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| birth_name = Ravi Shankar Sharma
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| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[British India]]
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'''Ravi Shankar Sharma''' (3 March 1926 – 7 March 2012), often referred to [[Mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Ravi''', was an Indian music director, who had composed music for several [[Hindi]] and [[Malayalam film]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Music Director Ravi Dead |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/music-director-ravi-dead/754653 |access-date=5 June 2020 |work=Outlook India |date=8 March 2012}}</ref> After a successful career in Hindi cinema, he took a break from the 1970s to 1984, and made a successful comeback in the Malayalam music scene under the stage name '''Bombay Ravi'''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vijayakar |first1=Rajiv |title=Remembering Ravi - Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/remembering-ravi/924141/2 |access-date=5 June 2020 |work=Indian Express |date=March 16, 2012}}</ref>

==Biography==
Ravi was born in [[Delhi]] on 3 March 1926. He had no formal training in [[Indian classical music|classical music]]; instead he learned music by listening to his father sing [[bhajan]]s. He taught himself to play [[Pump organ|harmonium]] and other classical instruments and worked as an electrician to support his family. In 1950 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.

In 1952, Ravi was discovered by [[Hemant Kumar]] who hired him to sing backing vocals in ''[[Vande Mataram]]'' from the film ''[[Anand Math]]''.<ref name=deccan>{{cite web|last=Bhagat|first=Shama|title='My son and his wife want to throw me out'|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/sunday-chronicle/heartitude/%E2%80%98my-son-and-his-wife-want-throw-me-out%E2%80%99-709|access-date=31 January 2017|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|publisher=Internet Archive|date=17 April 2011|author2=Ravi Shankar Sharma|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010225822/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/sunday-chronicle/heartitude/%E2%80%98my-son-and-his-wife-want-throw-me-out%E2%80%99-709|archive-date=10 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Ravi gave several hit songs and received [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare]] nominations for these films: ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960), ''[[Do Badan]]'' (1966), ''[[Hamraaz]]'' (1967), ''[[Aankhen (1968 film)|Ankhen]]'' (1968), and ''[[Nikaah]]'' (1982). He won [[Filmfare]] awards for ''[[Gharana]]'' (1961) and ''[[Khandan (1965 film)|Khandan]]'' (1965).<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953]</ref> His other successful films include ''[[Waqt (1965 film)|Waqt]]'', ''[[Neel Kamal (1968 film)|Neel Kamal]]'' and ''[[Gumrah (1963 film)|Gumraah]]''. His songs ''Aaj mere yaar ki shaadi hai'', ''Babul ki duyaen leti ja'', ''Doli chadh ke dulhan sasural chali'' and ''Mere Yaar Bana hai Dulha'' became very popular in wedding celebrations.

Ravi was one of the music directors who shaped the career of [[Asha Bhosle]] with songs like ''Tora man darpan'', ''Aage bhi jane na tu '' and ''Sun le Pukar Aai''. He was also instrumental in making [[Mahendra Kapoor]] a popular singer in [[Bollywood]]. After a successful career in Hindi films during the 1950s and 1960s, he took a long break after 1970 till 1982. In 1982, he gave music for the Hindi film ''[[Nikaah (film)|Nikaah]]'', and one of the film's songs ''Dil ke armaan aansooyon main beh gaye'' sung by Salma Agha won her the [[Filmfare Best Female Playback Award]].

