Noted musician Ravi Shankar Sharma, popularly known as Ravi Bombay, died yesterday after prolonged illness. He was 85. Born in Delhi on March 3, 1926, this gifted musician with no formal training in music, made big in Hindi films with the 1952 film 'Anand Math'. Films such as 'Chaudhvin Ka Chand' (1960), 'Do Badan' (1966), 'Humraaz' (1967), 'Ankhen', Waqt', 'Neel Kamal' 'Gumraah' and 'Nikaah' (1982) won him critical as well as commercial success. He was also instrumental in shaping up the careers of singers like Mahendra Kapoor and Salma Agha.


He arrived in Mollywood with the movie 'Nakhashtanagal' in 1986, and thereafter had been part of the team of MT and Hariharan for long. He is the only music director in Malayalam with a hundred percent hit record. His amazing musical compositions that he had created for several films includes Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Sargam, Mayookham, Panchagni, Nakhakshathangal, Vaishali, Parinayam, Sukrutham, Patheyam and Mayookham. He was honoured with Padmashree in 1971.





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