Music maestro Ashok Patki has turned 71 today. To mark this happy occasion, a musical programme was held today at Yashwant Natya Mandir, Matunga, Mumbai. For the past five decades Mr. Ashok Patki has been offering non-stop music for Marathi songs and that too with variety in it. Even today, he released his three more albums namely ‘Shubhankar Ganesha’, ‘Jhimmad Jhimmad’ and ‘Savalya Ghana’.

Present on the occasion were popular Marathi clebrities including Devki Pandit, Suresh Wadkar and Ajay Pohankar. The ‘Swar 71′ programme comprised of songs and dances based on his popular albums. It may be recalled that Ashok Patki has not only limited his music and background music to films, TV serials and Dramas but has also composed record number of Jingles. ‘Zandu Balm’ and ‘Dhara’ are some of his popular jingles. Through his composition ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’ he became popular all over India.

Marathi Movie World wishes him a very happy birthday.