Ravi Shankar with Satyajit Ray

Ravi Shankar composed music for Satyajit Ray’s landmark film Pather Panchali (1955), followed by Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959). He recorded the entire film score of Pather Panchali in one long session. The film catapulted both Satyajit Ray and Ravi Shankar to iconic status.

Later in his career, Ravi Shankar created memorable soundtracks for several Hindi films such as Anuradha (1960), Meera (1979), and international films, such as Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982) for which he received an Oscar nomination.