Veteran music composer Vanraj Bhatia dead at 94
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May 07, 2021 12:11 IST
With Shyam Benegal, he found his niche in parallel cinema, blending the western with the Indian classical idiom
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Vanraj Bhatia
With Shyam Benegal, he found his niche in parallel cinema, blending the western with the Indian classical idiom
Veteran music composer Vanraj Bhatia died in Mumbai on Friday after a brief illness, a former colleague said.
The 94-year-old virtuoso, who scored the music for Shyam Benegal classics like
Ankur and
Bhumika and TV series
Yatra and Bharat Ek Khoj (Discovery of India) lived alone at his apartment at the Rungta Housing Colony on Napean Sea Road.