Vasant Pawar

Vasant Pawar:

Vasant Pawar was an excellent sitar player. His first film as a music director was Ketakichya banaat in 1950. Thereafter, he composed music for the songs Bala jo jo re, Chimni Pakhra, Stree janmaa hi tuzhi kahani and Mahatma which became extremely popular. He was a playback singer too. His song Eka talyat hoti from Sukhacha Sobti is still popular. He composed music for Bahinabai’s poem Khopyamadhi Khopa for one of his films – in fact he was the first to introduce Bahinabai’s excellent poems into the film industry. Sulochana Chavhan sang the two lavanis Tuzha usaala laglaay kolha and Padaravarti jarataricha mor nachara hava for the film Malhari Martand, which were the pinnacle of his work. Vasant Pawar passed away at the age of forty-five. Music aficionados regret to this day that such a great artist was never given his due status or recognition in his lifetime.