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About Vitthal Umap
- Vitthal Umap (15 July 1931 – 27 November 2010) was a folk singer, shahir and social worker. He died while performing at a function in Nagpur on a Saturday, 27 November 2010 1:40am.
- Umap, a follower of BR Ambedkar, collapsed while he was onstage at Nagpur’s famous Dikshabhoomi.
- He was rushed to a private nursing home where he was declared dead.
- Born in a Mumbai chawl in 1931, Umap struggled for recognition of the neglected folk genres of Maharashtra.
- He had toured extensively all over the state to keep alive the folk traditions. Umap had won the first prize at the International Folk Music and Art Festival at Cork, Ireland.
- His roles in Shyam Benegal’s TV series Bharat Ek Khoj and Jabbar Patel’s film Dr.
- Babasaheb Ambedkar won him further laurels.
- He was nominated for the best actor's award for his performance in a Marathi film Tingya two years ago. He composed music for several films, serials and dramas.
- He was also a part of popular stage shows Khandobacha Lagin, Gadhwacha Lagna, Jambhool Akhyan and Me Marathi. After years of wait, Umap was recently given a house under the artistes’ quota. At a cultural programme three months ago, a frustrated Umap declared that he was fed up with making innumerable requests to the government.
- "I don’t think I will get a house in my lifetime," he had said. Then chief minister Ashok Chavan had earlier sanctioned plush houses to many artistes — several of them lower in stature than Umap. Then deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who was present at the show, vowed that he would get the singer a flat and fulfilled his promise within a fortnight. Awards 01 : Sangeet natak akademi puraskar :delhi govt 2010. 02 : MATA purskar for the best actor for Jam bhul Akhyan. 03 : Republican party of India on the occasion of dr.baba saheb centenary yearawarded "Kalawant Puraskar". 04 : From akhil bahartiya magazine "ladath Puraskar"1995-96. 05 : Maharastra sashan sanskritik puraskar1996. 06 : Shri sarswati jondhale smruti 2000 "Lok Vangmay Puraskar.
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