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{{Infobox person
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|07|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Gujarat]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|08|20|1912|07|21|df=y}}
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| occupation = Music composer, lyricist, singer
| yearsactive = 1940-1981
| known for = Gujarati light music
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Gujarat State Film Award for lyrics<br>Gujarat State Film Award for music<br>Gujarat Rajya Sangeet Nrutya Academy Gaurav Puraskar
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'''Avinash Vyas''' was an Indian music composer, lyricist and singer of [[Gujarati film industry|Gujarati films]]<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA463|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=1993}}</ref><ref name="IMDB Profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1033520/ | title=IMDB Profile | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref> who composed music for over 190 [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati films]].<ref name="Songs of Yore">{{cite web | url=http://www.songsofyore.com/forgotten-composers-unforgettable-melodies-8-avinash-vyas/ | title=Songs of Yore | publisher=Songs of Yore | date=2015 | access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Planet Radio City">{{cite web | url=http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/article-musicdir/Avinash-Vyas/812 | title=Planet Radio City | publisher=Planet Radio City | date=2015 | access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> He was a winner of Gujarat State Film award for the best lyricist and best music 25 times.<ref name="Movies and Music of India">{{cite web | url=https://iyerbhaskar.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/movies-music-of-india-avinash-vyas/ | title=Movies and Music of India | publisher=Movies and Music of India | date=2015 | access-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1970 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Avinash Vyas was born in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]] on 21 July 1912 and had his initial music training under [[Ustad Allauddin Khan]].<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> His career started with [[HMV]] for their ''Young India'' label where he cut his first [[gramophone record]] in 1940<ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> and debuted as a film music composer in with the Gujarati film, [[Mahasati Ansuya]]<ref name="Mahasati Ansuya">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376740/ | title=Mahasati Ansuya | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> in 1943, partnering the renowned musician, [[Ustad Alla Rakha]].<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> Two more films were released the next year, [[Krishna Bhakta Bodana]] and [[Laheri Badmash]] but both were not successful.<ref name="Planet Radio City" /> His first major hit came in 1948 with Gunsundari,<ref name="Gunsundari">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256064/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm | title=Gunsundari | publisher=IMDB | date=2015 | access-date=18 May 2015}}</ref> a bilingual in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Hindi languages|Hindi]].<ref name="Songs of Yore" />

Vyas composed music for over 1200 songs for 190 Hindi and Gujarati films during his career, his total contribution exceeding 10,000 songs including non film songs.<ref name="Songs of Yore" /> Most of the major singers of that era such as [[Geeta Dutt]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Suman Kalyanpur]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], [[Hemant Kumar]], [[Talat Mehmood]], [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Mahendra Kapoor]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar]] sang his compositions in various movies.<ref name="Planet Radio City" /> He tuned the lines of several noted lyricists like [[Qamar Jalalabadi]], [[Indeevar]], [[Bharat Vyas]] and [[Raja Mehdi Ali Khan]].<ref name="Planet Radio City" /> [[Geeta Dutt]] was one of his favorite singers and she sang in more Gujarati films than in Bengali films where she originally came from.<ref name="Songs of Yore" />

