Phadke was connected with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for over 60 years.
Sudhir Phadke last sang and composed music for this movie. The movie Veer Savarkar was funded by public donations. In last days of his life, Phadke was involved in producing a Hindi film on the life of the Indian freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. All 56 songs were also recorded in Phadke's own voice. Phadke set to music all 56 songs, and they were sung by different singers for radio (Manik Verma, Lata Mangeshkar, Phadke himself, Vasantrao Deshpande etc). Stage performances of the program continue to draw huge crowds even today. The programme ran on All India Radio for a year, 1954-55. Geet Ramayana, based on poet G D Madgulkar's verses, is one of Phadke's most popular works. Their son Shridhar Phadke (born 1951) is also a composer and singer. Phadke married his fellow singer Lalita Deulkar. He was also an immaculate playback singer. During his long career, he composed for many Marathi and Hindi films. After beginning his career with HMV in 1941, he joined the Prabhat Film Company as music director in 1946. Phadke acquired his primary tutelage in vocal classical music from the late Vamanrao Padhye in Kolhapur. His birth name was Ram Phadke, but he later changed his name to 'Sudhir' when he composed a song for HMV because he thought 'Sudhir Phadke' sounded more 'weighty'. Sudhir Phadke was born in Kolhapur on July 25, 1919. Phadke was affectionately known as Babuji (an honorary title given to respected gentlemen in India). Apart from Marathi, Phadke sang and composed songs in several Hindi films as well.
He was regarded as an icon of the Marathi film industry and Marathi Sugam Sangeet (light music) for five decades. Sudhir Phadke (Marathi: सुधीर फडके, JJuly 29, 2002) was an accomplished Marathi singer-composer from India.
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