Gorakh Sharma

Gorakh Sharma
Native name गोरख शर्मा
Born (1946-12-28) 28 December 1946
Mumbai, Central India Agency, British India
Genres Hindi Film Music
Occupation(s) Musician, assistant music director
Instruments Guitar, Mandolin, rubaab
Years active 1960–present

Gorakh Sharma is an Indian guitarist who is well known for his work in the Indian film industry and who is also one of the first bass guitarists in the industry. He is the younger brother of Pyarelal Sharma of the famed music duo Laxmikant Pyarelal. During his entire music career that spanned from 1960 to 2002 he has played various string instruments in more than a 1000 songs and over 500 films. [1] [2]

Early life

Gorakh Ramprasad Sharma (born 28 December 1946) is the son of a renowned trumpeter Pandit Ramprasad Sharma (popularly known as Babaji), who taught him the basics of music. He mastered the art of reading music notations from Babaji and the art of playing various string instruments. He has played the mandolin, mandola, rubaab and numerous types of guitars like the acoustic, jazz, twelve string, and the electric guitar. He was the first to have played the Bass guitar in the Indian film industry. [3]

Early career

Gorakh Sharma started his musical career as a mandolin player. He learnt Indian notations from his father Pandit Ramprasad Sharma. It was during this time that English instruments like the Guitar were also gaining popularity. He went on to learn the Guitar from Hannibal Crasto, who was a known guitarist and went on to be trained guitarist. His mandolin playing abilities merged with the guitar playing skills made him a unique guitarist. Initially he was a part of the group Baal Sureel Kala Kendra which would go to smaller cities and perform. The "Baal Sureel Kala Kendra", a musical group, would go to small cities like Pune Solapur, Kolhapur etc and perform in shows. The group consisted of Meena Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, along with Laxmikant Kudalkar, his brothers Pyarelal, Ganesh, Anand,and others.[4]

Later career

In the 1960's when Laxmikant Kudalkar decided to focus on making film music, Gorakh Sharma got the opportunity to play the Mandolin. At the young age of 14 he got the opportunity to work with music director Ravi and played the mandolin in the film Chaudhvin Ka Chaand. As a guitarist he played fillers, Solo's and Rhythm in more than a 500 films and soon started working with music directors like Ravi, Shankar Jaikishen, Kalyanji Anandji. He was promoted to the role of an assistant music director for Laxmikant Pyarelal and worked with them in 475 films since 1966. His unique style of playing got him accolades in the industry and has been a member of the Cine Musicians Association (CMA). At a time when the musicians were paid on the basis of a grade given by the CMA , he along with Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia were the only musicians who were give the top grade rating. [5] [6][7]

Selected works

Song Film Music Director Year
Mere Mehboob Qayamat Hogi Mr. X in Bombay Laxmikant Pyarelal 1964
Nazar Na Lag Jaye Night in London Laxmikant Pyarelal 1967
Ruk Jaana Nahin Imtihan Laxmikant Pyarelal 1974
Main Shayar Toh Nahin Bobby Laxmikant Pyarelal 1973
Hum Bane Tum Bane Ek Duje Ke Liye Laxmikant Pyarelal 1981
Dafaliwale Sargam Laxmikant Pyarelal 1979
Jao Tum Chahe Jahan Narshimha Laxmikant Pyarelal 1991
Aao Yaaron Gao Hawas Usha Khanna 1974
Saason Ki Zaroorat Hain Jaise Aashiqui Nadeem Shravan 1990
Sanam Mere Sanam Hum Laxmikant Pyarelal 1991
Jaadoo Teri Nazar Darr Shiv-Hari 1993
Ek Hasina Thi Karz Laxmikant Pyarelal 1980

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References

  1. ↑ "Gaata Rahe Mera Dil: 50 Classic Hindi Film Songs - B Vittal, A Bhattacharjee - ßĘČ Google". Books.google.com.kw. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ↑ "Theorizing the Local - Hardcover - Richard Wolf - Oxford University Press". Global.oup.com. 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Karz Theme Played By The Original Guitarist Gorakh Sharma Free Download Full Album | Best Mp3 Site". Ostmusics.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  4. ↑ "Karz Theme Played by the original guitarist-Gorakh Sharma Video Details & Download - Video". RedMaza.Com. 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  5. ↑ B Vittal; A Bhattacharjee. "Gaata Rahe Mera Dil: 50 Classic Hindi Film Songs". Books.google.com.kw. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  6. ↑ "Must mention here that the guitar solo here is played by Gorakh Sharma who has…". Plus.google.com. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  7. ↑ "Yahoo! Groups". Groups.yahoo.com. 2001-04-03. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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