Vyas received the Gujarat State annual Film awards 25 times, both for lyrics and compositions, which is reported to be a record.<ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> The Gujarat Rajya Sangeet Nrutya Academy awarded him the ''Gaurav Puraskar''<ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> and the [[Government of India]] honoured him with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1970.<ref name="Padma Shri" /> Some of his memorable compositions were compiled and released on 29 March 2012 as a music disc under the name, ''Avinash Vyas - A Musical Journey''.<ref name="A Musical Journey With Avinash Vyas">{{cite AV media | url=https://myspace.com/variousartists-49036749/music/album/a-musical-journey-with-avinash-vyas-18472484 | title=A Musical Journey With Avinash Vyas | publisher=Saregama India Limited | date=29 March 2012 | medium=CD}}</ref> He died on 20 August 1984, at the age of 72,<ref name="Songs of Yore" /><ref name="Movies and Music of India" /> three years after his last film, ''Bhakta Gora Kumbhar'' was released.<ref name="Planet Radio City" />

==Notable songs==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; background:#edf3fe;"
|-
!Year
!Song
!Film
!Lyrics
!Singer(s)
|-
|1949
||''Rakh na Ramakada''<ref name="Rakh na Ramakada">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlcw6q6LC4 | title=Rakh na Ramakada | publisher=[[YouTube]] | date=3 November 2008 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
||Mangal Fera
||Avinash Vyas
||[[Geeta Dutt]] and A. R. Ojha
|-
| 1949
|| ''Ame Mumbai na rahevasi''<ref name="Ame Mumbai na rahevasi">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eOZgruZBuA | title=Ame Mumbai na rahevasi | publisher=YouTube | date=10 December 2011 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Mangal Fera
|| Avinash Vyas
|| [[Geeta Roy]], Chunilal Pardesi and A. R. Ojha
|-
| 1950
|| ''Ritu anokhi pyar anokha''<ref name="Ritu anokhi pyar anokha">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHe5kDgSd-8 | title=Ritu anokhi pyar anokha | publisher=YouTube | date=11 November 2010 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| [[Har Har Mahadev]]
|| Not known
|| Zohra Ambalewali
|-
| 1950
|| ''Tim tima tim taare''<ref name="Tim tima tim taare">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qglcAY9j7M | title=Tim tima tim taare | publisher=YouTube | date=11 November 2010 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| [[Har Har Mahadev]]
|| Ramesh Shastry
|| [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] and Sulochana Kadam
|-
| 1952
|| ''Chamak rahe tare''<ref name="Chamak rahe tare">{{cite web | url=http://iflixworld.com/index.php/component/k2/item/29944/29944 | title=Chamak rahe tare | publisher=Iflixworld | date=2015 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Rajrani Damyanti
|| [[Nilkanth Tiwari]]
|| Madhubala Jhaveri
|-
| 1953
|| Jane di kismat ki naav
|| Bhagyawan
|| Ramesh Gupta
|| [[Manna Dey]] and chorus
|-
| 1954
|| ''B.A., M. A., B. Ed.''<ref name="B. A. M. A. B Ed">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFvSBE_W80o | title=B. A. M. A. B Ed | publisher=YouTube | date=20 September 2010 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Adhikaar
|| [[Raja Mehdi Ali Khan]]
|| [[Asha Bhosle]] and Chorus
|-
| 1954
|| ''Tikadam baazi tikadam bazi''<ref name="Tikadam baazi tikadam bazi">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx4zSSuNi70 | title=Tikadam baazi tikadam bazi | publisher=YouTube | date=24 September 2010 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Adhikaar
|| [[Raja Mehdi Ali Khan]]
|| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 1954
|| ''Sun bhi le Paravardigar dil ki itni si pukar''<ref name="Sun bhi le Paravardigar dil ki itni si pukar">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_vNLF8i9BU | title=Sun bhi le Paravardigar dil ki itni si pukar | publisher=YouTube | date=28 January 2013 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Malika-e-Aalam Noorjahan
|| Keshav Trivedi
|| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 1954
|| ''Ek dharti hai ek hai gagan''<ref name="Ek dharti hai ek hai gagan">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU-s1Ikj2h4 | title=Ek dharti hai ek hai gagan | publisher=YouTube | date=29 January 2013 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Adhikar
|| [[Nilkanth Tiwari]]
|| [[Meena Kapoor]]
|-
| 1955
|| ''Koi dukhiyaari aayi tere dwar''<ref name="Koi dukhiyaari aayi tere dwar">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindilyrics.net/lyrics/of-Koi%20Dukhiyari%20Aayi%20Tore%20Dwar.html | title=Koi dukhiyaari aayi tere dwar | publisher=Hindi Lyrics | date=2015 | access-date=19 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502192031/http://www.hindilyrics.net/lyrics/of-Koi%20Dukhiyari%20Aayi%20Tore%20Dwar.html | archive-date=2 May 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|| Andheri Nagri Chaupat Raja
|| [[Bharat Vyas]]
|| [[Sudha Malhotra]]
|-
| 1955
|| ''Tere dwar khada Bhagwan''<ref name="Tere dwar khada Bhagwan">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b88D6z9N3eg | title=Tere dwar khada Bhagwan | publisher=YouTube | date=23 August 2009 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Waman Avtar
|| [[Kavi Pradeep]]
|| [[Kavi Pradeep]]
|-
| 1955
