Ahmedabad, Jan 2 : Gujarat Chief Minister
Narendra Modi today condoled the death of veteran singer and musician of
Gujarati and Hindi films Dilip
Dholakia.
Dholakia died today in Mumbai at the age
of 90.
In his condolence message, Mr Modi said Dilipbhai has made an immense
contribution in making light and devotional music popular in Gujarat. With his
demise an era has ended in Gujarat music.
Meanwhile, leading Gujarati film music director Gaurang Vyas today paid rich
homage to late Dholakia. He said ''Dilibhai's demise has created a vacuum in
Gujarati music which can not be filled.'' Born on October 15, 1921, Dilip
Dholakia achieved great heights in the field of music. Coming from a middle
class family,
he used to play the flute and tabla right from his childhood.
He composed music for Gujarati films like ''Satyawam Savitri'', ''Kankoo'',
''Bhagwan Swaminarayan'' and ''Diva-Dandi''. He also sang in the Hindi film
''Kismatwala'' (1944) with music of Ratanlal. He had worked as an arranger with
music directors such as Chitragupta from 1951 to 172, S N Tripathi and finally
from 1972 to 1988 with the famous Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo.
His younger son Rajat Dholakia is also a known music composer in Mumbai.
(-- Courtesy of UNI)