Connection
Pravin Godkhindi is a Sound Indian
Pravin Godkhindi (Kannada: ಪ್ರವೀಣ್ ಗೋಡಖಿಂಡಿ) is a flute (Bansuri) player following the Hindustani style of music. He is a trained Electrical engineer and an alumnus of SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad. He plays traditional Hindustani style of flute as well as contemporary. His father "Pt.Venkatesh Godkhindi" is a renowned bansuri maestro,vocalist and A-grade radio artist, mainly serving AIR, Dharwad. He started learning flute from his father at the age of three. Venkatesh Godkhindi trained Pravin for decades together.Pravinn has mastered father's own unique style of singing on flute(gayki style).He is a master of thanthrakari style. He has experimented with fusion of both Indian and Western music.
He has given many solo concerts in India and abroad. He is playing a very significant role in popularizing the Indian Classical Music among the masses . The "3 generations" concert which he performed with his father Pt Venkatesh Godkhindi and son Shadaj Godkhindi caught the attention of flute lovers all over the world. He has also performed at the World Flutes Festival at Mendoza, Argentina in September, 2010.He was awarded the title "Suramani" at the age of 16. He is the first southindian Bansuri artiste to be graded "A-Top". He is also the first Indian to perform on the 8 feet contrabass flute, which has renamed as GOD's BANSI. He has composed music for innumerable popular TV serials such as "Garva", "Malebillu". He won the Aryabhata award for his composition of title track for Malebillu. He has composed music for films like Beru (A national award winning movie, 2005) and "krishna nee late aagi baaro". He has also composed music for several dance ballets and dramas. He is known for his fusion albums and a raga based TV show "Ragaranjini.". He has performed with veteran musicians like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Dr Balmurali Krishna, Pt. Kadri Gopalnath, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Vidwan Kumaresh and many others. His album by name "Raaga Rang" in association with saxophone maestro Shri Kadri Gopalnath has been very popular.
Some of his popular albums are
Classical Solo
OM
KRISHNA,
AntARYAMI,
MADHURADHWANI,
ECHOES OF THE VALLEY
Classical Jugalbandi
MOMENTS OF MELODY - with Guitar,
MANGAL DHWANI - with Guitar and Santoor,
SUMMER RAIN - with Santoor,
PRAVIN RAFIQ - with Sitar,
MILAAP - with Carnatic Flute,
BRINDAVAN - with his father Pt. Venkatesh Godkhindi,
MILAN - with Vid. Mysore Nagaraj,
SOUNDARYA - with Vid. Mysore Manjunath,
TARUN PRAVIN - with Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya
Fusion
RAAG RANG - with Pt. Kadri Gopalnath,
RAAG RANG – DVD-Live in Concert,
YATRA - with Pt. Kadri Gopalnath,
SUR SAGAR (vol. 1,2 &3),
RAAGINI (vol 1,2 & 3),
ENCHANTING DIVINE,
BAMBOO MAGIC,
ORIENT IS ALIVE,
MURALI NAADA
Devotional
A FEATHER DANCES,
NAMMAMMA SHARADE,
SHRINIKETANA,
MADHURAWANI,
TOOGIRE RANGANA,
OM,
Source : Wikidata
Pravin Godkhindi
- Infos
- Photos
- Best films
- Family
- Characters
- Awards
He has given many solo concerts in India and abroad. He is playing a very significant role in popularizing the Indian Classical Music among the masses . The "3 generations" concert which he performed with his father Pt Venkatesh Godkhindi and son Shadaj Godkhindi caught the attention of flute lovers all over the world. He has also performed at the World Flutes Festival at Mendoza, Argentina in September, 2010.He was awarded the title "Suramani" at the age of 16. He is the first southindian Bansuri artiste to be graded "A-Top". He is also the first Indian to perform on the 8 feet contrabass flute, which has renamed as GOD's BANSI. He has composed music for innumerable popular TV serials such as "Garva", "Malebillu". He won the Aryabhata award for his composition of title track for Malebillu. He has composed music for films like Beru (A national award winning movie, 2005) and "krishna nee late aagi baaro". He has also composed music for several dance ballets and dramas. He is known for his fusion albums and a raga based TV show "Ragaranjini.". He has performed with veteran musicians like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Dr Balmurali Krishna, Pt. Kadri Gopalnath, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Vidwan Kumaresh and many others. His album by name "Raaga Rang" in association with saxophone maestro Shri Kadri Gopalnath has been very popular.
Some of his popular albums are
Classical Solo
OM
KRISHNA,
AntARYAMI,
MADHURADHWANI,
ECHOES OF THE VALLEY
Classical Jugalbandi
MOMENTS OF MELODY - with Guitar,
MANGAL DHWANI - with Guitar and Santoor,
SUMMER RAIN - with Santoor,
PRAVIN RAFIQ - with Sitar,
MILAAP - with Carnatic Flute,
BRINDAVAN - with his father Pt. Venkatesh Godkhindi,
MILAN - with Vid. Mysore Nagaraj,
SOUNDARYA - with Vid. Mysore Manjunath,
TARUN PRAVIN - with Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya
Fusion
RAAG RANG - with Pt. Kadri Gopalnath,
RAAG RANG – DVD-Live in Concert,
YATRA - with Pt. Kadri Gopalnath,
SUR SAGAR (vol. 1,2 &3),
RAAGINI (vol 1,2 & 3),
ENCHANTING DIVINE,
BAMBOO MAGIC,
ORIENT IS ALIVE,
MURALI NAADA
Devotional
A FEATHER DANCES,
NAMMAMMA SHARADE,
SHRINIKETANA,
MADHURAWANI,
TOOGIRE RANGANA,
OM,
Usually with
Filmography of Pravin Godkhindi (2 films)
Sound
Add to a movie list
Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro (2010)
, 2h23Genres Comedy
Actors Ramesh Aravind, Neethu Shetty, Nidhi Subbaiah, H. G. Dattatreya, Doddanna, Tennis Krishna
Krishna (Ramesh) is a lecturer in a women's college. Lakshmi (Nidhi), his relative, is in deep love with him. However, he hates all women as taught by his Guru. Meanwhile, Sumitra Andal (Neethu) is a student of Krishna and is in love with a fashion photographer Sundaram Pillai (Mohan). But her father is against this as he is adamant to have his daughter married to his own caste. To get into the wedlock, Sumitra lies to her father that Sundaram belong to their own caste and fools everyone around her. Her father wants Krishna to be his son-in-law. How the subsequent event turn the lives of these four main characters forms the rest of the story.
Beru (2005)
, 1h49Directed by P. Sheshadri
Genres Drama
Actors H. G. Dattatreya, Neethu Shetty
Rating19%
A taluk-level office has been functioning without a regular head for sometime. A junior level official is in charge of the office. It has stuck to mandatory minimal ‘routine’ work.