1. Pandit Prasad Sawkar was born on 14 December 1928 and is an Indian vocalist, and scholar of Indian classical, semi-classical, and devotional music.
10 Facts About Prasad Sawkar
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Prasad Sawkar received prestigious Padma Shri award in the year 2006 for his work in music and Sangeet Natak.
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Sambaprasad Raghuvir Sawkar was born in Baroda, Gujarat in a family of musicians and actors hailing from Goa.
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Prasad Sawkar's father, Raghuvir Sawkar, was a singer and actor who was famous for acting a ladies character in the play who was known as Rangdevta.
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Prasad Sawkar took his formal education in music and acting from his father.
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Later he went to his uncle Dattaram Prasad Sawkar for school education at Mhapsa who was a harmonium player.
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Prasad Sawkar played a role of 'Kruttika' in the play "Sanshay Kallol".
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Prasad Sawkar made a record of by playing four characters in the same play namely Kruttika, Sadhu, Singer and Vaishakh Sheth.
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Prasad Sawkar made career in Marathi Cinema which includes Pedgaoche Shahane, Gora Kumbhar.
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Prasad Sawkar was instrumental by acting in "Panditrao Jagannath" and "Suvarnatula" which get wide popularity.