Yateesh M. Acharya
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Yateesh M. Acharya is a Ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...

 and Bhajan
Bhajan
A Bhajan is any type of Indian devotional song. It has no fixed form: it may be as simple as a mantra or kirtan or as sophisticated as the dhrupad or kriti with music based on classical ragas and talas. It is normally lyrical, expressing love for the Divine...

 singer. Classically trained, with over three decades in the field of music, Yateesh’s repertoire also includes the traditional Thumari, Dadra and Sufi songs and the earthly Mand and Folk songs.

Early life

Born to a musically inclined family in Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, Yateesh took early lessons in classical music from Pt Mahendra Dixit and Pt J. S. Hada, Pt Mahesh Chandra Sharma, Ustad Hifzul Kabir (Katani), Ustad Sarwat Hussain Khan (Bhopal), Late Ustad Rahat Ali Khan (Gorakhpur), Ustad Zameer Ahmed Khan and Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan (Delhi).

His passion for Ghazals was stoked during his teens by the renditions of Ustad Mehdi Hassan
Mehdi Hassan
Mehdi Hassan is a Pakistani ghazal singer and a former playback singer for Lollywood. He is famously known as the 'King of ghazal' . He has ruled the Pakistan film industry along with Ahmed Rushdi...

 and Ustad Hussain Bux Gullo.

In recent times Yateesh has lent his voice to several successful South Indian films dubbed in Hindi, such as, Raja Harishchandra, Ram-Katha, Paduka Pattabhishekam, Navgrah Naykal, Moudri Karan, Om Ganeshay Namah, Soorya Putram etc. and few TV serials like Tadap and Sainik besides composing music for various Ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...

, Bhajan albums, Jingles and documentary films.

Yateesh, the son of renowned poet Shri B. M. ‘Madhur’, grew up in Kota (Rajasthan)
Kota, Rajasthan
Kota , formerly known as Kotah, is a city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located south of state capital, Jaipur. Situated on the banks of Chambal River, the city is the trade centre for an area in which millet, wheat, rice, pulses, coriander and oilseeds are grown; industries...

 and has a Masters in Computer Application.

His album "Dooriya" , "Saibhajan", "Classical Ghazals" is going to be release this year.

Career

Yateesh Acharya is associated with All India Radio (AIR
All India Radio
All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...

), also known as Akashvani (Devanagari: आकाशवाणी, ākāshavānī), since late 80s and is a Grade A singer with them.

Awards

Yateesh bagged the top prize in the All-India Begum Akhtar
Begum Akhtar
Akhtari Bai Faizabadi or Begum Akhtar was a well known Indian singer of Ghazal, Dadra and Thumri.She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for vocal music, and was awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by Govt. of India...

 competition in 1983–84, Firaq Gorakhpuri
Firaq Gorakhpuri
Raghupati Sahay , better known under his pen name Firaq Gorakhpuri , was a writer, critic, and one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India...

 Award 1998, Ustad Mehdi Hassan
Mehdi Hassan
Mehdi Hassan is a Pakistani ghazal singer and a former playback singer for Lollywood. He is famously known as the 'King of ghazal' . He has ruled the Pakistan film industry along with Ahmed Rushdi...

 Night Award 1999, Best Ghazal singer Award 2004, Sur Sangam award 2005 and Swar Dharohar Best upcoming Ghazal Singer Award 2007.

Ghazals

  • Hum Ke Thahare Ajnabi - Faiz Ahmed Faiz
    Faiz Ahmed Faiz
    Faiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani intellectual, poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language. He was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind and an avowed Marxist. In 1962, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union...

  • Kaabe Se Butkade Se - Hasrat Jaipuri
    Hasrat Jaipuri
    Hasrat Jaipuri was a Hindi and Urdu poet and film lyricist.-Initial Days:Jaipuri was born Iqbal Husain in Jaipur, where he studied English till medium level, and then acquired his taalim in Urdu and Persian from his grandfather, Fida Husain. He began writing verse, when he was around twenty years...

  • Zindagi Mein Tau Sabhi Pyar
  • Kitna aali makam hai saqi - Saba Amrohi
  • Roya karenge aap bhi - Momin Khan Momin
    Momin Khan Momin
    Momin Khan was an Indian poet known for his Urdu ghazals and used "Momin" as his takhallus . He was a contemporary of Mirza Ghalib and Zauq, today his grave lies near the parking area near Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi.-Early life:Momin Khan Momin was born in Delhi...

  • Bichhad kar Mein Tumahari - Shahid Anjum
  • Aapki Yaad jab - Saed Akhtar
  • Mein barson baad - Shahid Anjum

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