Sadhana Sargam Profile: Sadhana Sargam (born Sadhana Purushottam Ghanekar) is a playback singer of Indian cinema with a career spanning over three decades. Besides film music, she sings devotional songs, Classical music, ghazals, regional film songs and pop albums. She is a recipient of the National Film Award and Filmfare Awards South. She has won five Maharashtra State Film awards and four Gujarat State Film Awards. Sargam has been awarded the ‘Lata Mangeshkar Award’ from the Government of Madhya- Pradesh. Read the article to find out the complete details about Singer Sadhana Sargam Biography such as her Age, Height, Weight, DOB, Awards List, Family, Career, Songs List, Images, etc.
Sargam was born to a family of musicians at Dabhol, the seaport town in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra.
Her mother Neela Ghanekar was a classical singer and music teacher
Anil mohile, introduced Sargam to them, and she was in the children’s chorus in “Pam Pararampam, Bole Jeevan Ki Sargam” sung by Kishore Kumar in G. P. Sippy’s Trishna (1978).
She won a Central Government scholarship at the age of 10 and this led to a 7-year learning stint under Pandit Jasraj. From childhood she was also learning and performing with Vasant Desai for his documentaries, children’s films and stage shows.
Desai advised her mother that Sargam was competent enough to handle both classical and light music and should remain in touch with both, as her mother wanted her to take up light singing. In fact, it was Desai who recommended that she learn under Pandit Jasraj.
Career:
Sargam made her playback debut in Kanku Pagli, a Gujarati film. Her first Hindi song was the solo “Door Nahin Rehna” from the film Rustom. However, Rustom was delayed and was released only in 1985, and Sargam ’s first released film was Subhash Ghai’s Vidhaata (1982) in which she sang the song “Saat Saheliyan” for actress Padmini Kolhapure.The song, composed by Kalyanji-Anandji, also had the voices of Kishore Kumar and Alka Yagnik.
In the early 1990s, Sargam emerged as one of the most sought-after female singers, along with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, and Anuradha Paudwal. She sang for composers like Anand–Milind, Nadeem–Shravan, Anu Malik, Jatin – Lalit, Bappi Lahiri, Viju Shah and Dilip Sen – Sameer Sen.
Bengali: Sargam sang her first song in the year 1992 film called Daan Pratidan, music composed by Ajoy Das. The following year Bappi Lahiri approached her to sing in the film Tomar Rakte Amar Sohag. She sang in films like Sagar Kinare, Kotha Chilo, Phiriye Dao and Dhushar Godhuli.
Sargam sang several songs in Hindi and Odia for music director Kajol-Saroj.
In 2011, Sargam made a contribution to the spiritual music world by singing an album: Mahalaxmi Mukti Samvad, MMS i.e. Mahalaxmi’s Dialogues of Salvation. The lyrics are written by Dr. Pradeep Wagh. This album was released at the hands of spiritual Guru Vidyavachaspati Dr. Shankar Abhyankar.
In 2013 Sargam sang romantic duet songs with Udit Narayan,”Ek dil toota idhar bhi,koi apna rootha udhar bhi” and “Ek dil mein mohabbat idhar bhi “penned by Raghvendra Singh in music direction of Navin Manish for Rajshri Productions TV show ” Jhilmil Sitaaron Ka Aangan Hoga “on Sahara One channel.
In 2014 Sargam has sung a bhajan, “O kaanha kaa tohe arpan karun ” penned by Raghvendra Singh in music direction of Navin Manish for Rajshri Productions upcoming TV show Mere Rang mein Rangne Waali on Life Ok channel.
Sargam has sung in 34 Indian languages for films, television serials, devotionals and pop music albums. She holds a record for being the only non South Indian to have won the National Award for a South Indian song.She is also a trained Hindustani classical singer.
Beginning her career in the early 1980s, Sargam has recorded her voice in various Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Odia, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali and many others.
Sargam has sung 1938 Hindi songs in 1546 films and 1111 Tamil songs in 536 films. She has sung 2500 Bengali songs from 1994-2015. She has sung 3467 songs in Marathi. She has sung 15,000 songs in 34 Indian languages. She has won all topmost awards in India.
Significant Colloborations:
She worked with many composers like A.R. Rahman, Ilayaraja, Vidyasagar etc
Ilayaraja
Sargam has recorded songs for the veteran composer Ilayaraja in Tamil and Telugu movies such as Azhagi, En Mana Vaanil, Oru Naal Oru Kanavu, Naan Kadavul, Ramanaa, Ninuchudaka Nenundalenu Rudramadevi.
R. Rahman
Sargam has recorded songs for the Academy Award winning composer A. R. Rahman in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu movies such as Jeans, Minsara Kanavu, Ratchagan, Alaipayuthey, Kandukonden, Enthiran, and Kochadaiiyaan.
Vidyasagar
With composer Vidyasagar, she has sung melodies in movies such as Coimbatore Mappillai, Poovellam Un Vasam, Abhiyum Naanum, Anbe Sivam, Jeyam Kondaan and others. Also she sang songs in the Hindi-dubbed version of Tamil movie Chandramukhi, in which music was given by Vidyasagar and she sang 4 songs in it, including “Aaja Are Tu Aja(Rara)”.
Personal Life:
She has devoted her entire life to music industry and for that sake she hasn’t got married. She has also no plans for getting marriage yet. As she will tie the knot to anyone, we will update it here as soon as possible
Sadhana Sargam Biography:
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Name
Sadhana Sargam
Nick Name
Sadhana
Date of birth
1973
Place of birth
Maharashtra
Marital Status
Single
Native Place
Maharashtra
Age
43
Height
1.56 m
Weight
50
Zodiac sign
Tarus
Education
NA
Religion
Hindu
Nationality
Indian
Family Details
Father, Mother
Mother Name
Neela ghanekar
Father
Dabhol
sister
NA
Residence
Mumbai
Caste
————-
Languages Known
Hindi, English, Tamil, Marathi, telugu
Contact Address
N/A
Official Email ID
N/A
Contact Number
N/A
Profession
Singer,
Awards
She is the winner of many awards such as filmfare, zee etc
