Ravi music director

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Ravi Shankar Sharma 3 March — 7 March , often referred mononymously as Ravi , was an Indian music director who had composed music for several Hindi and Malayalam films. After a successful career in Hindi cinema , he took a hiatus in the s and made a successful comeback in in the Malayalam music scene under the stage name Bombay Ravi.

Ravi was born in Delhi on 3 March He had no formal training in classical music ; instead he learned music by listening to his father sing bhajans. He told Rafi that he wanted to be music director. According to Ravi, Mohammed Rafi advised him to first learn music and notation. In , he decided to shift to Bombay and become a professional singer.

At first Ravi was homeless, living on the streets and sleeping on Malad railway station at night. Later, he lived in a tin house before he became a success story. Ravi composed several hit songs and received Filmfare nominations for the following films: Chaudhvin Ka Chand , Do Badan , Hamraaz , Ankhen , and Nikaah He won Filmfare awards for Gharana and Khandan