‘Itni Shakti Hame Dena Daata’ Singer Pushpa Pagdhare Shares Her Financial Struggles

Pranshi Ladha, INN/ Madhya Pradesh
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The tune named ‘Itni Shakti Hame Dena Daata’ has been scratched in our souls to date. A few schools the nation over have incorporated this inspiring melody in their songbooks as well. From the film Ankush, the melodic voice in the tune has a place with Pushpa Pagdhare. The veteran artist, who was never paid alright for her tune, is battling each day even to get an honorarium from the state government consistently. The measure of honorarium is Rs 3,150 and it never shows up on schedule. In any case, the circumstance might have been diverse just in case Pushpa was paid a large portion of a rupee for each hit on her tune, she might have procured an amount of Rs 2 crore. Over the most recent 35 years, no music organization paid her eminence for the faction tune. 80-year-old Pushpa, who lives in the Machimar Colony of Mahim, is compelled to ask from her family members. 

While addressing ETimes about her monetary condition, Pushpa shared that there are a few family members who help her when the need emerges. The veteran vocalist expressed that she doesn’t get appropriate eminence for her melodies and is absolutely reliant upon others. She even affirmed that the administration gives no consideration to craftsmen like her, who live alone and have no pay. 

Back in 1989, Pushpa had engaged the state government for a house yet over the most recent 32 years, her document couldn’t arrive at an administration official. The vocalist said that she has made different endeavors to meet the priest in Mumbai yet just found solutions like “not accessible” or “he is on a visit.” Pushpa mentioned the public authority to comprehend the predicament of artists like her. 

Pushpa has sung tunes composed by Raj Thackeray’s dad Srikant Thackeray. She has likewise sung ‘Aga pori sambhal daryala tufan aalay’ with Mohammed Rafi. The artist uncovered that she was paid sovereignty till the HMV music name was dynamic, yet the installments halted when it left business. 

Drawing an examination, Pushpa said that today vocalists are paid very well yet back in time they took whatever was given. For the clique melody, ‘Itni shakti hame dena daata’, she was paid Rs 250. “I have been informed that a similar melody is currently the ringtone on most clergymen’s and legislators’ telephones. Yet, not one of them pays attention to the requirements of the vocalist who sang that melody.”