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Yashwant Dev

1926 – 2018

Indian poet and composer

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Lived 1926 – 2018 (aged 91). Yashwant Dev was an Indian lyricist, composer and singer.

Yashwant Dev (1 November 1926 – 30 October 2018) was a Marathi poet and composer from Maharashtra, India. He has contributed scores for many Marathi and Hindi movies.

Career Dev was taught music by his father and made his public debut at All India Radio as a sitar player. He worked for Akashwani's Nagpur station in 1960s. He gained wide recognition once he launched the TV program Bhavsaragam, which helped make him popular across the Indian state of Maharashtra. After his first wife's death, he married Karuna Dev (née Desai), more famous by her name Neelam Prabhu during her marriage to Marathi stage actor Baban Prabhu when she was a major star in AIR's Shrutikaa program. For both of them, it was their second marriage after the death of first spouse. His wife Karuna Dev had predeceased him, around 2010.

He was excellent POET.

Poems written अरे देवा तुझी मुले अशी का रे भांडतात, कुणी एकत्र नांदती कुणी दूर दहा हात Are deva tuzi mule ka re bhandtat अशी धरा असे गगन कधी दिसेल का? Ashi dhara ase gagan kadhi disel ka? अशी ही दोन फुलांची कथा, एक शिवाच्या पदी शोभते एक शवाच्या माथा Ahi hi don fulanchi katha आयुष्यात खूप चौकटी पाहिल्या Aayushyat kjup choukati pahilya करिते जीवनाची भैरवी Karite jivanachi bhairavi कामापुरता मामा Kamapurta mama कोटि कोटि रूपे तूझी कोटी सूर्य चंद्र तारे Koti koti rupe tuzi koti surya Chandra tare कृष्णा उडवू नको रंग Krushna udavu nako rang चंद्राविना ठरावी जशी Chnadravina tharavi jashi जीवनात ही घडी अशीच राहू दे Jivanat hi ghadi ashich rahude तुझी झाले रे Tuzi zale re तुझ्या एका हाकेसाठी Tuzya eka hakesathi तू नजरेने हो म्हटले पण वाचेने वदणार कधी Tu najarene ho mhatale pan तेच स्वप्न लोचनांत Tech Swapan lochnat त्याची धून झंकारली Tyachi dhoon zankarali दत्तगुरूंचे दर्शन घडले Dattagurunche darshan ghadle दिवाळी येणार अंगण सजणार Diwali yenar anand sajnar नीज रे नीज रे बाळा Neej re neej re bala प्रिया आज माझी नसे साथ द्याया Priya aaj mazi mazi nase sath dyaya प्रिया साहवेना आता Priya sahvena aata प्रेमगीते आळविता Premgite aalvita भारतमाता परमवंद्य धरा Bharat mata pramvandy dhara मन हे खुळे कसे Man he khule kase मने दुभंगली म्हणून जोडता येत नाही Mane dubhangli mhanun jodta yet nahi माणसांच्या गर्दीत माणूस माणसाला शोधत आहे Mansachya gardit manus mansala shodhat aahe यश अंती लाभणार Yash anto labhnar येतो तुझ्या आठवणींचा घेऊन सुगंध वारा Yeto tuzya aathvanincha ghevun Sugandh vara रात्रिच्या धुंद समयाला Ratrichya dhund samayala लागेना रे थांग तुझ्या Lagena re thang tuzya विश्वाचा खेळ मांडिला आम्ही Vishwacha khel mandila aamhi शब्दमाळा पुरेशा न Shabdmala puresha n श्रीरामाचे चरण धरावे दर्शन मात्रे पावन व्हावे Shriramache charan dharave स्वर आले दुरुनी, जुळल्या सगळ्या त्या आठवणी Swar aale duruni

Music given अखेरचे येतिल माझ्या Akherche yetil mazya अपुल्या हाती नसते काही Apulya hati nasate kahi अंबरात नाजुकशी Ambarat najukashi अरे देवा तुझी मुले अशी Are deva tuzi mule ashi अर्धीच रात्र वेडी Ardhich ratr vedi अशी धरा असे गगन Ashi dhara ase gagan अशी पाखरे येती आणिक Ashi pakhare yeti असेन मी नसेन मी Asen mi nasen mi आज राणी पूर्विची ती Aaj rani purvichi ti आठव येतो मज Aathav yeto aaj आम्हींं जावें कवण्या Aamhi jave kavanya आळवितां धांव घाली Aalvita dhav ghali उघडी नयन शंकरा ughadi nayan shankra एवढेतरी करून जा Evadhetari karun ja करिते जीवनाची भैरवी Karite jivanachi bhairavi कामापुरता मामा Kamapurta mama काही बोलायाचे आहे Kahi bolayache aahe कुठला मधु झंकार Kuthla madhu zankar कुठे शोधिसी रामेश्वर Kuthe shodisi rameshwar कुणि काहि म्हणा Kuni kahi mhana कुणि जाल का Kuni jaal ka केळीचे सुकले बाग Keliche sukale baag कोण येणार ग पाहुणे Kon yenar ga pahune कृष्णा उडवू नको रंग Keushna udavu nako rang गणपती तू गुणपती तू Ganapati tu Ganapati tu मन्त्रपुष्पांजली (He rendered it in the traditional style, not his new tune, upon Hridaynath Mangeshkar's request)

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Who was Yashwant Dev?

Indian poet and composer

When was Yashwant Dev born?

Yashwant Dev was born on 1 November 1926.

When did Yashwant Dev die?

Yashwant Dev died on 30 October 2018 in Pune.

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Yashwant Dev was a lyricist, composer and singer.

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Yashwant Dev was Indian.

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· Wikipedia: Yashwant Dev

· Wikidata: Q13120253

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