Bodas was born into a family of musicians. He received early training from his grandfather
Lakshmanrao Bodas and his father
Narayanrao Bodas. As a child, Bodas learned to play the tabla, but eventually focused on vocals. He received training from
Pandurang Salunke,
Shreedhar Padhye,
Ashok Ranade,
C.P. Rele, and
T.D. Janorikar. He was, according to his collaborators, also influenced by
Ram Marathe,
D.V. Paluskar,
Gajananrao Joshi, and
Kumar Gandharva. He performed across India, and composed the music for six documentary films. In addition to his work as a performer, he was also a musical scholar and a linguist. He did a four-year advanced course in Russian, which helped expose him to
Western Classical and
Russian folk music. He received the
Mallikarjun Mansur award in 2018. == External links ==