Suresh Ishwar Wadkar was born on 7 August 1955 and is an Indian playback singer.
21 Facts About Suresh Wadkar
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Suresh Wadkar has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films, Odia albums and bhajans and in Konkani films.
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Suresh Wadkar was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2018 for Sugam Sangeet.
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In 1968, when Suresh Wadkar was 13, Jialal Vasant encouraged him to work towards the "Prabhakar" certificate offered by the Prayag Sangit Samiti, because it was equivalent to a BEd and qualifies the awardee to teach professionally.
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Suresh Wadkar successfully completed his "Prabhakar" and joined Arya Vidya Mandir in Mumbai as a music teacher.
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Suresh Wadkar won the competition which was judged by composers from the Indian film industry including Jaidev and Ravindra Jain.
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Ravindra Jain introduced him to the world of playback singing, and Suresh Wadkar sang Jain's composition Sona Kare Jhilmil Jhilmil Vrishti Pade Tapur Tupur in the film Paheli.
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Suresh Wadkar sang for Rajiv Kapoor in Ram Teri Ganga Maili.
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Suresh Wadkar sang his first Tamil song in the 2009 film Kanden Kadhalai, an adaptation of the Hindi blockbuster Jab We Met.
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Suresh Wadkar has sung numerous devotional songs in various Indian languages for many denominations including many Vaishnav and Shaivite sampradayas such as the Swaminarayan Sampradaya.
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In 1996, Suresh Wadkar sang Channeache Rati among several other songs in Rajendra Talak's Konkani album Daryachya Deger with Asha Bhosle.
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Suresh Wadkar has worked with some of the top class Marathi music directors like Pt.
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Suresh Wadkar was a judge on the Indian TV singing show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs and at the 2005 Sangeet Awards.
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Suresh Wadkar has started an online music school, called SWAMA, under Ace Open University.
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Suresh Wadkar is married to classical singer Padma and the couple has two daughters, Ananya and Jiya.
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In 1976, Suresh Wadkar won the Madan Mohan Best Male Playback Singer Award at the Sur-Singar competition.
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Suresh Wadkar is a recipient of the 2004 Lata Mangeshkar Puraskar instituted by Madhya Pradesh government.
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Suresh Wadkar won the 2007 Maharashtra Pride Award which is given by the government of Maharashtra to citizens of note.
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Suresh Wadkar got awarded by Late Sadashiv Amarapurkar Award 2017 by Ahmednagar's Think Global Foundation.
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Suresh Wadkar was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2018 for Sugam Sangeet.
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Suresh Wadkar has sung for a variety of composers in the Indian film industry.