Career
Starting in 1960, he remained associated with the Marathi film industry for the next 50 years, during which he established a repertoire of 2500 songs in 300 films. He also wrote 3500 poems, 25 stories and five plays. Born in 1932, Khebudkar at the age of 16, wrote his first poem following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.
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A teacher by profession, in 1960, Khenbudkar started his career as songwriter in Marathi cinema, and went on to work with noted composers like Ram Kadam and Vasant Pawar during the 1960s and 1970s. As songwriter, he wrote songs across genres, including romantic songs, religious-devotional songs and lavanis, which became popular in Marathi cinema.
Some of Khebudkar"s most memorable Marathi songs were written for the films Kunku Lavte Mahercha, Bijli, Don Baika Phajeeti Aika, Samna and Manaacha Mujra. He died on 3 May 2011 in Kolhapur of renal failure.