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Shankar was born on 7 April 1920 in Benares (now Varanasi), then the capital of the eponymous princely state, in a Bengali Hindu family, as the youngest of seven brothers. [3] [8] [9] His father, Shyam Shankar Chowdhury, was a Middle Temple barrister and scholar who was originally from Jessore district in Bengal (now Narail district, Bangladesh).
Ravi Shankar (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian guru [1] and spiritual leader. He is also referred to as Sri Sri or Gurudev . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] From around the mid 1970s, he worked as an apprentice under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , the founder of Transcendental Meditation .
Ustad Alla Rakha Qureshi [1] (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000) was an Indian tabla player who specialised in Hindustani classical music.Widely revered as one of history's most iconic players of the tabla, [2] he was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and was largely responsible for introducing tabla to the Western audience.
Shankar is the daughter of Pandit Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Rajan, and the half-sister of Norah Jones and Shubhendra Shankar. She grew up in the US, the UK, and India. In 2010, she married British director Joe Wright. [59] They have two sons (born 2011 and 2015). They separated in December 2017 and finalised their divorce in September 2019.
The Exciting Music of Ravi Shankar (1970) Four Raga Moods (1971) PBP Ravi Shankar and PBU Ahmedjan Thirakhwa (1971) Joi Bangla EP (1971) Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra with the London Symphony Orchestra and André Previn (1971) The Concert for Bangladesh (1971) – side one only, with Ali Akbar Khan; The Genius of Ravi Shankar (1972) Ravi ...
Pandit Ravi Shankar, the famous sitar player and musicologist who was given Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country was a native of Varanasi. [8] Ustad Bismillah Khan , an iconic Shehnai maestro who was also honored with the Bharat Ratna also came from Varanasi. [ 1 ]
Ravishankar Shukla (2 August 1877 — 31 December 1956) [1] was a leader of the Indian National Congress, Indian independence movement activist, the Premier of the Central Provinces and Berar from 27 April 1946 to 25 January 1950, first Chief Minister of the reorganised Madhya Pradesh state from 1 November 1956 until his death on 31 December 1956, he was elected from Saraipali in Madhya ...
The following is the filmography of Indian actor, dubbing artist, director and writer P. Ravi Shankar (also known as Sai Ravi). He has dubbed more than 3,500 films. He has dubbed more than 3,500 films.