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- Ravindra Sharma (or Ravinder Sharma, also sometimes credited as Ravinder) is an Indian music composer, who won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985. He was born blind in Aligarh on 28 February, 1944. He is married to poetess Divya Jain and has a son, Aayushman Jain. He is considered one of the most notable of the Hindi music directors in the 1970s and early 1980s, for hit films such as Chor Machaye Shor (1974), Chitchor (1976) and Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978). Along with composing music, he also wrote the lyrics for many of his famous songs. His collection of shayaris titled 'Ujaalon Ka Silsila' in Urdu received Sahitya Award from Uttar Pradesh Hindi-Urdu Sahitya Award Committee, Lucknow, on 6 June 1997 presented by Shri Romesh Bhandari, Governor of Uttar Pradesh. Ravindra Jain also received many prestigious awards like Raaseshwar, Sur Singer, FilmFare Award, Swami Haridas, Youth National, Ashirwad, Adhar Shila, Uptron, Priyadarshini, Jaycees, Lions, Indigo '90, Rotary, Bengal Film Journalists Association Award, Uttar Pradesh Film Patrakar Sangh Award, Sangeet Gyaneshwar Award, Almost Faqir, Sangeet Samrat & as well as honours by many National, International, Social Cultural & Film Institutions. Recently Ravindra Jain came out with his autobirgraphy entitled "Sunehre Pal. " Jain was responsible for making the south Indian singing sensatiion Dr. K. J. Yesudas a household name in Hindi movies when he got the singer to sing in many of his movies in the 1970s and 80s. Together they gave the Hindi film industry some memorable songs like 'Oo goriya re' (Naiyya), 'Beeti hui raat ki' (Aiyyash), and 'Gori tera gaon'. It is said that Jain was so fascinated by the way Yesudas sang his songs that Yesudas' face was the first he wanted to see if he ever received his vision. Jain has worked on songs after his liaison with Yesudas, but he has failed to attain the pinnacle of glory he achieved with the master singer during the 1970s. In addition to that, Ravindra Jain also rendered beautiful music to many of the Rajshri Productions films. One of his most famous songs is 'Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se'. He was also given a big break by Raj Kapoor and gave some superhit tunes for his film Ram Teri Ganga Maili. In 2006, he composed music for the Hindi film Vivah,directed by Sooraj R. Barjataya, later Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi directed by Kaushik Ghatak, both produced by Rajshri Productions. In 2008, Ravindra Jain composed music for director Gufi Paintal's debut film Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu with upcoming composer Surya RajKamal. During the 1980s and 1990s, Ravindra Jain widely composed for most mythological movies including Navaratri, Gopal Krishna, Jai Karoli Maa, Har Har Gange, Durgaa Maa, Badrinath Dham, Solah Shukrawar, Raja Harishchandra, Shanivrat Mahima and Jai Shakumbhari Maa. Ravindra Jain also composed excellent music for many TV serials, mainly under the banner of Sagar Films (Pvt. Ltd. ), throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Ravindra Jain provided bhajans and songs for many of Ramanand Sagar's popular tv serials, beginning with Dada Dadi ki Kahaniyaan, then moving on to one of the two Indian epics Ramayan (TV series) and its follow up Luv Kush. Along with two South Indian composers, K.V. Mahadevan and K. Pukazhenti, Ravindra Jain also composed 2-3 semi-classical songs for later episodes of Bollywood actress Hema Malini's TV serial Noopur. Hema Malini continued collaborating with Ravindra Jain as composer for her dance ballets--Mahalakshmi, Durga, Nritya Malika, Ramayan, Krishna Balram, and Radha Krishna. Jain continued his collaboration with Sagar in TV serials such as Shri Krishna, Alif Laila, Itihaas ki Prem Kahaniyaan based on historical love stories of India, Tilism-E-Hoshruba, Jai Ganga Maiya, Jai Mahalaxmi, Shree Brahma Vishnu Mahesh Sai Baba, and Jai Maa Durga. Ravindra Jain also provided excellent music for producer/director Sanjay Khan on TV serials Jai Hanuman and Maha Kavya Mahabharat. In 2008, Jain composed for Sagar Arts's remake of Ramayan (2008 TV series), Mahima Shani Dev ki on NDTV Imagine, and Dheeraj Kumar's serial Jai Maa Vaishno Devi on Channel 9X. In 2009, Jain composed the title song for Sagar Arts's new tv serial on Colors (India TV channel) called Sarvopari Shree Swaminarayan Bhagwan and was chosen to compose for Rajshri Productions's upcoming Satish Kaushik-directed biopic, Tansen. Jain has featured as Mahaguru in the Indian music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 and today devotes his time participating in Kavi Sammelans, Mushairaas, and all literary, cultural, social, political, and religious activities.
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