Milind Gadhavi

{{Short description|Gujarati poet (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox writer  | name = Milind Gadhavi | image = Poet Milind Gadhavi.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption =Milind Gadhavi At 15th Transmedia award, Mumbai on 27 February 2016 | birth_name = Milind Bharatkumar Gadhavi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|5|1}} | birth_place = Datrana, Mendarda, Junagadh | occupation = poet, lyricist | language = Gujarati | nationality = Indian | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = * Bachelor of Commerce * M.B.A. | alma_mater = * Saurashtra University * M.S. University | period = | genre = ghazal, geet, free verse, triolet, villanelle | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | awards = 15<small>th</small> Transmedia Award | signature = Milind Gadhavi Signature.jpg | signature_alt = | years_active = 2005 - present }} '''Milind Gadhavi''' (b. 1 May 1985) is a Gujarati language poet and lyricist from Gujarat, India. He has penned songs for several Gujarati movies. He is a recipient of the 15th Transmedia award for best lyrics for Gujarati film, ''Premji: Rise of a Warrior''.<ref name="મોરપીંછ 2016">{{cite web | title=મિલિન્દ ગઢવી | website=મોરપીંછ | date=2016-03-29 | url=http://heenaparekh.com/2016/03/29/milind-gadhvi/ | language=gu | accessdate=2016-04-04}}</ref> <ref name="RJ Aditi 2016">{{cite web | title=Transmedia Awards 2015 | website=RJ Aditi | date=2016-02-29 | url=http://www.rjaditi.com/transmediaawards2015/ | accessdate=2016-04-04}}</ref>

== Early life == Gadhavi was born in Datrana, a village in Mendarda taluka of Junagadh district to Bharatkumar Gadhavi and Chandanbahen Gadhavi. He was educated in schools and institutions including Roopayatan, Good Samaritan English Medium High School (Amreli), Gurukul (Savarkundla), Carmel Convent High School (Junagadh), St. Xavier's High School (Jamnagar), St. Mary's School (Porbandar), Swami Vivekanand Vinay Mandir (Junagadh). He completed his Bachelor of Commerce in 2009 from Saurashtra University and M.B.A. in 2011 from the Faculty of Management Studies, M.S. University, Vadodara.<ref name="મોરપીંછ 2016"/>

He wrote his first poem in 6th standard at the age of 11, and wrote his first ghazal in 8th standard. In 12th standard, he learned the metres of ghazal and ventured in metrical form.

== Career == [[File:Poet Milind Gadhavi with Morari Bapu.jpg|thumb|Milind Gadhavi with Morari Bapu at Asmita Parva, Mahuva in April 2015|left]] Gadhavi is an Assistant Manager at Saurashtra Gramin Bank, Junagadh since 2013. His poems have been published in many eminent Gujarati literary magazines including Shabdasrishti, Gazalvishwa, Dhabak, Kumar, Kavita, Navneet Samarpan, Uddesh, Akhand Anand, Shabdalay and Tamanna.<ref name="મોરપીંછ 2016"/> He has recited his poems at Doordarshan, Akashvani, Asmitaparva and other places of Gujarat. In July 2015, he recited his poems in Maanas Dharmrath Mushayra at Nyeri, Kenya.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

== Works == Although Gadhavi has written in many different genres of poetry including ghazal, nazm, geet, sonnet, free verse, muktak, tripadi, anjani, triolet and villanelle, his main contribution is ghazal. The tender feelings of a young lover's heart and the disappointment from a lover's absence are the two sides of his ghazals.<ref name="મોરપીંછ 2016"/> He penned 1 song, "Me to suraj ne ropyo chhe aangne", for the Gujarati movie ''Premji: Rise of a Warrior'' and started his career as a lyricist. He has penned two songs for the film ''Thai Jashe!'' (both sung by Parthiv Gohil) and one song for "I Wish", an upcoming Gujarati movie.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Movie ! Release date ! Songs |- |''Premji: Rise of a Warrior'' | 10 July 2015 | Me to sooraj ne |- |''Thai Jashe!'' | 3 June 2016 | Aasmani, Thai Jashe Title |- |''Commitment'' | 4 November 2016 | Parioni Varta |- |''O! Taareee'' | 11 November 2016 | Gulabi, Dosti |- |''I Wish'' | 2016 | Tu jo rahe, Ajnabee savaar |- |}

== Awards == Gadhavi won the 15th Transmedia award for best lyrics in film Premji: Rise of a Warrior.<ref name="RJ Aditi 2016"/>

==See also== * List of Gujarati-language writers

==References== {{reflist}}

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