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Bhaskar Chandavarkar is a Music Director Indian born on 16 march 1936
Bhaskar Chandavarkar (16 March 1936 – 26 July 2009) was an Indian sitar player, academic and film and theatre composer who worked with well-known directors of Indian cinema like Mrinal Sen, Girish Karnad, Aparna Sen, K. G. George and Amol Palekar in various languages including Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Oriya and was known for his blending of Indian classical and western music.
He taught at FTII, Pune for many years, and during his career as a music composer he worked for 40 films, and is most known for his work in films such as Amol Palekar's Aakreit and Thoda Sa Rumani Ho Jaayen, Girish Karnad's Ondanondu Kaladalli, Jabbar Patel's Samna, Mrinal Sen's Khandhar, Vijaya Mehta's Rao Saheb, Chitra Palekar's Maati Maay and K. G. George's Swapnadanam.
He has given music to films which are considered as classics in respective languages; like Vamsha Vriksha (1971), Ondanondu Kaladalli (1979) in Kannada, Maya Darpan (1972), Khandhar (1984) in Hindi, Swapnadanam (1975) in Malayalam, Paroma (1984) in Bengali, Maya Miriga (1984) in Oriya, Shwaas (2004) in Marathi, etc.
He received the President's National Film Award for Music direction in the Marathi short film Chaitra directed by Kranti Kanade in 2002.
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Bhaskar Chandavarkar
Nationality Inde
Birth 16 march 1936
Death 26 july 2009 (at 73 years)
Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Birth 16 march 1936
Death 26 july 2009 (at 73 years)
Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
He taught at FTII, Pune for many years, and during his career as a music composer he worked for 40 films, and is most known for his work in films such as Amol Palekar's Aakreit and Thoda Sa Rumani Ho Jaayen, Girish Karnad's Ondanondu Kaladalli, Jabbar Patel's Samna, Mrinal Sen's Khandhar, Vijaya Mehta's Rao Saheb, Chitra Palekar's Maati Maay and K. G. George's Swapnadanam.
He has given music to films which are considered as classics in respective languages; like Vamsha Vriksha (1971), Ondanondu Kaladalli (1979) in Kannada, Maya Darpan (1972), Khandhar (1984) in Hindi, Swapnadanam (1975) in Malayalam, Paroma (1984) in Bengali, Maya Miriga (1984) in Oriya, Shwaas (2004) in Marathi, etc.
He received the President's National Film Award for Music direction in the Marathi short film Chaitra directed by Kranti Kanade in 2002.
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Sarivar Sari (2005)
Directed by Gajendra Ahire
Actors Neena Kulkarni, Mohan Joshi, Bharat Jadhav, Shreyas Talpade, Milind Gunaji, Manasi Salvi
Rating69%
Vini and Mani are sisters who belong to an orthodox family which values conformity over independence. Their family and surroundings are a constant reminder of what their place and aim in life should be. While Vini, born with an intellect and desire to work towards her goals, finds her way by accepting these limitations, Mani refuses to lead a predestined life. She rebels against traditions and charts her own path.
A Breath (2004)
, 1h47Genres Drama
Actors Sandeep Kulkarni, Vibhawari Deshpande, Amruta Subhash
Rating81%
A villager (Vichare) brings his 8-year-old grandson Parshuraam (also known as Paarsha) to a doctor in Pune to diagnose the child's eyes. They are accompanied by Paarsha's maternal uncle Diwakar. On the first day Vichare is asked to sign the usual papers before admission in hospital. Upon asking, he learns that the papers say the doctor would not be responsible if anything goes wrong. Vichare, the rustic grandfather finds these terms unacceptable. A medical social worker, Asawari, quickly comes in and explains the practice to Vichare. She calms him down and accompanies them during the first appointment with the doctor. Dr. Sane quickly diagnoses child as a victim of retinoblastoma — a rare retinal cancer. After consulting with other colleagues in US and UK doctor finds that only way to save child's life is to perform an operation that will leave the child blind. As per rule, doctor explains this and insists child be informed of this before surgery. He cannot be operated without this knowledge as it was against ethics. Asawari (Amruta Subhash) who helps the doctor in convincing the grandfather and the grandson, tries to keep track of Vichare and persuades him not fall prey to other doctors promising false medicines. She tries to befriend Parshya to explain him what is going to happen. However, she finds it is too difficult to explain to him that he will turn blind.
