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The economic effects of [[World War II]] forced the academy's closure in 1944,<ref>Shankar, ''My Music, My Life'', pp. 74–75, 86.</ref> after which Chakravarty moved to Calcutta and then joined her sister and brothers-in-law in [[Malad]], near Bombay.<ref name="Unheard Melody">Extract from Swapan Kumar Bondyopadhyay, [http://www.mid-day.com/smd/2005/may/109469.htm ''An Unheard Melody: Annapurna Devi''], [[Mid Day|mid-day.com]], 15 May 2005 (retrieved 4 December 2013).</ref> There, Rajendra worked as a scriptwriter,<ref>''World Music: The Rough Guide'', p. 92.</ref><ref>Suresh Kohli, [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/patita-1953/article3607637.ece "Patita (1953)"], ''[[The Hindu]]'', 6 July 2012 (retrieved 4 December 2013).</ref> and Ravi tried to establish himself as a musician and composer.<ref>Lavezzoli, p. 54.</ref> In 2012, ''[[The Times of India]]'' wrote of Ravi Shankar, his wife [[Annapurna Devi]] and the Shastri sisters as "more or less contemporaries with a burning interest in music and dance".<ref name="Sengupta">Ratnottama Sengupta, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131212080341/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-16/kolkata/35850368_1_pandit-ravi-shankar-music-and-dance-ragas "Pandit Ravi Shankar: Music was his universe, his love, his weakness"], ''[[The Times of India]]'', 16 December 2012 (retrieved 4 December 2013).</ref> | The economic effects of [[World War II]] forced the academy's closure in 1944,<ref>Shankar, ''My Music, My Life'', pp. 74–75, 86.</ref> after which Chakravarty moved to Calcutta and then joined her sister and brothers-in-law in [[Malad]], near Bombay.<ref name="Unheard Melody">Extract from Swapan Kumar Bondyopadhyay, [http://www.mid-day.com/smd/2005/may/109469.htm ''An Unheard Melody: Annapurna Devi''], [[Mid-Day|mid-day.com]], 15 May 2005 (retrieved 4 December 2013).</ref> There, Rajendra worked as a scriptwriter,<ref>''World Music: The Rough Guide'', p. 92.</ref><ref>Suresh Kohli, [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/patita-1953/article3607637.ece "Patita (1953)"], ''[[The Hindu]]'', 6 July 2012 (retrieved 4 December 2013).</ref> and Ravi tried to establish himself as a musician and composer.<ref>Lavezzoli, p. 54.</ref> In 2012, ''[[The Times of India]]'' wrote of Ravi Shankar, his wife [[Annapurna Devi]] and the Shastri sisters as "more or less contemporaries with a burning interest in music and dance".<ref name="Sengupta">Ratnottama Sengupta, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131212080341/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-16/kolkata/35850368_1_pandit-ravi-shankar-music-and-dance-ragas "Pandit Ravi Shankar: Music was his universe, his love, his weakness"], ''[[The Times of India]]'', 16 December 2012 (retrieved 4 December 2013).</ref> | ||
A physical attraction grew between Shankar and Chakravarty, causing his family to hastily arrange a marriage between her and Bombay film director [[Amiya Chakravarty (director)|Amiya Chakravarty]].<ref>Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', pp. 105–06.</ref> After the wedding in September 1945, Chakravarty's professional ambitions were sidelined, while Shankar relocated to [[Andheri]].<ref name="Unheard Melody" /> | A physical attraction grew between Shankar and Chakravarty, causing his family to hastily arrange a marriage between her and Bombay film director [[Amiya Chakravarty (director)|Amiya Chakravarty]].<ref>Shankar, ''Raga Mala'', pp. 105–06.</ref> After the wedding in September 1945, Chakravarty's professional ambitions were sidelined, while Shankar relocated to [[Andheri]].<ref name="Unheard Melody" /> | ||