MARATHI audience should go to cinema halls and watch Marathi films to encourage the young talent in the industry. We have new concepts, directors and producers ready to handle off-beat themes. Due support by the audience would open new horizons for our films,” said Mangesh Dhakde, who composed the music of the recent super-hit Marathi film ‘Valu.’
Mangesh, son of Surmani Prabhakar Dhakde, a veteran musician of the city, was speaking to The Hitavada on a recent visit to his hometown. After learning basic lessons of music till Sangeet Visharad from his father, Mangesh joined Film and Television Institute, Pune, for formal education of Sound Engineering.
“Sound engineering is completely different from music composition and singing. A sound engineer handles technical side of the film including recording, mixing, and dubbing,” said Mangesh, who received an offer of ‘Valu’ as soon as he completed his final year of sound engineering due to his flair in music composition.
“Valu’s director Umesh Kulkarni is my friend, who called me for his film. It was a learning experience of modern-time Marathi Cinema. We are the team of youngsters who work hard to present off-beat themes,” expressed Mangesh.
Mangesh said, there is ample scope for Vidarbha talent in the film industry and welcomed the city youngsters to Mumbai. He also added, the formal education and technical perfection is must to start struggle in the industry. Mangesh is working on several national and international projects other than a few Marathi films. “I am working on an album of ‘Sufi’ songs in which compositions of Bullesha, Mirabai and several other legends would be involved.”
His father, Surmani Prabhakar Dhakde is well-known for violin in the region, but Mangesh enjoys the synthesizer more. He said that he would love to work with Suresh Wadkar and Hariharan while his dream project is to work with legendary Sarangi artist Ustad Sultan Khan. Remarkably, a tele-film made by Mangesh and his team as their university project was the official entry from India for International Students’ Oscar award. A commerce
graduate from Sindhu Mahavidyalaya,
Magesh said, he misses Nagpur all the time in Mumbai and Pune. He expressed concern about limited courses on performing art in Vidarbha universities. “If our universities provide better facilities in performing art and fine art fields, our talent would get the recognition for sure.”
For youngsters who are about to join the film industry, Magesh has a special advice: “There is career in this field. But you have to remain student all the time. Talented guys who are ready to learn would get a fantastic atmosphere in Marathi industry.”
