Noted playback singer and actress Ketaki Mategaonkar turns Music Director

Pune, 23rd December 2021 : Well known playback singer and actress Ketaki Mategaonkar who made her mark in films during her teenage itself has now got into a new role of a music composer. World renowned singers like Shankar Mahadevan, Suresh Wadkar, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Pt Raghunandan Panshikar and her mother Suvarna Mategaonkar who also happens to be an established singer  have lend their voice to Ketaki’s compositions.

Ketaki made an official announcement of ‘Mai’ her first venture as a music composer during a Press Conference held at Pune Shramik Patrakar Sangha today.

Speaking on the occasion ketaki Said, “I always enjoyed expressing myself through music. Some of my earlier compositions having spiritual base were widely appreciated not only by the veterans like Suresh Wadkar but also by the music lovers. This encouraged me to try my hands at music direction. I am sure the listeners will experience the different approach of a women composer towards the music.”

“We have not had many women music composers in the past barring few exceptions like  Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Khanna, Meena Khadilkar and Vaishali Samant in the recent times. This picture needs to change and I feel that women working in the field of music must try to get into music direction. Listeners will appreciate good compositions from the women composers”, Ketaki added.

“Some of the best names from the world of music including Shankar Mahadevan, Suresh Wadkar, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Pt. Raghunandan Panshikar who is one of my Gurus in music and my mother Suvarna Mategaonkar have shown confidence in my compositions and have sung for my first album. This gesture from these veterans has comes as a blessing and has given me a lot of encouragement”, she added.

The ‘Mai’ album which is the first venture of Ketaki Mategaonkar as a music composer would have 9 songs. Most of them are positive and spiritual in nature and are written by Kataki’s great-grandmother. The songs will be released on Ketaki’s official youtube channel in a one song per month format. Meenal Mategaonkar and Ashay Mategaonkar have also sung in this album.

Considering the acceptance of music lovers for non film songs Ketaki is confident of winning the hearts of listeners.