Dhanashree Ganatra
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Dhanashree Ganatra is an Indian singer-songwriter and musician.[1][2] She is best known for the multi genre, spoken-word and poetry variety show concept You, Me and Chaai.[1] She is has penned two poetry books, My Facebook Wall and Dhanu Dnyaniyaachi which were published in 2016.[3]
Career[edit]
Since beginning her career, Ganatra has worked on several short and feature-length films in various languages including Marathi, Hindi and English as either a playback singer, composer, music producer or filmmaker.[1] She is best known for her musical variety concept show called You, Me and Chaai.[1] The show's central concept is around the popular beverage tea (chaai).[1] She developed the idea when performing at a blind children's school.[1] The show infuses various musical genres by the use of shayari.[1] The show has been critically well received for the merging the genres of rap, rock, pop, jazz and ghazal.[1]
In 2016, Ganatra published two books, firstly: My Facebook Wall, a collection of poems in Marathi, English and Hindi; and secondly: Dhanu Dnyaniyaachi, a collection of Marathi poems in the genre of abhang.[3] The books were published by Pune, Maharashtra, India based publishing company Swarbhoomi.[3]
In 2016, Ganatra performed in support of the environment awareness organization Terre Policy Center.[4] Ganatra performed the Raag Ahir Bhairav at a cultural event organized on the theme of the Indradhanushya, inspired by recent monsoon conditions and climate changes in India.[4]
Ganatra has been lauded of her work with the Sadhu Vaswani Mission.[1][5] As of 2016, she has recorded eleven featured albums/compilations for the mission.[5] The genre of the albums for the mission have included kirtans, mantras and baani.[5] Ganatra has also been a songwriting coach to singer-songwriter Adi Agashé since 2010.[2]
Discography[edit]
As featured or co-featured artist:[5]
- Soulful Kirtans Volume 1, 2, and 3
- Seven Aartis
- Mantras Volume 1 & 2
- The Rubbaiyat of Nuri
- Twinkle Twinkle Tiny Star
- Ecstatic Kirtans Volume 1 & 2
- Inspiring Kirtans
Live album:[5]
- Divine Kirtans (Live Recording: Dada J. P. Vaswani's 91st Birthday Celebrations)
Compilation album:[5]
Bibliography[edit]
Poetry collections:[3]
- My Facebook Wall
- Dhanu Dnyaniyaachi
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Ganatra's record is third on the 10 track album
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Mistry, Salonee (5 February 2016). "She voices your thoughts". The Golden Sparrow. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Adi Agashé — About". 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-12-22 – via adiagashe.com.
he (Adi) is a songwriting apprentice under seasoned writer, singer and performer Dhanashree Ganatra
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Amazon.in: Dhanashree Ganatra: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Indradhanushya... A journey towards beautiful Nature". terrepolicycentre.com. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Kirtans, Mantras, Baani". sadhuvaswanipanama.org. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
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