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Sudhir Phadke (25 July, 1919 - 29 July, 2002) was a marathi singer-composer. Popular as ‘Babuji’ to millions of his fans, he died in Mumbai after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was regarded as an icon of the Marathi film industry and Marathi Sugam Sangeet for five decades.

Sudhir Phadke was heart of Marathi light music. He went on to become one of the most popular singers and music directors of all time in Marathi cinema. He acquired his primary tutelage in vocal classical music from the late Vamanrao Padhye in Kolhapur. After beginning his career with HMV in 1941, he joined the Prabhat Film Company as music director in 1946.

He had 111 films to his credit as a music director, 21 of which are in Hindi. Phadke last sang and composed music for the Hindi film Veer Savarkar in 2002.For the last one decade, he was tenaciously involved in a unique project of producing a film on the life of freedom fighter Veer Savarkar through public donations only. He was the main inspiration and founder member of India Heritage Foundation in the United States.

He had also scored the music for Apradhi, Jai Bhim, Maya Bazar, Ram Pratigya, Sant Janabai, Seeta Swayamwar, Aage Badho, Gokul and Rukmini Swayamwar among others.

Winner of numerous awards, Phadke won the Rashtrapati Award in 1963 for Ha Maaza Marga Ekala. The highlight of his career, however, is the music composition of the Geet Ramayana, rendered in lyrical form by poet G D Madgulkar.

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