Vasant Desai - His Songs have become the part of our life
Vasant Desai (9 June 1912–22 Dec 1975 ) used to say “I don’t care. I don’t make songs for Binaca Geetmala [or] for sales or popularity. I make it for my character and that particular situation in my film as conceived by my director. P eople will remember my songs because it will become part of their life." He was groomed by V Shantaram. At the age of 16, he wanted to be an actor, so he came to Kolhapur and one of his uncles took him to Shantaram at Prabhat.Studio. He was kept as an office boy. Young Vasant's job was to take chits in for Shantaram. For about eight months, he worked without pay. He was given a few acting roles in Marathi films. He also sang a few songs in the films and gave the background music in many Marathi films. V Shantaram gave him 'Shakuntala'(1943) as an independent music director. His compositions like Ae Malik Tere Bande Ham from Do Aankhen Barah Haath and Hum Ko Mun Ki Shakti Dena from G...