The movie Veer Savarkar was funded by public donations. In last days of his life, Phadke was involved in producing a Hindi film on the life of the Indian freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. All 56 songs were also recorded in Phadke’s own voice. ![]() Phadke set to music all 56 songs, and they were sung by different singers for radio ( Manik Varma, lalita Deulkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Phadke himself, Vasantrao Deshpande, Ram Phatak, Usha Atre). Stage performances of the program continue to draw huge crowds even today. The programme ran on All India Radio for a year, 1954–55. Geet Ramayana, based on poet G D Madgulkar‘s verses, is one of Phadke’s most popular works. Their son Shridhar Phadke (born 1950) is also a composer and singer. Phadke married his fellow singer Lalita Deulkar. He was also an immaculate playback singer. During his long career, he composed music for many Marathi and Hindi films. After beginning his career with HMV in 1941, he joined the Prabhat Film Company as music director in 1946. Phadke acquired his primary tutelage in vocal classical music from the late Vamanrao Padhye in Kolhapur. ![]() ![]() His birth name was Ram Phadke, but he later changed his name to ‘Sudhir’ when he composed a song for HMV. Sudhir Phadke was born in Kolhapur on 25 July 1919.
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