He received prestigious Padma Shri award in the year 2006 for his work in music and Sangeet Natak Sambaprasad Raghuvir Sawkar was born in Baroda, Gujarat in a family of musicians and actors hailing from Goa.

His father, Raghuvir Sawkar, was a singer and actor who was famous for acting a ladies character in the play who was known as Rangdevta.

Later he came under the influence of great musicians such as Jitendra Abhisheki and Nivruttibuwa Sarnaik[1] Sawkar acted as child artist in the play Jinjihun Sutka (जिंजीहून सुटका) as Bal Shivaji at the start of career in Marathi theatre.

Later he went to his uncle Dattaram Sawkar for school education at Mhapsa who was also a harmonium player.

He also made career in Marathi Cinema which includes Pedgaoche Shahane, Gora Kumbhar The period between 1960 and 1972 is known for the revival of Sangeet natak (play) in the industry.