Shridhar Phadke

Shridhar Phadke (, born 9 September 1950) is a famous Marathi language music composer from Maharashtra, India.
Early life.
Shridhar Phadke was born on 9 September 1950 in Mumbai. He is son of the famous Marathi singer and composer Sudhir Phadke and singer Lalitabai Phadke.
He completed his education from D. G. Ruparel College of Arts Science and Commerce and later did his post graduation in Information Technology in United States of America in the decade of 1970. Later he joined Air India. He retired from Air India as Executive Director-IT in the year 2009.
He has not undergone any formal training for music. When Shridhar Phadke was in USA for his post graduation, he composed his first tune for a devotional song Devachiye Dwari. Sudhir Phadke heard this song and appreciated the tune. Sudhir Phadke also sung this song in one of his programs in the USA. Later this song was recorded in the voice of Suresh Wadkar for album "Omkar Swaroopa" ().
Career.
Shridhar Phadke started his career as a music director with the film "Laxmichi Paule" (). Earlier it was decided that Sudhir Phadke would compose music for this film. But the director heard the tune of the song 'Phite Andharache Jaale' () composed by Shridhar Phadke. He liked the tune very much and decided to include this song in the film. Later it was decided that all songs from this film be composed by Shridhar Phadke.
Composer.
Shridhar Phadke has composed music for many Hindi, Marathi films. Some of them can be listed as:
Shridhar Phadke has composed many independent albums as well. Some of the very famous albums are:
Concerts.
Shridhar Phadke regularly performs all over the world. Following are some of his concerts:
Awards.
Shridhar Phadke has won many prestigious awards for his compositions. These include: