Ahmedabad: Purushottam Upadhyay, a singer, composer, and musician in varied mediums for over six decades, breathed his last in Mumbai on Wednesday. Upadhyay, who is credited with several popular Gujarati sugam sangeet (semi-classical music) compositions, was 90 years old. He is survived by two daughters and family.
Music lovers said that Upadhyay’s contribution spans plays, films and hundreds of stage shows in India and abroad, where he would sing songs and ghazals and also compose. His compositions have been sung by the likes of Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi, among others, they added.
Upadhyay was conferred the Padma Shri in 2017.
