Veteran Music Composer and Lyricist Ravindra Jain Passes Away

Music director and Padma Shri awardee Ravindra Jain passes away, he was 71

Ravindra Jain being honoured with Padma Shri award by the President of India (Photo: Twitter/@basantjain31)

Noted music composer Ravindra Jain passed away on Friday evening around 4.10 pm at Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai. Jain was in Nagpur for a concert on Sunday but had to cancel the show because of his health. According to reports, the music composer had suffered a paralytic stroke, and was kept on ventilator support at a hospital in Nagpur. On Thursday, he was brought to Mumbai by a chartered air ambulance for treatment at the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra. His family members, including wife Divya and brother Mahindra, were by his side.

71-year-old Ravindra Jain was known for his music in films like Akhiyon Ke Jharoke Se, Chitchor, Ram Teri Ganga Maili and more recently the Shahid Kapoor starrer Vivah.