In the 1980s, he made a comeback as a music director in [[Malayalam film|Malayalam]] (and some Hindi) films as Bombay Ravi. During 1986, the Malayalam director [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]] convinced him to make this comeback.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|last=Nagarajan|first=Saraswathy|title=Master of Melody|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/master-of-melody/article2593974.ece|access-date=31 January 2017|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 November 2011}}</ref> The first movie was ''[[Panchagni]]''. The songs ''Saagarangale'' and ''Aa raatri maanju poyi'' (sung by [[Yesudas]] and [[K. S. Chithra|Chitra]]) were hits. That same year, Hariharan's ''[[Nakhakshathangal]]'' also came out and Chithra won her second National Award for the song ''Manjalprasaadavum'' from the same film. All the songs from the Malayalam movie ''[[Vaisali (film) | Vaisali]]'' released in 1989 were super hits and Chithra won her third National Award for the song ''Indupushpam Choodi Nilkum'' from the same film. Ravi was a constant in Hariharan films and their combination is regarded as one of the best ever in Malayalam. Ravi has composed for many films produced by South Indian banners: ''Ghoonghat'', ''Gharana'' ''Grihasti'', ''Aurat'', ''Samaj ko badal dalo'' (Gemini), ''Meherban'', ''Do Kaliyan'' (AVM), ''Bharosa'', ''Khandan'' (Vasu Films).

Ravi's most notable work is with Chopra brothers. From Gumrah he continuously worked with [[Sahir Ludhianvi]], the lyricist. Waqt, Humraaz, Admi aur Insan, Dhund, Nikah and Dehleez were among his all-time hit films He was very comfortable with Sahir and gave beautiful tunes to his poetry also for Aaj aur kal, Kajal, Ankhein, Neelkamal, Do kaliyan, Amanat, Ganga tera pani amrit. Ek mahal ho sapno ka.

==Personal life==
Ravi's wife Kanti, whom he married in 1946, died in 1986. He had two daughters Veena and Chhaya and a son Ajay. His estranged son Ajay is married to [[Varsha Usgaonkar]] who is a [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]] and Hindi film actress.<ref name=deccan/> He died on 7 March 2012 in Mumbai at the age of 86.<ref name="death">{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=P. K. Ajith |title=Bombay Ravi dead |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/bombay-ravi-dead/article2971806.ece |access-date=5 June 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=8 March 2012 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Awards==
*[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction]] (1995), Parinayam, Sukrutham
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director]] (1986, 1992), Nakhakshathangal, Sargam
*Kerala State Film Award for Best Background Music (1993), Ghazal
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Malayalam]] for [[Parinayam (1994 film)|Parinayam]] - 1994
*Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, (1962, 1966), Gharana, Khandan
* Sanskriti Kalashree Award (2006–07), Chennai, Tamil Nadu

==Filmography==

===Telugu===
* ''Sarigamalu'' (1994)

==Punjabi==
* ''Sajjan Thug'' (1981)
* ''[[Sassi Punnu (1983 film)|Sassi Punnu]]'' (1983)

===Hindi===
Ravi was responsible for a number of hit tunes of Hindi film songs. His music went on to inspire later day music directors too. The opening bars of "Chanda mama door ke" inspired the tune for the hit song "[[Ek Do Teen (song)|Ek Do Teen]]" in the 1988 film "[[Tezaab]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=A tribute to the music composer Ravi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ6UEvUV3ec |website=Video - stage performance, Music composer Ravi |publisher=Dattaram |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Song - Chanda mama door ke (Vachan) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTJ7gqkAInY |website=SEPL Vintage website |publisher=SEPL |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>

