Ravindra Jain

Ravindra Jain

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Ravindra Jain Profile

  • Name:
  • Ravindra Jain
  • Born:
  • February 28, 1944
  • Died:
  • October 9, 2015
  • Father:
  • Pandit Indramani Jain
  • Mother:
  • Kiran Jain

Ravindra Jain Biography

Ravindra Jain was a versatile music director of medieval ages of Bollywood who has given finest music to movies like Chit chor, Saudagar, Akhiyon ki jarokom se, Ram tere Ganga maili, Henna, Shor macjhaya shor, Geet gaata chal, Vivah and Fakira. He has been associated with Rajashree productions for a quite long period and has delivered numerous hits including Tapsaya, Vivah and Akhiyon ki jarokom se. He is most known for giving opportunities to singers K.J.Yesudas, Hemlatha and many more. Majority of Hindi hits of K.J.Yesudas belong to Ravindra Jain including his single Filmfare and National awards. It’s to be noted that Ravindra Jain is a blind person, yet achieved that status and success in film field due to his talent and hard work. He writes his own lyrics for compositions of which title song of Akhiyon ki jarokom se is noted most.

 

Ravindra Jain was born blind to Sanskrit scholar and Ayurvedacharya, Pandit Indramani Jain and Kiran Jain in the year 1944. From his childhood days itself, Ravindra Jain used to recite Jain bhajans at the nearest Jain temple. Seeing his talent in singing and music, his parents decided to give him formal training in classical music and he was sent to Pandits, G.L.Jain, janardhan Sharma and Nathuram.

 

Ravindra Jain debut Bollywood with super duper songs of Amitabh Bachchan-Nutan starrer movie, Saudagar. “Sajna hai mujhe” sung by Asha Bhosle was a big success though the movie didn’t do well at box office. Mean while, his father died while much recording of this movie was going on. Then Ravindra Jain gave a huge series of hit songs and those songs carry a unique style, particularly those sung by K.J.Yesudas and Hemlatha.

 

He has been nominated 3 times for best music in Filmfare of which he won it once for Ram tere Ganga maili. The rest two movies are Chitchor and Akhiyon ki jarokom se. He has also been nominated for best lyricist for title songs of Akhiyon ki jarokom se and Henna. His major hits as composer include Title song and Kai din seof Akhiyon ki jarokom se, Tu jo mere sur and Gori tere jao of Chitchor, Title song of Geet gaata chal, Sajna hai mujhe of Saudagar, Oo goriya re of Nayya, Beeti hui raat of Ayyash, Le jaayenge of Shor Machaya shor, Sun sahiba sun and title song of Ram tere Ganga maili and Dil mein tujhe of Fakira.

 

Veteran music director-singer-lyricist Ravindra Jain passed away on October 9, 2015 at hospital in Bandra, Mumbai due to multiple organ failure.

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Updated: July 08, 2018

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