Music Director Bhaskar Chandavarkar passes away
Jul 26th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Breaking News, Entertainment News, India NewsEminent music director and sitarist Bhaskar Chandavarkar passed away early today. He was suffering from cancer. He was 73 years old. Chandavarkar, a reputed academician who blended Indian classical and Western music in his work, was a disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar.
He composed the musical scores for about 40 films in Hindi, Marathi, and Malayalam. He won acclaim for the innovative music he composed for the landmark Marathi play Ghashiram Kotwal, written by Vijay Tendulkar and directed by Jabbar Patel in the early 1970s