Asha Khadilkar


Asha Khadilkar is a Mumbai, India-based Senior Vocalist who performs Indian classical, semi-classical and devotional music including Natya Sangeet.

Career

Khadilkar is a regular singer on All India Radio. Khadilkar has performed her private concerns on many occasions in United Kingdom, U.S.A., Canada and Singapore. Khadilkar has also provided music direction to 4 New Marathi Musicals produced by Nehru Center, Worli, Mumbai since Year 2000. She provides mentoring and guidance to advanced students of Indian Classical Music. Khadilkar, along with her husband Mr. Madhav Khadilkar runs Uttung Sansktutik Pariwar Trust, a non-profit organization devoted for preservation and proliferation of Indian Culture through various forms of Performing Arts, Literature, Nationalistic activities.

Affiliation with ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa''

In 2008, Asha Khadilkar was invited as one of the celebrity judges for the Marathi vocal singing competition show called Idea Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, along with the music director Shri.Salil Kulkarni. This season featured adults who are in their mid-thirties and forties who pursued music as a hobby. The show was aptly named Sa Re Ga Ma Pa: Swapna Swaranche, Navatarunyache , which roughly translates to Dreams of Music and New Youth.