A Gazal singer and music director, Atul runs his own company. He believes that absolute values are important in life.

Atul Dive is a Gazal singer as well as a music composer at Swarsakshi Productions, Pune.

Atul did his school education in science but later graduated in the arts stream. He has mainly worked in three cities as a Gazal singer, namely Pune, Mumbai, and Aurangabad. He has also composed and recorded around 100 title songs in Marathi. He has sung over 1500 songs, has done TV shows, and also done 3500 theme-based stage shows.

Speaking about his childhood, Atul says that he always wanted to become a musician because he loved singing. When he was in BA, he participated in a college  programme and secured first place. When he saw how much people appreciated him and how much respect there was for artists, he decided to make it his profession.

After completing his first year of graduation, he took training under his guru, Pt. Vijay Deshmukh, and started giving music exams. He says that his guru encouraged him to learn music, as there is no age limit of learning. After completing graduation, he joined an orchestra and started performing stage shows as a singer.

Atul explains that after his marriage, he received no support from his parents and moved to Aurangabad with his wife. Initially, he began his career as a music teacher in a school. He says that he struggled a lot in his life as he used to teach in a school and then performed in hotels to earn money, but he never sought help from others. Afterwards, he started performing at Hotel President Park as a Gazal singer and continued it for four years. Gradually, he purchased his own equipment as he got offers to perform at other functions. He also took the music composer exam and then became a music composer at Akashvani and Doordarshan. Then, he decided to do his own music compositions, and started doing them in various languages like Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, etc.

Atul says that he also helps and promotes struggling artists. His wife also supports him in this noble work. He believes that by helping and supporting other people, one finds peace and satisfaction. Now, he has started a foundation named Swarsakshi Foundation to help other artists. He also does charity shows to help the people who were suffering from natural calamities like earthquakes, floods, etc., and also contributed at the time of the Kargil War.

Speaking about his achievements, Atul says that he cleared the exam for music composer and singer in a single attempt, which is an achievement for him. In 2018, he also produced the film "Pani Bani," which won the Best Film Award at the Indian International Film Festival. He was conferred the Maharastra Bhushan and Marathwada Bhushan Awards. He worked with various well-known singers and artists and recorded his first song at the age of 27, which is an achievement for him.

In his spare time, Atul loves to read books and listen to the music of well-known artists. He also enjoys playing cricket, playing cards, watching comedy shows, going to the gym, and participating in singing programs.

Atul says that to attain mental peace, he sings or goes trekking or does meditation on weekends. He believes that singing is a type of meditation.

Atul’s life mantra is to live a simple life and to stay away from addictions. He believes in hard work and low expectations to live a peaceful life. Also, he says that it is important to create your own place instead of pushing others to achieve success. He thinks that to be loved as a human being is more important than to be loved as an artist.

Atul advises the young generation to properly utilise their time and focus on the use of social media platforms to gather information and knowledge instead of wasting time. He says it is important to do hard work and to have patience and politeness. He advises setting goals or targets and working hard to achieve them.