Music Composer Vanraj Bhatia Dies At 93; Tributes From Farhan Akhtar And Smriti Irani Music Composer Vanraj Bhatia Dies At 93; Tributes From Farhan Akhtar And Smriti Irani RIP Vanraj Bhatia. I vividly remember the theme of Tamas that started with a shriek so filled with anguish, it could send a chill up anyone s spine and break anyone s heart, Farhan Akhtar tweeted.
Vanraj Bhatia scored films like
Tamas and
New Delhi:
Legendary music composer Vanraj Bhatia has died at 93. Tributes flooded Twitter on Friday morning. Farhan Akhtar tweeted: RIP Vanraj Bhatia. Apart from the many other brilliant musical works he created, I vividly remember the theme of
Veteran music composer Vanraj Bhatia dead at 94
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With Shyam Benegal, he found his niche in parallel cinema, blending the western with the Indian classical idiom
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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.
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The acclaimed 90-year-old composer looks back on the music he made and looks ahead to the opera he hopes to finish some day. Vanraj Bhatia | Photo by Chirodeep Chaudhuri/Scroll.in
On March 1, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai will pay tribute to film scores and songs composed by Vanraj Bhatia. Tabla player Zakir Hussain, the Symphony Orchestra of India, and Tushar Bhatia’s music group Swaradhara will perform Bhatia’s tunes. The 90-year-old composer will attend the event.
Vanraj Bhatia is preeminent among the handful of Indian musicians who have studied Western classical music in depth and have then successfully mixed that knowledge with an understanding of Hindustani classical music. His studies and the resulting scholarships and awards gave him a more substantial and sustained exposure to Western musical thought than perhaps any other Indian com
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Veteran music composer Vanraj Bhatia dies at 94, celebrities pay condolences
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.
Celebrities like Farhan Akhtar, Smriti Irani, Hansal Mehta and others took to their social media to mourn the loss. Smriti Irani tweeted, Shocked to learn about the passing away of Vanraj Bhatia. Wagle ki Duniya , Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, he leaves behind countless memories in his scores. My condolences to his loved ones & fans.
Dil zinda rakhne ke. and Woh ek dost jo. (Surkhiyaan), Ek lamha to bina. (Mohre), Ek subah ek mod. (Hip Hip Hurray), Saawan ke din aaye. and
Tumhare bin jeena. (Bhumika), Piya baj pyala. (Nishant), Zabaane badalti hai.(Mandi), Yeh shame
i
Saawan ki aayi bahaar. (Junoon), Hum honge kamyaab. (Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron).
If those songs didn’t exactly climb the charts except perhaps
Hum hone kamyab., which has gone on to become an anthem for struggles that is probably because the films that featured them weren’t mainstream. Bhatia’s creativity and deep knowledge in music are evident in those songs, for which he used singers like Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Yesudas and Preeti Sagar.