Biography of Pt. D.V. Paluskar

Born: 28 May 1921, Nashik
Died: 26 October 1955, Mumbai

Pandit Dattayetra Vishnu Paluskar, son of Pandit Vishu Digambar Paluskar, earned a lot of fame at a very young age. He was a firm follower of the Gandhian thoughts. Born on May 28, 1921, his initial education in music was given by his father. He imbibed music education from three other musicians, namely Chintamari Rao Paluskar, Pandit Narayan Rao Vyas and Pandit Vinayak Rao Patwardhan. He also got the opportunity to learn music from Mirashi Buwa.

When he was fourteen years old, he sang his first song in the Hariballabbh Musical conference. After that he took part in the All India Musical Conference held in Kolkata. At the age of sixteen, he sang a song on the Radio and the gramophone record of his songs was released, when he was 22 years old. But he did playback singing only in one film 'Baiju Baura'. Although he had imbibed Khayaal singing of Gwalior Gharana he gave due respect to the singing of other Gharanas. He died on October 26, 1955.