* ''[[Albeli (1955 film)|Albeli]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Vachan]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Ek Saal]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Narsi Bhagat]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Dilli Ka Thug]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Dulhan (1958 film)|Dulhan]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Ghar Sansar (1958 film)|Ghar Sansar]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Mehndi (1958 film)|Mehndi]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan]]'' (1959)
* ''Nai Raahen'' (1959)
* ''[[Apna Ghar]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Ghunghat (1960 film)|Ghunghat]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Tu Nahin Aur Sahi]]'' (1960)
* ''Modern Girl'' (1961)
* ''[[Gharana]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Nazrana (1961 film)|Nazrana]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Pyaar Ka Saagar]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Wanted (1961 film)|Wanted]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Salaam Memsaheb]]'' (1961)
* ''[[China Town (1962 film)|China Town]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Baaje Ghungroo]] (1962)
* ''[[Rakhi (1962 film)|Rakhi]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Tower House (1962 Hindi film)|Tower House]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Girls' Hostel]] (1962)
* ''[[Isi Ka Naam Duniya Hai]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Bombay Ka Chor]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Aaj Aur Kal (1963 film)|Aaj Aur Kal]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Gehra Daag]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Gumrah (1963 film)|Gumrah]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Pyar Ka Bandhan]] (1963)
* ''[[Nartaki (1963 film)|Nartaki]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Ustadon Ke Ustad (1963 film)|Ustadon Ke Ustaad]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Bharosa]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Mulzim]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1963 film)|Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Grahasti (1963 film)|Grahasti]]'' (1963)-
* ''[[Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Door Ki Awaaz]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Shehnai]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Kaajal]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Khandan (1965 film)|Khandan]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Waqt (1965 film)|Waqt]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Bahu Beti]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Do Badan]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Dus Lakh]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Phool Aur Patthar]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Sagaai]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Aurat (1967 film)|Aurat]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Hamraaz]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Meharban]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Nai Roshni (1967)|Nai Roshni]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Aankhen (1968 film)|Aankhen]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Do Kaliyaan]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Gauri (1968 film)|Gauri]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Man Ka Meet]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Neel Kamal (1968 film)|Neel Kamal]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Paisa Ya Pyaar]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Aadmi Aur Insaan]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Anmol Moti]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Badi Didi]]'' (1969)
* ''Doli'' (1969)
* ''[[Ek Phool Do Mali]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Samaj Ko Badal Dalo]]''(1970)
* ''Chingari'' (1971)
* ''[[Babul Ki Galiyaan]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Dharkan]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Naag Panchami (1972 film)|Naag Panchami]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Dhund (1973 film)|Dhund]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Mehmaan (film)|Mehmaan]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Ghatana (film)|Ghatana]]'' (1974)
* ''Umeed'' (1974)
* ''[[Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka]]'' (1975)
* ''Vandana'' (1975)
* ''[[Amaanat]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Aadmi Sadak Ka]]'' (1977)
* ''Premika'' (1980)
* ''[[Nikaah]]'' (1982)
* ''Mujhe Shakti Do'' (1984)
* ''[[Aaj Ki Awaaz]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Hum Do Hamaare Do]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Tawaif (film)|Tawaif]]'' (1985)
* ''Dahleez'' (1986)
* ''[[Khamosh Nigahen (1986 film)|Khamosh Nigahen]]'' (1986)
* ''Tanha Tanha'' (1986)
* ''[[Awam (film)|Awam]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Ghar Ka Sukh]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Mera Suhaag]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Ek Alag Mausam]]'' (2003)

===Malayalam (as Bombay Ravi and Ravi Bombay)===
* ''[[Panchagni]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Nakhakshathangal]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Vaishali (film)|Vaishali]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Vidhyarambham]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Sargam (1992 film)|Sargam]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Ghazal (1993 film)|Ghazal]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Padheyam]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Parinayam (1994 film)|Parinayam]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Sukrutham]]'' (1994)
* ''Kalivaakku'' (Film Not Released)(1996)
* ''[[Five Star Hospital]] '' (1997)
* ''[[Manassil Oru Manjuthulli]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Mayookham]]'' (2005)

===Non-movie audio album (Malayalam)===
* ''[[Aavani Kanavukal]]'' (1997)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bombay Ravi|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/php/displayProfile.php?category=musician&artist=Bombay%20Ravi|work=Malayalam Movie Database|publisher=Malayalasangeetham.info|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0712428|name=Ravi}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040302184127/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/27/stories/2002052701090200.htm An interview with ''The Hindu'']
* [http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/php/displayProfile.php?category=musician&artist=Bombay%20Ravi Bombay Ravi at MSI (in Malayalam)]

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