable-melodies-8-avinash-vyas/ | title=Songs of Yore | publisher=Songs of Yore | date=2015 | access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Planet Radio City">{{cite web | url=http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/article-musicdir/Avinash-Vyas/812 | title=Planet Radio City | publisher=Planet Radio City | date=2015 | access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> He was a winner of Gujarat State Film award for the best lyricist and best music 25 times.<ref name="Movies and Music of India">{{cite web | url=https://iyerbhaskar.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/movies-music-of-india-avinash-vyas/ | title=Movies and Music of India | publisher=Movies and Music of India | date=2015 | access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1970 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Avinash Vyas was born in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]] on 21 July 1912 and had his initial music training under [[Ustad Allauddin Khan]].<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> His career started with [[HMV]] for their ''Young India'' label where he cut his first [[gramophone record]] in 1940<ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> and debuted as a film music composer in with the Gujarati film, [[Mahasati Ansuya]]<ref name="Mahasati Ansuya">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376740/ | title=Mahasati Ansuya | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> in 1943, partnering the renowned musician, [[Ustad Alla Rakha]].<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> Two more films were released the next year, [[Krishna Bhakta Bodana]] and [[Laheri Badmash]] but both were not successful.<ref name="Planet Radio City" /> His first major hit came in 1948 with Gunsundari,<ref name="Gunsundari">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256064/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm | title=Gunsundari | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> a bilingual in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Hindi languages|Hindi]].<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> | Avinash Vyas was born in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]] on 21 July 1912 and had his initial music training under [[Ustad Allauddin Khan]].<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> His career started with [[HMV]] for their ''Young India'' label where he cut his first [[gramophone record]] in 1940<ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> and debuted as a film music composer in with the Gujarati film, [[Mahasati Ansuya]]<ref name="Mahasati Ansuya">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376740/ | title=Mahasati Ansuya | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> in 1943, partnering the renowned musician, [[Ustad Alla Rakha]].<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> Two more films were released the next year, [[Krishna Bhakta Bodana]] and [[Laheri Badmash]] but both were not successful.<ref name="Planet Radio City" /> His first major hit came in 1948 with Gunsundari,<ref name="Gunsundari">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256064/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm | title=Gunsundari | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> a bilingual in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Hindi languages|Hindi]].<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> | ||
Vyas composed music for over 1200 songs for 190 Hindi and Gujarati films during his career, his total contribution exceeding 10,000 songs including non film songs.<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> Most of the major singers of that era such as [[Geeta Dutt]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha | Vyas composed music for over 1200 songs for 190 Hindi and Gujarati films during his career, his total contribution exceeding 10,000 songs including non film songs.<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> Most of the major singers of that era such as [[Geeta Dutt]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Suman Kalyanpur]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], [[Hemant Kumar]], [[Talat Mehmood]], [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Mahendra Kapoor]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar]] sang his compositions in various movies.<ref name="Planet Radio City" /> He tuned the lines of several noted lyricists like [[Qamar Jalalabadi]], [[Indeevar]], [[Bharat Vyas]] and [[Raja Mehdi Ali Khan]].<ref name="Planet Radio City" /> [[Geeta Dutt]] was one of his favorite singers and she sang in more Gujarati films than in Bengali films where she originally came from.<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> | ||
Vyas received the Gujarat State annual Film awards 25 times, both for lyrics and compositions, which is reported to be a record.<ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> The Gujarat Rajya Sangeet Nrutya Academy awarded him the ''Gaurav Puraskar''<ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> and the [[Government of India]] honoured him with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1970.<ref name="Padma Shri" /> Some of his memorable compositions were compiled and released on 29 March 2012 as a music disc under the name, ''Avinash Vyas - A Musical Journey''.<ref name="A Musical Journey With Avinash Vyas">{{cite AV media | url=https://myspace.com/variousartists-49036749/music/album/a-musical-journey-with-avinash-vyas-18472484 | title=A Musical Journey With Avinash Vyas | publisher=Saregama India Limited | date=29 March 2012 | medium=CD}}</ref> He died on 20 August 1984, at the age of 72,<ref name="Songs of Yore" /><ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> three years after his last film, ''Bhakta Gora Kumbhar'' was released.<ref name="Planet Radio City" /> | Vyas received the Gujarat State annual Film awards 25 times, both for lyrics and compositions, which is reported to be a record.<ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> The Gujarat Rajya Sangeet Nrutya Academy awarded him the ''Gaurav Puraskar''<ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> and the [[Government of India]] honoured him with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1970.<ref name="Padma Shri" /> Some of his memorable compositions were compiled and released on 29 March 2012 as a music disc under the name, ''Avinash Vyas - A Musical Journey''.<ref name="A Musical Journey With Avinash Vyas">{{cite AV media | url=https://myspace.com/variousartists-49036749/music/album/a-musical-journey-with-avinash-vyas-18472484 | title=A Musical Journey With Avinash Vyas | publisher=Saregama India Limited | date=29 March 2012 | medium=CD}}</ref> He died on 20 August 1984, at the age of 72,<ref name="Songs of Yore" /><ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> three years after his last film, ''Bhakta Gora Kumbhar'' was released.<ref name="Planet Radio City" /> | ||
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[[Category:Indian male | [[Category:Indian male playback singers]] | ||
[[Category:Gujarati playback singers]] | [[Category:Gujarati playback singers]] | ||
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