Ravi (composer)

This article is about the music director. For the sitar player, see Ravi Shankar.

Ravi
Ravi in his later years
Born
Ravi Shankar Sharma

(1926-03-03)3 March 1926
Delhi, British India
Died7 March 2012(2012-03-07) (aged 86)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other namesBombay Ravi
OccupationFilm music director
Years active1955–2005
Spouse
Kanti
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(m. 1946; died 1986)​
Children3
RelativesVarsha Usgaonkar (daughter-in-law)

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. 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.

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