Read About Shahir

Lokshahir Vitthal Gangaram Umap, was born on 15th July 1931 in Mumbai at Naigaon. He started singing a very young age of 8 years and recorded his first commercial in 1960. Since the age of 19 years he has been performing in various stage shows and received critical acclaim for his first commercial Koli song recorded on HMV music. With the fame of this song he became a household name.

In his entire journey of life, he has won many awards. To list a few he won a first prize at the international Folk Music and Art Festival at Cork, Ireland. As a actor his roles like, Shyam Benegal’s TV series “Bharat Ek Khoj” and Jabbar Patel’s Film, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar won him further laurels. He was nominated as for the best actor’s award for his performance in a Marathi Film “Tingya”.

He also received a lot of appreciation for the role as Draupadi in “Jambhul Akhyan” a INT drama and the Mata Sanman award for the best play and best actor.

His life reached a pinnacle of success and recognition when he received the Delhi Governemnt "Sangeet Natak Award" by the then president of India Pratibha Tai Patil on 28 october 2010, just a month prior to his death.

As a composer he has composed music for several films and drama, some of his benchmark produces were Khandobacha Lagin, Gadvacha Lagna, Jambhul Akhyan and Mee Marathi.

The flame of his music reached every corner of Maharashtra. In the year 2010 on November 26th this flame left us on the live stage performance… A true death that every artist wishes.