1. Mahesh Kale won India's 63rd National Film Award as the Best Playback Singer, for the song Aruni Kirani in the film Katyar Kaljat Ghusli from the President of India.
18 Facts About Mahesh Kale
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Mahesh Kale is a disciple of Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki a promient singer from Agra Gharana.
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Mahesh Kale was ranked nineteenth in The Times of India's Top 20 Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra in 2017.
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Mahesh Kale has played a key role in bringing Hindustani Classical Music into the mainstream with a touch of modern glamor and is one of the most prominent Indian Classical musicians of the new generation.
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Mahesh Kale began his early music education under the guidance of his mother Smt.
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Mahesh Kale had a Masters Degree in Indian Classical Music and was a disciple of Veena Sahasrabuddhe.
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Mahesh Kale gave his first solo performance at the age of 3 at Gondavale, with the rendition of a devotional song he mesmerized an audience of over 5000.
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Under his tutelage in a gurukul-like setting, Mahesh Kale was extensively trained in classical and semi-classical forms like thumri, dadra, tappa, bhajans, and marathi natya sangeet for over 8 years.
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Mahesh Kale holds a Bachelors in Electronics Engineering from Vishwakarma Institute of Technology affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University and a master's degree in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University.
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Mahesh Kale has performed extensively across India, US, UAE, UK, Australia, Europe, and Southeast Asia for concerts of Indian Classical and Semi-classical Music.
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Since early 2010, Mahesh Kale has been playing the central character in Katyar Kaljat Ghusli, the evergreen Sangeet Natak.
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Mahesh Kale debuted at the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival in 2011 which received generous appreciation.
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Mahesh Kale has performed in Indian Classical as well as fusion concerts with world-famous percussionists like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Sivamani and Trilok Gurtu, and instrumentalists like Pedro Eustache and Frank Martin and in Jazz concerts with well known composer and saxophonist George Brooks and groove-master bassist Kai Eckhardt.
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Mahesh Kale has given lecture-demonstrations in various US universities including Stanford and Harvard University and at institutions like Commonwealth Club and INKTalks.
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Mahesh Kale is passionate about classical music education and firmly believes that quality education should be affordable and globally accessible.
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Mahesh Kale is the founder of MKSM, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, which imparts education to over a thousand students worldwide.
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Mahesh Kale has voiced the songs sung by the character of "Sadashiv" in the movie Katyar Kaljat Ghusali which released on 12 November 2015 and received National Film Award for Best Playback Singer 2015.
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Mahesh Kale is a popular judge on the TV show Sur Nava Dhyas Nava on Colors Marathi TV channel which scouts for the singing talent in Maharashtra.