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National Award Winner Abhay Jodhpurkar Reveals Recording Story: "I Wasn't Happy."
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News18•01-10-2026, 21:52
National Award Winner Abhay Jodhpurkar Reveals Recording Story: "I Wasn't Happy."
- •Playback singer Abhay Jodhpurkar won the National Award for Best Male Playback Singer at the 72nd National Film Awards for the Marathi song 'Navsachi Gauri Majhi'.
- •Abhay shared that the song was recorded twice because he felt the pitch was too high for his voice initially.
- •In an interview with IANS, Abhay described the moment as emotional and surprising, especially receiving the award from President Droupadi Murmu.
- •He infused his emotions into the song, aiming for it to feel like a celebration of Gauri's arrival, not just a festival song.
- •Abhay explained that in the second recording session, he focused on expression after spending time with the melodies, making it feel more natural.
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Abhay Jodhpurkar won the Best Male Playback Singer award for the Marathi song 'Navsachi Gauri Majhi' (also spelled 'Navasachi Gauri Mazi') from the film 'Gharat Ganpati'.
He felt the song's pitch was a bit too high for his voice and wanted to lower the scale, but because live instruments had already been dubbed, he had to work with the original scale.
Malayalam cinema superstar Mammootty won Best Actor for 'Bramayugam', and Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan was also honored in the same category for 'Chandu Champion'.