Chaitra (2002)
, 25minutesGenres Drama
Actors Sonali Kulkarni
Roles Music
Rating24%
The story of a proud woman, her poetic vindication of unfair social insult, and her inevitable sad destiny. A very culture-specific film dipped in a local festival of rural women.
Parama (1985)
, 2h19Directed by Aparna Sen
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Rakhee Gulzar, Aparna Sen, Anil Chatterjee, Deepankar De, Chaiti Ghoshal
Rating68%
The movie is about a 40-year-old married woman, Paroma (Raakhee) whose identity lies in the words like 'bahu (the daughter-in-law)' 'kaki maa (paternal aunt)' 'bhabhi (brother's wife)'! Her well-settled, very normal and predictable life turns upside down when Rahul (Mukul Sharma), an expatriate photo-journalist working for a magazine chooses her to pose for an photo essay, 'An Indian Housewife'. It begins with a simple question, "What do you think, Paroma?".
Rao Saheb (1985)
, 2h3Directed by Vijaya Mehta
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Anupam Kher, Tanvi Azmi, Vijaya Mehta, Chandrakant Raghunath Gokhale, Nilu Phule
A young barrister Rao Saheb return from England after education, with progressive ideas. He plans to break the orthodox customs of Brahmin society. He live in his old mansion in a small town in rural Maharashtra, where situation hasn't changed. His lives with his orthodox father and widowed aunty, Mausi, who has befriended, a young widow Radhika in a neighbouring home. Radhika rebels against the patriarchal customs imposed on widows at the time. Rao Saheb empathizes with her and comes close her, while his Mausi also fights for modernity by trying save Rahika from the shackles of widowhood.
The Ruins (1984)
Directed by Mrinal Sen
Genres Drama
Actors Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Annu Kapoor, Rajen Tarafdar
Roles Music
Rating72%
Three friends from the city visit some ruins where an aged mother (Gita Sen) and her daughter Jamini (Shabana Azmi) live. Mother awaits the arrival of a distant cousin to marry Jamini, but the man is already married and living in Calcutta. The photographer Subhash (Naseeruddin Shah) takes pity on the family and pretends to be the awaited suitor. The mother dies contented. When the threesome leave again, Jamini stays behind, facing a life of loneliness in the ruins.
The Ruins (1984)
, 1h46Directed by Mrinal Sen
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shabana Azmi, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Rajen Tarafdar
Roles Music
Rating72%
Trois amis fuient les tensions de la grande ville (Calcutta en l'occurrence) pour passer un week-end à la campagne en un lieu insolite où s'élèvent les ruines d'un palais aristocratique. Là, contre toute apparence, y habitent encore une veuve âgée et sa fille, Jamini, belle et mélancolique, entièrement dévouée à sa mère paralysée.
Ek Daav Bhutacha (1982)
Actors Dilip Prabhavalkar, Ashok Saraf, Ranjana, Mohan Joshi, Johnny Lever
Rating27%
The plot revolves around a school master, portrayed by Dilip Prabhavalkar. He is a simple and honest teacher who is posted to teach in a school in a small village of rural India. Within a short time he runs into trouble with the village sarpanch (local chief) for having punished his son in class. More trouble soon follows when a dance troupe (or a tamasha) comes into the village. In an effort to please the lead dancer, the sarpanch has the teacher's house emptied and gives it the dancing troupe to occupy.