|| ''Bade bade dhoondhe pahaad''<ref name="Bade bade dhoondhe pahaad">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZElFtaU1kiM | title=Bade bade dhoondhe pahaad | publisher=YouTube | date=20 March 2012 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Jagatguru Shankaracharya
|| [[Bharat Vyas]]
|| [[Hemant Kumar]]
|-
| 1955
|| ''Deep jal raha hai''<ref name="Deep jal raha hai">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVtAQ90afsw | title=Deep jal raha hai | publisher=YouTube | date=31 January 2014 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Andheri Nagri Chaupat Raja
|| [[Bharat Vyas]]
|| [[Talat Mahmood]]
|-
| 1955
|| ''Ek baar to mil lo gale''<ref name="Ek baar to mil lo gale">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmvra6_ik-baar-to-mil-lo-gale-andher-nagri-chaupat-raja-1955_shortfilms | title=Ek baar to mil lo gale | publisher=Daily Motion | date=2015 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Andheri Nagri Chaupat Raja
|| [[Bharat Vyas]]
|| [[Talat Mahmood]] and [[Sudha Malhotra]]
|-
| 1957
|| ''Aaj nahin to kal''<ref name="Aaj nahin to kal">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCAATD4p1M | title=Aaj nahin to kal | publisher=YouTube | date=20 August 2012 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Nagmani
|| [[Kavi Pradeep]]
|| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| 1957
|| ''Aaj nahi to kal bikharenge ye badal''<ref name="Aaj bahi to kal bikharenge ye badal">{{cite web|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/song/aaj_nahi_to_kal_bikharenge_ye_badal.htm|title=Aaj nahi to kal bikharenge ye badal|date=2015|publisher=Hindi Geet Mala|access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Nagmani
|| [[Kavi Pradeep]]
|| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| 1957
|| ''Pollam poll''<ref name="Pollam poll">{{cite web | url=https://www.lyricsbogie.com/movies/lakshmi-1957/bol-bol-sach-sach-bol.html | title=Pollam poll | publisher=Lyrics Bogoe | date=2015 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Laxmi
|| [[Qamar Jalabadi]]
|| [[Mohammad Rafi]]
|-
| 1957
|| ''Pinjre ke panji re''<ref name="Pinjre ke panji re">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TzNbuW2gzY | title=Pinjre ke panji re | publisher=YouTube | date=28 March 2008 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Nagmani
|| [[Kavi Pradeep]]
|| [[Kavi Pradeep]]
|-
| 1957
|| ''So ja re mere laal''<ref name="So ja re mere laal">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDZoD9LRaAo | title=So ja re mere laal | publisher=YouTube | date=15 November 2011 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Aadhi Roti
|| [[Bharat Vyas]]
|| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| 1960
|| ''Mehndi te Vavi Malve''<ref name="Mehndi te Vavi Malve">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI4xVDoM4MU | title=Mehndi te Vavi Malve | publisher=YouTube | date=25 January 2012 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| [[Mehndi Rang Lagyo (1960 film)|Mehndi Rang Lagyo]]
|| Avinash Vyas
|| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 1960
|| ''Tere bangle ki babu main maina''<ref name="Tere bangle ki main maina">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSke4MkGTEk | title=Tere bangle ki main maina | publisher=YouTube | date=30 January 2014 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Bhakt Raj
|| [[Bharat Vyas]]
|| [[Shamshad Begum]]
|-
| 1960
|| ''Aa Mumbai chhe''<ref name="Aa Mumbai chhe">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZeSk58KlJU | title=Aa Mumbai chhe | publisher=YouTube | date=18 November 2011 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| [[Mehndi Rang Lagyo (1960 film)|Mehndi Rang Lagyo]]
|| [[Chandrakant Solanki]]
|| Manna Dey
|-
| 1962
|| ''Ja re badal ja''<ref name="Ja re badal ja">{{cite web | url=http://hindigeetmala.net/song/ja_re_badal_ja_desh_kiya_ke_ja.htm | title=Ja re badal ja | publisher=Hindi Geet Mala | date=2015 | access-date=19 May 2015}}</ref>
|| Kailashpati
|| Madan Bharati
|| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 1974
|| ''Ek patan sher ni naar padmani''<ref name="Ek patan sher ni naar padmani">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D6CIOM7s8I | title=Ek patan sher ni naar padmani | publisher=YouTube | date=18 June 2011 | access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref>
|| Lakho Fulani
|| Avinash Vyas
|| [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 1977
|| ''Hoon Amdavad no rikshawalo''<ref name="Hoon Amdavad no rikshawalo">{{cite web|title=Hoon Amdavad no rikshawalo|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUigbwMglrU|access-date=June 17, 2020|website=YouTube|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>
|| Maa Baap
|| Rui Raj
|| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
|}

==Filmography==
Vyas is credited with over 190 films in Gujarati and Hindi.
