Music director Vanraj Bhatia dies at 93 in Mumbai
Music director Vanraj Bhatia dies at 93 in Mumbai
Veteran music director Vanraj Bhatia died at his residence in South Mumbai on May 5. He was 93.
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Music director Vanraj Bhatia.
Veteran music director and National Award winner Vanraj Bhatia died at his residence in South Mumbai today (May 7). He was 93. Vanraj Bhatia was suffering from age-related ailments for some time. He had composed music for several films including Manthan, Bhumika, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro!, 36 Chowringhee Lane, Droh Kaal and Junoon, among others. He has also composed music for famous television shows like Tamas and Bharat Ek Khoj. Bhatia is called the foremost composer of western classical music of India. He won a National Film Award for Tamas, which was directed by Govind Nihalani. In 2012, Bhatia was also conferred with the Padma Shri Award.
The legacy keepers
Sun, Apr 18 2021 8:27 IST |
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New Delhi, April 18 : While sisters S. Aishwarya and S. Saundarya, two of the most popular Carnatic musicians from the younger generation and great-granddaughters of M.S. Subbulakshmi, recipient of the Bharat Ratna honour feel fortunate to be the musical inheritors of the MS legacy, they say that while drawing inspiration from that, they also maintain their own musical individualities, ensuring there is freedom to operate in their own spaces while still remaining under the framework of the legacy. My Grandmother Radha Viswanathan was the main reason for this as she assiduously taught me a huge repertoire of the songs which constitute the MS Bani (Gharana). However, we both of us have also learned under different Gurus. While I have been training under Karnataka Kalashree Smt Jambu Kannan, Saundarya has been under the tutelage of Sangita Kala Acharya Smt Neela Ramgopal. This helps us in getting exposed to di