Avadhoot Gupte
Avadhoot Gupte is an Indian singer, musician, writer, music & film director, film producer, television presenter and actor who works primarily in Marathi cinema. He started his career as a film director with Zenda in 2010.
Career
Gupte's career as a singer started when he participated in a national level competition of TVS - Sa Re Ga Ma in the year 1996. Since then he has lent his voice to various varieties of songs from Lok Sangit to Rock style songs in Marathi and film songs for both Marathi & Hindi movies.His latest album Dil Se Maratha Hai became a run away hit with the Super hit track Jai Jai Maharashtra. His versatility as a singer is amply evident, when he renders fun and foot tapping numbers like Meri Madhubala and Halu Halu Chaal with equal ease as serious numbers like Salam-E-Ishq and Din Pareshan. In Jai Jai Maharashtra he does justice to the track by rendering the song with a rock feel. In 2017 Avadhoot Gupte received Lokmat Maharashtra’s Most Stylish Singer.
Controversies
Gupte moved to production and direction of feature films. His first venture was a 2010 Marathi film, Zenda, which created controversy. Zenda depicted a feud between two cousins in rival political parties, inspired by the real-life feud between Raj Thackeray, chief of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and his cousin, Uddhav Thackeray, executive president of Shiv Sena. Gupte believes that it is more about the Marathi youth and the volunteers working in political parties, with just a couple of characters in the film representing Thackerays and that the film is "serious and not a political satire". Before the final release in public, the film was shown to the Thackerays and had received a green signal from them. The film was released in January 2010 in theatres across Maharashtra state. The release was delayed for protests against the film by "Swabhiman Organisation" headed by Nitesh Rane. Rane opposed a character in the film that resembled his father Narayan Rane, the ex-Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the then Minister of Revenue for the state.Playback singing
Feature films
| Year | Film | Song | Co-artist | |
| 2006 | Golmaal | "Golmaal " | Ravindra Upadhyay | |
| 2006 | Golmaal | "Pari Mhanu Ki Sundara" | Swapnil Bandodkar | |
| 2006 | Golmaal | "Tighe Nahi Chaughe" | Solo | |
| 2006 | Golmaal | "Zol Zol Zol Karun Taak" | Nandesh Umap | |
| 2007 | Tula Shikwin Chaanglach Dhara | "Rani Majhya Malyamandi" | Vaishali Samant | |
| 2008 | Gondya Martay Tangda | "Majya Aaila Javun Sanga" | Vaishali Samant | |
| 2010 | Huppa Huyya | "Halla" | Vaishali Samant | |
| 2011 | Fakta Ladh Mhana | "Aan de" | Ajit Parab | |
| 2013 | Mangalashtak Once More | "Navri Ni Navryachi Swaari" | Vaishali Samant | |
| 2014 | Superstar | "Latak Matak" | - | |
| 2015 | Ek Taara | "Yed Lagala" | Solo | |
| 2015 | Ek Taara | "Jay Jay Ram" | - | |
| 2014 | Aandhali Koshimbir | Aandhali Koshimbir Bairoo | - | |
| 2016 | Vrundavan | "Dashing Govinda" | - | |
| Kanha | "Krishna Janmala" | Vaishali Samant | - | |
| Fan | "Jabraa Fan" | Solo | - | |
| Bandh Nylonche | "Koni Tari" | - | - | |
| 2017 | Fugay | "Hey Fugay" | Siddharth Mahadevan | |
| " Say You Love Me" | Jaanvee Prabhu-Arora, Mugdha Karhade | - | - | |
| 2018 | Ye Re Ye Re Paisa | "Khandala Ghat" | Vaishali Samant, Swapnil Bandodkar | |
| Party | "Bhavdya" | Solo | - | |
| Ranangan | "Naad Karaycha Naay" | - | - | |
| 2019 | Wedding Cha Shinema | "Bol Pakya" | - | |
| Sarva Line Vyasta Aahet | "Ek Number" | - | - | |
| Thackeray | "Aaple Saheb Thackeray" | - | - | |
| Hirkani | "Surat Aala Urat Aala" | Madhura Kumbhar | - | |
| 2021 | Avwanchhit | "Makhmalee" | Solo | |
| Pandu | "Bhurum Bhurum" | Vaishali Samant | - | |
| "Kelewali" | Sampada Mane | - | - | |
| "Dada parat ya na" | Adarsh Shinde | - | - | |
| 2022 | De Dhakka 2 | Punha Dhakka | Shamika Bhide | |
| 2023 | Kuttey | "Vaat Lagli" | Solo | |
| 2023 | Bamboo | "Premacha Baan Badami" | Solo | |
| 2023 | Tarri | "Lav Photo Maza" | Solo | |
| 2023 | Phulrani | "Beautiful Rani" | Aanandi Joshi | |
| 2023 | Circuitt | "Vajwaychi Saankan" | Solo | |
| 2023 | Baloch | "Tu Waagh Hay" | Adarsh Shinde | |
| 2023 | Aadharwad | "Chandoba Chandoba" | Solo | |
| 2023 | Aflatoon | "Maka Naka" | Vaishali Samant | |
| 2023 | Aani Baani | "Bai Ha Vishay Kathin" | Solo | |
| 2023 | Baap Manus | "Baap Tujha" | Solo | |
| 2023 | Dil Dosti Deewangi | "Dil Dosti Deewangi" | Vaishali Samant | |
| 2023 | Boyz 4 | "Boys Rap" | Parth Bhalerao, Pratik Lad, Sumant Shinde, | |
| 2023 | Boyz 4 | "Ye Na Rani" | Vaishali Samant | |
| 2024 | Ole Aale | "Zagamaga" | Shalmali Kholgade | |
| 2024 | Rukhwat | "Lageen Sarai" | Urmila Dhangar | |
| 2024 | Khurchi | "Belanchi Nagin" | Rasika Wakharkar | |
| 2024 | Bai Ga | "Jantar Mantar Bai Ga" | Solo | |
| 2024 | Ek Daav Bhutacha | "Vajnar Ga Gajnar Ga" | Solo | |
| 2025 | Ilu Ilu 1998 | "Gulabi Gulabi" | Solo | |
| 2025 | Mu. Po. Bombilwaadi | "Mu. Po. Bombilwaadi Title Track" | Vaibhav Mangle | |
| 2025 | Sangeet Manapmaan | Shura mi vandile | Shankar Mahadevan, Aarya Ambekar, Asmita Chinchalkar | |
| 2025 | Jai Ho Sangrampur" | Aarya Ambekar, Savani Ravindra, Shrinidhi Ghatate | - | |
| 2025 | Gaav Bolavato | "Saada Sopaa" | Solo | |
| 2025 | Banjara (2025 film) | Houya Recharge | Shaan | |
| 2025 | "Jarase thambun mage pahave" | - | - | |
| 2025 | Om namah Shivay | Solo | - | |
| 2025 | Ata Thambaycha Naay! | "Saang Saang bholanath" | Shivraj Waichal, Swarmegha Students | |
| 2025 | Better Half Chi Love Story | "Paaltu Faaltu" | Solo |