Vijay Pathak - Ghazal Singer from Vadodara Gujarat India
VIJAY AND HIS VOYAGE OF GHAZALS
Vijay Pathak gifted with a melodious voice, is an artist with versatile talents. He is a Singer, Poet and Composer of Urdu, Hindi & Gujarati Songs and Ghazals. He has also produced and presented various composite musical programmes over All India Radio during his schooling and college period. He has successfully participated in the light vocal music, drama and literary competitions held under the auspices of the Gujarat State and M.S. Youth Festivals. Vijay is lucky enough to get trained in Classical Vocal Music by his revered Gurus Shree Pandit Balkrishna Nayak (Meera Kala Kendra, Udaipur) and Shree Madhusudan Joshi (popularly known as Rao Saheb Joshi) eminent Classical Vocalist of Agra Gharana from Baroda.
He has received first prize recently in Gujarati Sugam Sangeet competition held under the name “Choice Gel Surili Saragam” for Ahmedabad Doordarshan. He has rendered his services as an AnchorPerson in “Swarmadhuri”, a musical tele-serial telecast on “Deep TV”, a local TV Channel.
His programmes of Sugam Sangeet and Urdu Ghazals are organized on suitable occasions under the auspices of Esteemed Organizations like IOCL, GSFC, ONGC, Reliance Group, Bharat Petroleum Corpn. Ltd., SBI, E.I. Dupont India Ltd., Crompton Greaves Ltd., Safari India Ltd., Novino Batteries, Advani Oerlikon Ltd., Balmer Lawrie & Co., Sona Overseas Corpn., Gujarat Oil & Inds. Ltd., Shaily Engg. Group, Hotel Express, Hotel Welcomegroup, Gateway Hotel Group, Hotel Surya Palace, Sayaji Hotel at Baroda & Indore, Polo Club, Jain Social Group, Baroda Jaycees, Indian Institute of Metals, National Institute of Personnel Management, Alkapuri Sindhi Association, Indian Road Congress at Ahmedabad, Kinetic Honda Ltd.-Indore, Kribhco Officers Club-Surat, Surat City Gymkhana, Garden Silk Mills and Jasmine Silk Mills-Surat, Holiday Inn-Ahmedabad & Surat, Lions Club of Bharuch, Shalimar Hotel- Ankleshwar, Industries Association of Ankleshwar, IOC Petrol Pump Dealer’s Association, All India Surveyors Association, All India Fine Arts Alumni Students Association, Godrej Inds. Ltd. Ankleshwar and so on.
He has taken literary training in Urdu Literature. He has been cultivating a unique style (Andaz-e-bayaan) of his own; a beautiful blend of Ghazal gayaki with interactive expression and spontaneous presentation. He has created acceptance among the class of connoisseurs of Ghazals and listeners at large. In Ghazal Singing, Vijay’s ideals are the Legends like Begum Akhtar, Purshottam Upadhyay, Jagjit Singh, Mehdi Hassan and Ghulam Ali.
Vijay expresses his sincere gratitude for his success to his Parents, Revered Guruji, Well-wishers and of course his fans! He has concentrated his talent and efforts to march towards the zenith of Ghazal Singing and he will definitely achieve it one day. |
