Yashwant Dev


Yashwant Dev was a Marathi poet and composer from Maharashtra, India. He has contributed scores for many Marathi and Hindi movies.

Career

Dev was taught music by his father and made his public debut at All India Radio as a sitar player. He gained wide recognition once he launched the TV program Bhavsaragam, which helped make him popular across the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Dev has contributed music for over 40 plays in Marathi.

Death

Dev died of pneumonia at the Shushrusha Citizens' Co-operative Hospital in Dadar on the 30th of October 2018 and at the age of 91, following a battle with the chikungunya virus.

Awards and recognition

Poems written