Music director ravi biography template

Biography

Ravi Shankar Sharma (3 March – 7 March ), often referred to 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 break from the s to , and made a successful comeback 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.

Music director ravi biography template

He taught himself to play harmonium and other classical instruments and worked as an electrician to support his family. In he decided to shift to Bombay and become a professional singer. At first, Ravi was homeless, living on the streets and sleeping at Malad railway station at night.

In , Ravi was discovered by Hemant Kumar who hired him to sing backing vocals in Vande Mataram from the film Anand Math.

 Ravi gave several hit songs and received Filmfare