Ravi (composer)
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This article is about the music director. For the Sitar player, see Ravi Shankar.
"Ravi Sharma" redirects here. For the Communist Party of India (Maoist) politician, see Ravi Sharma (Maoist).
Ravi Shankar Sharma (3 March 1926 – 7 March 2012), often referred mononymously as Ravi, was an Indian music director who had composed music for several Hindi and Malayalam films.[2]
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Birth name | Ravi Shankar Sharma |
Born | (1926-03-03)3 March 1926 Delhi, India |
Died | 7 March 2012(2012-03-07) (aged 86)[1] Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Occupation(s) | Film music director |
Years active | 1955–2005 |
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After a successful career in Hindi cinema, he took a hiatus in the 1970s and made a successful comeback in 1982 in the Malayalam music scene under the stage name Bombay Ravi.[3]