SHRI ULHAS BUYAO
Mr.Luzinho Faleino,Ex-Chief Minister, & CLP, Goa complimenting Shri Ulhas Buyao.
Shri Ulhas Buyao , is an
exceptionally versatile, multifaceted personality of Goa, a Singer, a Lyricist.
a Music Composer, a Poet, a Stage Artist, a Script Writer,and a Successful
Industrialist & Businessman .
Shri Ulhas Buyao ,a talented musician and singer having extraordinary voice and
sweetness , his music embraces the traditions of Goa 's Konkani songs ,and his
lyrics brings depth and authority to his music. He has written and composed
music, producing a myriad of original compositions of konkani songs. His ability
of handling the diverse elements of a Writer, Lyricist , Composer & also being
the Singer is remarkable, and possibly the most interesting Artist Goa has.
Shri Ulhas Buyao's Songs are forever embedded in the hearts of millions of
Konkani lovers , he has sung more than 1000 songs in Konkani , and all composed
by him,
he is best remembered for his Classic Song "Channeache Rati."
Which is supposed to be the masterpiece of Shri Ulhas Buyao's Voice and Music,
This song has gained enormous popularity and has tempted others to copy the song
as well as the music, and the "Channeache Rati." been copied and
was sung & Composed by the eminent Bollywood Singers & Music Director , and for
which Shri Ulhas Buyao has filled a writ petition on the sale and distribution
of the cassette.
Shri Ulhas Buyao has the versatility to sing & compose music of a different
types, contemporary, ethnic, folk, devotional & Bhajans too, and ranging from
the humorous to the serious, the light-hearted to the intense.
He, Today at the age of 58 years still has the command on his voice, with his
original unchanged resonant voice, style and youthful nature, he still is one of
the most popular Konkani Singer, Lyricist & Composer enriching the Konkani
Music. Shri Ulhas Buyo is a born artist, and since his childhood he used to
compose songs and later it became his passion and love for Konkani and Music, He
was invited by the All India Radio , Goa, to sing Konkani songs , and from 1963
to 1983 he had ung more than 300 Songs. The Gramophone Company of India (now
HMV) has recorded and Marketed 3 records of Shri Ulhas Buyao's Songs .
Shri Ulhas Buyao 's Contribution to the Konkani language has been written in the
Golden Letters, also his contribution to the land of Goa can not be forgotten ,
during the Goa Merger Controversy, where two divergent views emerging , one
group wanted Goa to be merged with the State of Maharashtra, while the other
group wanted Goa to be remained an independent Union Territory, as to retain its
Culture, and self - identity bringing to the fore arguments based on linguistic
science, culture and self-identity. The decision to have an Opinion Poll was
then decided, and both the Groups started the momentum by holding Public
Meetings, and Shri Ulhas Buyao, who was active in the Non-Merger group, led by
the army of young artists, began a " Jai Gomantak Kala Pathak" with
Konkani songs written by writers like Dr Manoharrai Sardesai, Shankar Bhandari
and Adv Uday Bhembre. The response for these programme was so overwhelming that
pro-merger groups began disrupting Shri Ulhas Buyao's Jai Gomantak Kala
Pathak in their stronghold areas, during these period Shri Ulhas Buyao
performed 75 Public gathering & meetings in 15 days, convincing the people with
his golden voice & Sensuous melodies , and the Opinion Poll as held on the 16th.
January 1967, where the Non- Merger group, which was backed by Shri Ulhas Buyao
won the opinion poll, retaining Goa as a separate identity.
Shri Ulhas Buyao has performed more than 200 Konkani Stage Shows (Tiatra), which
includes 75 Stage Shows of the famous show " Ekuch Rasto " and " Hanga
nith na " with the prominent Konkani Stage Artist & Director Mr.M.Boyer ,
,He has also performed in some of the noted Konakani Stage Shows / Drama's (Tiatra)
like Premkumar's" Vishwas " , Adv.Mike Mehta's " Sunita " and
which are still being remembered by the Konkani Lovers.