Nagpur/Mumbai: Veteran music director Ravindra Jain who suddenly fell sick while in Nagpur and was later admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai following ill-health, has passed away.
The 71-year-old music composer was suffering from a urinary infection causing a problem in his kidney, sources said.
He was in Nagpur for a concert on Sunday, but could not participate because of his health and was subsequently airlifted to Mumbai yesterday. Jain was shifted from Wockhardt Hospital in Nagpur to Mumbai by a chartered air ambulance for treatment at Lilavati Hospital in Bandra.
Jain was unwell for quite some time and he was under treatment at the Lilavati Hospital. He went to Nagpur to keep his commitment for a programme which he had planned much earlier.
His family members, including wife Divya and brother Manindra, are by his side.
Jain composed music for hit films like “Chor Machaye Shor”, “Geet Gaata Chal”, “Chitchor” and “Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se”, in the 70s.
He was given a big break by Raj Kapoor, for whom he composed many super hit songs in movies such as “Ram Teri Ganga Maili”, “Do Jasoos”, and “Heena”, which was directed by Randhir Kapoor.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Jain widely composed music for many mythological movies and television serials.
