Rahul Ranade

Rahul Ranade
Background information
Born (1966-05-23) 23 May 1966
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Genres Soundtracks
Marathi Music
Classical music
Jingles
Occupation(s) Music composer, Director, Actor, singer
Years active 1986-present
Website http://www.rahulRanade.com

Rahul Ranade (born 23 May 1966) is an Indian singer and music composer in Marathi and Hindi movies. His work in music spans from composing music for films, television, drama to events, concerts in Hindi and Marathi, composing music for ballets, advertisements, and also albums. He is currently settled at Pune.

Early life

Rahul started his musical journey at a very young age. He has been trained in percussion (tabla) and has received vocal lessons. Thanks to the encouragement from his mother, he continued to pursue his passion for music even thru his college days. He soon received accolades and wet is beak in real music at "Shishuranjan". At a very tender age, he got the opportunity to perform and tour with the troupe of Ghashiraam Kotwal (Marathi: घाशीराम कोतवाल) along with eminent personalities like Dr. Mohan Agashe and Dr. Jabbar Patel. Rahul has been privileged to learn from virtuosos like Sai Paranjpye, Rajdutt, Srinivas Khale and Ketan Mehta.

Personal life

Rahul is married to Meena Ranade. She has a B.Com/MBA and now has her own marketing firm, Mirage Creations. Rahul and Meena have two sons, Yash who is 25 and doing his law degree and Jay who is 21 and is pursuing a degree in Hotel Management.

Musical Associations

Rahul has been one of the mentors for Grips Theater, Pune He also acts as a visiting faculty at the Film and Television Institute of India Pune, Whistling Woods, Pune University, FLAME, and National School of Drama.

Selected Discography

Rahul’s musical compositions have highlighted more than 30 films like Nidaan, Vaastav, Astitva, Saatchya Aat Gharaat, Kaakasparsha, and the recent Dr Prakash Baba Amte, to name a few.

He has scored music for more than 200 Plays in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, English and German. Not only has Rahul been one of the founding members of Grips Theater, Pune but he was invited by Grips Theater, Germany to compose music for one their initiatives.

Rahul holds the honor of composing music for the World’s Largest Audio book, Daasbodh (दासबोध), penned by Shri Ramdas Swami. As part of the 100 years of Indian Cinema initiative, he composed music for India’s first film, "Raja Harishchandra" directed by Dadasaheb Phalke

Silent Films

  • Raja Harishchandra
  • Kaliya Mardan
  • Jamai Babu

Hindi Films

  • 2010 – Kaalo
  • 2010 – Just 47
  • 2006 – Panga Na Lo
  • 2005 – Ho Sakta Hai
  • 2003 – Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye
  • 2002 - Pitaah
  • 2002 - Hathyaar
  • 2001 – Tera Mera Saath Rahen
  • 2000 - Nidaan
  • 2000 – Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai
  • 2000 - Astitva
  • 1999 - Vaastav
  • 1999 - Disha

Marathi Films

  • 2016 - Kaccha Limbu
  • 2016 - Sarpanch Bhagirath
  • 2014 - Salaam
  • 2013 – Koknastha
  • 2013 – Dr Prakash Baba Amte
  • 2012 – Kaksparsha
  • 2010 – Sumbaran
  • 2010 – Samudra
  • 2010 – Paaradh
  • 2010 – Jhing Chik Jhing
  • 2010 – Eka Shabdaat Saangato
  • 2008 – Dhudgus
  • 2005 – Sane Guruji
  • 2005 – Khandobachya Naavana
  • 2004 – Saatchya Aat Gharaat
  • 1995 – Aai

Selected Directorial Events

Events

  • 2018 - The Bengal Tigers - Mumbai (A Journey of 4 Iconic Bengali Music Composers, SD Burman, Hemant Kumar, Salil Chowdhury and RD Burman - featuring Sumeet Raghavan, Special Appearance by Asha Bhosle)
  • 2018 - Viraasat - Pune (featuring Vikku Vinayakram, Selva Ganesh, Louiz Banks, Gino Banks, Ganesh & Kumresh, Taufiq Qureshi and Zakir Hussain - playing as an ensemble)
  • 2016 - Full Circle - Pune (Journey of 100 years of Marathi Music - featuring Mahesh Kale)
  • 2016 - Maifil Shabd Suranchi - USA, Switzerland (with Guru Thakur and Sunil Barve)
  • 2016 - MAAI MICTA 2016 - Sydney
  • 2015 - My Country My Music - (Design and Direction for Shankar Mahadevan Productions)
  • 2015 - MICTA 2016
  • 2015 - Sangeetkar Sammelan
  • 2015 - Sur Kavitanche
  • 2014 - MICTA 2014
  • 2013 - 2014 - Zee SaReGaMaPa Marathi(As Creative Director)
  • 2013 - MICTA 2013 - Macau
  • 2012 - Cinema Navacha Manus (Theatrical Biopic of the great film maker V.Shantaram)
  • 2012 - Garja Maharashtra Maza - Anuj Bidve Fundraiser in London
  • 2012 - MIFTA 2012 - Singapore (featuring the legendary Asha Bhosle)
  • 2011 - Nakshatranche Dene - Shravanmasi
  • 2011 - Nakshatranche Dene - Shrinivas Khale

Awards & Recognition

Wins

  • 2016 – Mata Sanman - Ha Shekhar Khosla Kon Ahe
  • 2016 – MICTA Award - Ha Shekhar Khosla Kon Ahe
  • 2016 - 16th Sanskruti Kaladarpan Gaurav Rajani - Perfect Mismatch
  • 2016 - 28th Maharashtra Rajya Marathi Vyavasayik Natya Spardha - Perfect Mismatch (3rd)
  • 2014 - Kala Gaurav Award
  • 2014 - Keshavrao Bhole Puraskar
  • 2014 - Swaranand Puraskar
  • 2013 - MICTA Award - Du and Me
  • 2012 - 24th Maharashtra Rajya Marathi Vyavasayik Natya Spardha - Me Revati Deshpande (1st)
  • 2012 - V. Shantaram Award - Samudra

Nominations

  • 2016 – Zee Gaurav - Best Music Director – Ha Shekhar Khosla Kon Ahe
  • 2010 - 10th Sanskruti Kaladarpan Gaurav - Jhing Chik Jhing

Media

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Saptahik Sakal

Video

Audio

Other

References

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