Praful Dave

Praful Dave works across Gujarati folk performance and playback singing. In a 2011 interview, he recalled recording with Avinash Vyas and discussed Maniyaaro as part of his journey into recorded music.^S11

A recording to explore

The licensed catalogue lists his Pankhida Re Udi Jajo (Garba Folk) in Navdurgani Navratri. This identifies a named performance for your listening queue; it does not establish that Dave wrote every version of the song.^S33

Why he belongs in this series

His profile helps connect two ways people encounter Gujarati music: the voice at a folk performance and the playback voice attached to a screen story. Following that overlap is more revealing than sorting artists into categories that their careers cross.

Listen to the full recording before comparing it with a medley or another singer’s version. The comparison can make phrasing and arrangement easier to notice without assuming a single definitive performance.

Explore the connections

Read Gujarati Garba’s earlier voices, or return to the playlist.

Sources

1. The Times of India — Youngsters come to listen to me: Praful Dave, 21 July 2011. Checked 2026-10-05. ↩
2. Praful Dave licensed catalogue — Pankhida Re Udi Jajo (Garba Folk). Checked 2026-10-05. ↩