Yashwant deo biography for kids
Yashwant deo biography for kids
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Yashwant Dev
Indian Marathi-language poet and composer
Yashwant Dev | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1926-11-01)1 November 1926 |
| Died | 30 October 2018(2018-10-30) (aged 91) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Known for | Marathi poetry, Marathi music |
Yashwant Dev (1 November 1926 – 30 October 2018) was a Marathi poet and composer from Maharashtra, India.[1][2] He has contributed scores for many Marathi and Hindi movies.[3]
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.[4] He gained wide recognition once he launched the TV program Bhavsaragam, which helped make him popular across the Indian state of Maharashtra.[5] 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 A