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Mumbai: Renowned music director-singer-lyricist Ravindra Jain passed away at a Mumbai hospital due to multiple organ failure. He was 71.
Mr Jain breathed his last at 4.10 pm at Lilavati hospital due to multiple organ failure, sources close to him said.
The music composer was suffering from a urinary infection causing a problem in his kidney, sources said.
He is survived by his wife Divya and a son Arush.
His funeral will be held at Santacruz Hindu Cemetery on Saturday afternoon, said an aide.
Born blind on February 28, 1944, to Sanskrit scholar and ayurveda doctor Pandit Indramani Jain and Kiran in then United Provinces’ Aligarh, as the third child among seven brothers and sisters.
Among his siblings are D.K. Jain, a former judge and a director of the Times Group, and Pandit M.K. Jain, a renowned ayurvedic doctor.
At a very young age, Jain started learning to sing Jain bhajans and at local Jain temples and later his parents decided to teach him music under the tutelage of Pandit G.L. Jain, Pandit J. Sharma and Pandit Nathu Ram in Aligarh.
He worked in the Bengal film industry from 1960 onwards, and in 1970 came to Mumbai to work in Bollywood through Prathibhushan Bhattacharya for whose films, “Kranti” and “Balidaan”, Jain composed the music.
Ravindra Jain was one of the most notable of the Hindi music directors who started his career in the early 1970s, composing for hit films such as Chor Machaye Shor (1974), Geet Gaata Chal (1975), Chitchor (1976) and Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978).
Along with composing music, he also wrote the lyrics for many of his famous songs. Ravindra Jain’s father died during the recording sessions of the film Saudagar, however, Jain did not leave the studio until the recordings were finalised giving utmost importance to his work.
Ravindra Jain was born blind to well-known Sanskrit scholar and Ayurvedacharya, Pandit Indramani Jain and mother Kiran Jain. Jain and his family hail from Aligarh. He is the third child among seven brothers and a sister. Ravindra Jain’s elder siblings are Pandit Mahendra Kumar Jain, a renowned Ayurvedic physician and D.K. Jain, director of the Times Group and a famous judge. Jain’s younger brother Manindra Jain runs a successful construction and real estate business in/around the New Delhi region. Brother Vijay Jain is based in Canada and brother Akhilesh Jain resides in Mumbai with his family. Tarun Kumar Jain was AE at Harduaganj Thermal Power Station, Kasimpur Power House, (Aligarh).
Jain started singing at a very young age, reciting Jain bhajans and poetry by famous Jain poets such as Pandit Dyanantraiji, Pandit Budhjanji, etc. at nearby Jain temples. It was Ravindra Jain’s parents that first decided to teach him music. Jain received basic training under Pandit G.L. Jain, Pandit Janardhan Sharma, and Pandit Nathu Ram. Jain’s entry into films was in 1960 in Calcutta. Ten years later, Prathibhushan Bhattacharya took Jain to Mumbai where Jain composed for his film Kranthi and Balidaan. In January 1972, Jain started his film career as a composer with this first film song being recorded in Mohd. Rafi’s voice—a song that remains unreleased to this day.