Composer Male

Vanraj Bhatia

Naissance

31 May 1927 (93 ans)

Décès

2021-05-07

Lieu de naissance

Bombay, British India, India

Métier

Composer

Biographie

Vanraj Bhatia was an Indian composer best known for his work in Indian New Wave cinema. He was also one of the leading composers of Western classical music in India. Bhatia was a recipient of the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the television film Tamas (1988), the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Creative and Experimental Music (1989) and India's fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri (2012). He died in Mumbai on 7 May 2021.