Veteran music director Ravindra Jain passes away

Mumbai

Veteran music director Ravindra Jain passed away today following ill-health.

The 71-year-old music composer admitted to Lilavati Hospital due to urinary infection that caused a problem in his kidney.

Jain was shifted from Wockhardt Hospital in Nagpur to Mumbai by a chartered air ambulance for treatment at Lilavati Hospital in Bandra.

He was in the ICU… he was on ventilator. He was on 24 hour dialysis.

Jain was unwell for quite some time and he was under treatment at the Lilavati Hospital. He went to Nagpur to keep his commitment for a programme which he had planned much earlier.

He was in Nagpur for a concert on Sunday, but could not participate because of his health and was subsequently airlifted to Mumbai yesterday.

His family members, including wife Divya and brother Manindra, are by his side.

Jain composed music for hit films like “Chor Machaye Shor”, “Geet Gaata Chal”, “Chitchor” and “Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se”, in the 70s.

He was given a big break by Raj Kapoor, for whom he composed many super hit songs in movies such as “Ram Teri Ganga Maili”, “Do Jasoos”, and “Heena”, which was directed by Randhir Kapoor.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Jain widely composed music for many mythological movies and television serials.

With inputs from PTI