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Shekhar Astitwa

Shekhar "Astitwa" is today a well-known name in the Hindi film and television world. Born on 16 October 1972 in Gondia, Maharashtra, Shekhar "Astitwa" did his schooling in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. His father late. Shri Vamanrao Gajbhiye was a social worker, and his mother late. Mrs. Indumati Gajbhiye was a teacher.

He was inclined towards writing since his student days. In poetry writing, he represented his school many times at the district level, division level and state level. Shekhar "Astitwa", who has been reciting poetry on stages since his teenage years, has given presentations on various stages along with veteran poets of the country. His works have been published in various prestigious newspapers and magazines in India and abroad.

Apart from Hindi, he has also written ghazals in Nepali language. His two books in Nepali, "Seto Himal Mero" (Children's Ghazal Collection) and "Atit ko Tyo Madhur Kahani" (Ghazal Collection) have been published respectively. Apart from this, his first Hindi song collection "Babuji Kehte The..." has been published recently.

Shekhar "Astitwa", who has a boisterous nature, made Mumbai his home after many years of nomadic life, and has been engaged in writing while living in Mumbai for the last two decades. He worked for many years with stalwarts of the film industry like Shri Ravindra Jain, Dr. Ramanand Sagar, Hema Malini, Sooraj Barjatya, Rajkumar Hirani, Sanjay Dutt, Nishikant Kamat, Prem Sagar.His songs have been sung by Asha Bhosle, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhna Sargam, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Bhumi Trivedi, Vikram Montrose, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Suresh Wadkar, Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh, Kailash Kher, Saroj Suman and Almost all the big singers of the film industry including Shaan, Javed Ali and Amit Mishra.

Shekhar "Astitwa" has till now written songs for more than 45 mega serials, dozens of albums and about a dozen films. The song "Kar Har Maidan Fateh" written by him in the film "Sanju" became very popular and was also nominated for the Filmfare Award. The song "Jai Shri Ram" written by him for the film "Ram Sethu" starring Akshay Kumar also became very popular.

These days, the song "Har Har Mahadev" from his upcoming film "Oh My God 2" has also become very popular and is a topic of discussion among music lovers.

Shekhar "Astitwa"
A worthy and weighty lyricist

The people who make history are the ones who not only give their life to their career but also give their career a new life. When the career is that of a writer, a lyricist, every step is a risk. Shekhar "Astitwa" is one such penman who has gifted himself an era of such a silent popularity which other ones cant’t even dream of. It has been possible only because he possesses the courage, wit,frankness and perseverance required to tame one’s destiny.

The beginning of his poetic career was nothing short of a blind aim.Although he was very free from his family,yet the goal was not decided.In starting he was very much fond of painting.His painting was as good as he made it his proffession.

He did all this to dedicate himself entirely to literature and rest is history. It has been more than three decades of his professional life as a poet and his charm is only increasing with each passing second. His most celebrated song ‘kar har maidan fateh"(the most popular motivational song from the hindi released movie-Sanju) made him the heartthrob of the youth and established him as a well known hindi filmi and nepali celebrated Indian panman.

His grip over romanticism, flavored with his wit makes him stand apart but is not merely confined to it. The treasures that his pen has yielded cover wide range of notions viz., social issues, atrocities against women and women empowerment, philosophies of life and also those brimming with patriotic fervor.

Collectively speaking, his poems are a mirror to society. He writes and sings his poems on stage with so gracefulness .He has a sense of indian classical music also which can be seen in his performances on the stage. He has broken the stereotypes and has not merely confined himself to writing poems and stage shows. He is also active in social media, constantly writing and commenting on the happenings in the society.

There is a huge fan following of his lyrics among all the age groups as well. He has been conferred with many poetic laurels and is an elite name in the field of Hindi literature. His achievements make him incredible and he stands unrivalled since years.Hindi film industry and Hindi literature owes a lot to him for writing such suolful in the field of poetry. His non filmi realeased as

Ram saga sauteli duniya,bheeg jata hai mera man sun pahadan,tod de bandishein,sawariya,har ghar tiranga are also very popular as well.

At present,Shekhar "Astitwa" is the name of that penman who is self committed to save the grace and authenticness of hindi literature in filmi songs.