Known For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 7, 1920
Died
December 11, 2012
Age
92
Place of Birth
Benares, Benares State, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]
Popularity
0.7
Ravi Shankar
Sound
Biography
Ravi Shankar, whose name is often preceded by the title Pandit and "Sitar maestro", was an Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music. He was the best-known proponent of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world.
Also known as
Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury · Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury · Rabi Śaṃkar
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Known For
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · TV
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · TV
8.0
Discorama
1959 · TV
8.1
The Midnight Special
1972 · TV
7.7
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
2013 · TV
7.6
Gandhi
1982 · Movie
8.3
The Beatles Anthology
1995 · TV
7.8
Pather Panchali
1955 · Movie
7.5
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011 · TV
8.1
Concert for George
2003 · Movie
8.1
The World of Apu
1959 · Movie
Filmography
2018
George Harrison - All Things Pass
Movie · Self
0.0
2014
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Movie · Self
6.7
2013
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
TV · Self (archive footage)
7.7
2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
TV · Self (archive footage)
7.5
2010
Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India
Movie · Self
0.0
2010
The Beatles: The Complete Story
Movie · Self (Archive Footage)
8.5
2007
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Movie · Self
6.6
2005
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Movie · Self
8.0
2003
Concert for George
Movie · Self
8.1
2003
The Song of the Little Road
Movie · Self
10.0
2003
Beatles: The Journey
Movie · Self (archive footage)
5.0
2001
Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds
Movie · Sitar
8.0
1995
The Beatles Anthology
TV · Self (archive footage)
8.3
1994
Woodstock Diary
Movie · Self
8.5
1992
Gaia Symphony
TV · Self
10.0
1987
Khayal
Movie
0.0
1972
The Midnight Special
TV · Self
8.1
1972
The Concert for Bangladesh
Movie · Self
7.9
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · Self
8.0
1971
Raga
Movie · Self
9.0
1970
Shiraz 70
Movie · Self
10.0
1970
Moments with the Maestro
Movie · Self
8.0
1970
Yehudi Menuhin, chemin de lumière
Movie
9.5
1968
Monterey Pop
Movie · Self
7.3