 The extraordinarily gifted son of an illustrious
father, Dattatreya Vishnu Paluskar was born on May 28, 1921. He
started his classical music training at a very early age under the
guidance of his legendary father, Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar.
Dattatreya was only ten years old when he lost his father and was
subsequently trained by disciples of his father, Pandit Vinayakrao
Patwardhan and Pandit Narayanrao Vyas. He was also trained by
Pandit Chintamanrao Paluskar and Pandit Mirashi Buwa, a disciple
of Balakrishnabua Ichhalkaranjikar.
D V Paluskar gave his
debut performance at the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan in Jalandhar,
Punjab at the age of fourteen. He inherited the styles of the
Gwalior gharana and the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, but gave a new
dimension to the Gwalior gayaki through his unique, distinctive
style, which was very sweet to hear but extremely difficult to
render.
A very quiet, modest and humble person, wholly
immersed in his music, D V Paluskar had a clear and melodious
voice and a unique, effortless enchanting style. His music, like
his personality, was straightforward and touched the very
heartstrings. He was a master at presenting an attractive and
comprehensive picture of a raga in a very short duration. This, in
tandem with his beautiful renditions of bhajans made him very
popular with both the lay listener and the cognoscenti. He is also
famous for an unforgettable duet with Ustad Amir Khan in the film
Baiju Bawra. The only other film he sang for was a Bengali film
called Shaap Mochan. He cut his first disc in 1944 and visited
China as a member of the Indian cultural delegation in 1955. He
died from encephalitis on 26th October, 1955. Despite his short
life, Pandit D.V. Paluskar will always be remembered as a
brilliant and accomplished singer, an inimitable maestro, with
complete mastery over his art. Pandit Sharad Sathe is one of his
foremost disciples.
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