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# [[Mahasati Ansuya]] (1943)
# [[Krishna Bhakta Bodana]] (1944)
# [[Laheri Badmash]] (1944)
# [[Gunsundari]] (1948)
# [[Mangal Fera]] (1949)
# [[Har Har Mahadev]] (1950)
# [[Veer Bhimsen]] (1950)
# Dashavtar (1951)
# [[Jai Mahalaxmi]] (1951)
# [[Ram Janma]] (1951)
# [[Shri Vishnu Bhagwan]] (1951)
# [[Rajrani Damyanti]] (1952)
# [[Shiv Shakti]] (1952)
# [[Vasna (1952 film)|Vasna]] (1952)
# [[Bhagyawan]] (1953)
# [[Teen Batti Char Raasta]] (1953)
# [[Chakradhari (1954 film)|Chakradhari]] (1954)
# [[Maha Pooja]] (1954)
# [[Malika-E-Alam Noorjehan]] (1954)
# [[Adhikaar (1954 film)|Adhikaar]] (1954)
# [[Andher Nagri Choupat Raja]] (1955)
# [[Vaman Avtar]] (1955)
# [[Ekadashi]] (1955)
# [[Jagadguru Shankaracharya]] (1955)
# [[Riyasat]] (1955)
# [[Dwarikadheesh]] (1956)
# [[Sudarshan Chakra (1956 film)|Sudarshan Chakra]] (1956)
# [[Lakshmi (1957 film)|Lakshmi]] (1957)
# Naag Mani (1957)
# [[Ram Laxman (1957 film)|Ram Laxman]] (1957)
# [[Sant Raghu]] (1957)
# [[Aadhi Roti]] (1957)
# [[Gopichand (film)|Gopichand]] (1958)
# [[Great Show of India]] (1958)
# [[Jung Bahadur]] (1958)
# [[Pati Parmeshwar]] (1958)
# [[Ram Bhakti]] (1958)
# [[Charnon Ki Dasi]] (1959)
# [[Grihalakshmi]] (1959)
# [[Mehndi Rang Lagyo (1960 film)|Mehndi Rang Lagyo]] (1960)
# [[Bhakta Raj]] (1960)
# [[Heron Malaat]] (1961)
# [[Hawa Mahal]] (1962)
# [[Kailashpati]] (1962)
# [[Bapu Ne Kaha Tha]] (1962)
# [[Royal Mail]] (1963)
# [[Bhakta Dhruva Kumar]] (1964)
# [[Kalapi (film)|Kalapi]] (1966)
# [[Badmash (1969 film)|Badmash]] (1969)
# [[Beti Tumhare Jaisi]] (1969)
# [[Surya Devata]] (1969)
# [[Taqat Aur Talwar]] (1970)
# [[Jesal Toraal]] (1971)
# [[Maha Sati Savitri]] (1973)
# [[Daku Aur Bhagwan]] (1975)
# [[Son baini Chun Daadi]] (1976)
# [[Maa Baap]] (1979)
# [[Bhakta Gora Kumbhar]] (1981)
{{Div col end}}

==See also==
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* [[Ustad Allauddin Khan]]
* [[Ustad Alla Rakha]]
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{{portal|India|Music}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite AV media | url=https://myspace.com/variousartists-49036749/music/album/a-musical-journey-with-avinash-vyas-18472484 | title=A Musical Journey With Avinash Vyas | publisher=Saregama India Limited | date=29 March 2012 | medium=CD}}
* {{IMDb name|id=1033520}}

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