Career
Born in Sangli, Maharashtra, India, in 1955, Asha took her initial steps in music under the guidance of Late Shri. Balkrishnabuva Mohite. Along with her live performances in several Marathi musical stage plays (Sangeet Nataks), she gave her first live Indian classical music vocal concert at the age of thirteen.
After moving to Mumbai in 1975 after marriage, Asha honed her unique talent and skills under the guidance of the singer Late Padmashree Manik Varma before continuing her tutelage in Indian classical music from Yeshwantbuwa Joshi, a stalwart of Gwalior Gharana.
Sawai Gandharva Music Festival, Pune Shreemant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati Festival, Pune Swar-Bhaskar Music Festival, Pune BMM Convention, United States, 1993, 2007 Lecture and Demonstration workshops to college students on the topics related to Indian Classical Music Playback singing in Marathi Movies like Balgandharva(2011) Several solo performances on All India Radio, Doordarshan, Doctor of Divinity Sahyadree, ETV Marathi, Zee Marathi, SAM television Celebrity Judge on popular Marathi Musical Contents on ETV Marathi, Sahyadree and Zee Marathi Several memorable concerts in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Singapore In 2008, Asha Khadilkar was invited as one of the celebrity judges for the Marathi vocal singing competition show, Idea Sa Re Georgia Ma Pa, alongside music director Shri.Salil Kulkarni. This season featured adults in their mid-thirties and forties who pursued music as a hobby.
The show was aptly named Sa Re Georgia Ma Pa: Swapna Swaranche, Navatarunyache (स्वप्न स्वरांचे, नवतारुण्याचे), which roughly translates to Dreams of Music and New Youth. Asha Khadilkar is married to Madhav Khadilkar, a graduate of NSD (National School Of Drama, New Delhi) and has directed a drama called "Anadi Maine Anant Maine" which is based on the life of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
