Nandu Bhende

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Nandu Bhende
Birth name	Sadanand Atmaram Bhende
Born	27 November Mumbai India
Genres	Rock, pop, blues rock, soul
Occupations	Singer, musician, songwriter,Voice Trainer
Years active	1970–present
Labels	HMV, TIPS
Associated acts	Velvette Fogg, Brief Encounter, Savage Encounter, Atomic Forest Nandu Bhende Band
Website	[1] www.NanduBhende.com

Nandu Bhende,Singer/ Voice over Artiste/ Voice trainer/ Director of InSync Studios Pvt. Ltd, is considered to be one of the pioneers of Rock Music in Mumbai. Son of the famous Marathi actor-director Atmaram Bhende and Dr Asha Bhende (Lily Ezekiel), the performing Arts has been Nandu's calling since his childhood when he performed for All India Radio with his sister, Purnima.

Lead singer of legendary bands of the 70s like Velvette Fogg, Savage Encounter, Atomic Forest, he went on to perform the roles of Judas in Alyque Padamsee production of “Jesus Christ Superstar”. Later he also played the role of Jesus in the Bangalore version of the same opera. The lead roles in famous Rock musicals like Tommy, Fantastiks, Jaya followed. The eighties saw Nandu’s debut as a playback singer in Bollywood with the film “Disco Dancer” for which he received a Gold Disc. ‘The song -Krishna Dharti pe aja tu. He was also selected to perform for the Festival of India in USSR, Muscat & Korea. Today, Nandu is the founder director of Voice, Music & Film production house, InSync Studios which has its own Recording studio. He performs with his band occasionally & he also conducts Voice training workshops for Singers, Actors, Voiceover artists & Marketing professionals.

Bands

• Velvette Fogg
• The Brief Encounter
• Savage Encounter
• Nandu Bhende Band^{[citation needed]}

Theatre Performances

• Jesus Christ Superstar, as Judas.
• Jesus Christ Superstar,(Bangalore) as Jesus.
• Teen Paischacha Tamasha,(Three Penny Opera) as Ankush.
• Tommy
• The Fantastiks, as El Gallo
• Jaya as Yudhishtra^{[citation needed]}

Theatre Productions

• Rashoman,
• Hanky Panky,
• The Yours, Mine and Ours Show,
• Double Trouble,
• Casanova^{[citation needed]}

Singing

Bhende has sung playback for Hindi films for music directors such as R.D. Burman,Laxmikant Pyarelal and Bappi Lahiri.

These films include:

• Disco Dancer
• Chamatkar
• Zakhm
• Shankara Bharanam
• Shiva Ka Insaaf,^{[citation needed]}

Albums

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Album realised by HMV in 1989.

• Disco Duniya
• Disco Nasha
• Disco Zamana
• Disco Mazaa
• GET ORGANIZED
• TERE LIYE
• Aaa Jaane Jaa
• Spicy Mango-Raapchick Remix
• Kaun Hai Woh^{[citation needed]}

TV serial composer credits

• Cats
• Kohra(StarPlus)
• Chandrakanta"(DD1)
• Tanha(Star Plus)
• Daayre (Zee TV)
• Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (Zee TV)
• Memsaab(TVI),
• Mang Hai Rangachari (TVI)
• Chamatkar (Sony)
• Parakh (DD1) Chunav Chunauti 98
• Yeh Hai Raaz (Star Plus)
• Maal hai to taal hain (Star Plus)^{[citation needed]}

Film credits

• David Sassoon, The great philanthropist" for ORT INDIA
• Rock...the alternate years^{[citation needed]}

External sources

• Nandu Bhende on IMDB

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