, 1h50Directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Om Puri, Sulabha Deshpande, Arvind Deshpande
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating70%
The film captures the angst of a worker, in Mumbai exemplified by a young Christian car mechanic, Albert Pinto (Naseeruddin Shah) who is under the illusion that if he works hard and emulates the rich, one day he can also be successful. He makes friendly relations with his customers, who are usually the rich of the city and who keep telling him that good workers do not go on strike. Strikes are the handiwork of lumpen elements. Pinto gets angry with the supposedly wrong attitudes of the workers who he assumes go on strike under any pretext. However, when Pinto's father, who is a mill worker is abused by the lumpen elements hired by the mill owners, he realizes that it is not the workers but the capitalists who should be blamed for the plight of the workers. He also realizes the legitimacy of strikes. Towards the end of the movie, Pinto still remains an angry man; but now his anger is directed against the capitalists, not the striking workers.
Ondanondu Kaladalli (1979)
, 2h17Directed by Girish Karnad
Actors Shankar Naag
Rating82%
Gandugali (Shankar Nag) is a mercenary who comes across a band of soldiers on the trail of a couple of wounded enemy soldiers. He ends up rescuing them and is taken to their chieftain who hires him to train his soldiers to fight his brother — his enemy. While there, Gandugali befriends the son of the chieftain's eldest brother, Jayakeshi, who is consigned to tending to cattle by his uncle. Jayakeshi asks Gandugali to help him reclaim his land and reinstate him as the chief. Gandugali refuses saying he is only a mercenary and that the youngster has no money to offer.
, 1h50Directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Genres Drama
Actors Dr. Shriram Lagoo, Om Puri, Anjali Paigankar, Sulabha Deshpande, Rohini Hattangadi, Satish Shah
Roles Music
Rating70%
Arvind Desai (Dilip Dhawan) is the only son of a rich businessman (Shriram Lagoo) who deals in luxury handicrafts and products. His feelings for his father are mixed. While he hates his dominating nature, he admires his power and lack of scruples. He has long discussions on art and politics with a Marxist friend (Om Puri), is seeing his father's secretary, Alice (Anjali Paigankar) and sometimes he visits a prostitute, Fatima. Much against his wishes, his marriage is arranged to a girl from a high-class family that has just returned from Paris much to Alice's mother dismay who realizes that Alice was time-pass for Arvind and nothing more. Suresh Oberoi has done cameo in movie.
Omniscient (1978)
, 2h15Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Smita Patil, Anjali Paigankar, Nilu Phule
Roles Sound
Rating69%
Ravi, a progressive schoolteacher in a small village helps fight an epidemic by getting his students inoculated. He incurs the wrath of local witchdoctor in the process. The witchdoctor gets his chance when Rekha, the pregnant wife of Ravi comes to him after the death of their child. He demands a human sacrifice. While Rekha later dies in childbirth, Ravi is accused of superstitious activity and is ostracized by the villagers. He is, eventually cleared, however.
Godhuli (1977)
Directed by Girish Karnad
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, T. S. Nagabharana
Roles Music Director
Rating74%
Après avoir étudié aux États-Unis Nandan revient dans son village du Karnataka à l’occasion du décès de son père. Il reprend l’élevage de vaches de ce dernier, et se retrouve ainsi à la tête de la principale activité économique du village. Rapidement, il entre en désaccord avec le prêtre du village, pourtant son ami d’enfance, au sujet des vaches. Nandan, en partie sous l’influence de son épouse américaine, considère surtout son troupeau comme une source de profit et souhaite moderniser son exploitation, tandis que le prêtre est indigné par le peu de respect dont Nandan fait preuve envers un animal sacré dans la religion hindoue. Les deux hommes vont user l’un de son influence morale et religieuse, l’autre de son pouvoir économique, pour rallier les villageois à leur cause.
Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane (1977)
, 2h23Directed by Girish Karnad
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Om Puri, T. S. Nagabharana
Roles Music Director
Rating74%
The movie explores the cultural problems experienced by an American woman, newly married to an Indian, adjusting to Indian norms and customs. It depicts a modern man who studies agriculture in the United States, returns to India with an American wife with their different views. The theme is one alienation from the fellow human beings.