Mumbai: Music director Vanraj Bhatia handed away at his residence within the metropolis on Friday. He was 93.
He was reportedly bedridden resulting from age-related points. He had not been properly for some time now.
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta took to social media to mourn the loss. He wrote: “RIP Maestro.” whereas actor Farhan Akhtar wrote: “RIP #VanrajBhatia… apart from the many other brilliant musical works he created, I vividly remember the theme of ‘Tamas’ that started with a shriek so filled with anguish, it could send a chill up anyone’s spine and break anyone’s heart.”
RIP #VanrajBhatia .. other than the numerous different good musical works he created, I vividly keep in mind the theme of ‘Tamas’ that began with a shriek so stuffed with anguish, it might ship a chill up anybody’s backbone and break anybody’s coronary heart.
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) May 7, 2021
RIP Maestro. https://t.co/p736ggltdW
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) May 7, 2021
Musician Ehsaan Noorani of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio wrote: “Farewell Vanraj Bhatia one of India’s finest composers … was glad to have known you worked with you and been part of your music. There will not be another you.”
Bhatia rose to fame scoring music in an array of arthouse and middle-of-the-road movies within the seventies and eighties, similar to “Ankur”, “Manthan”, “Bhumika”, “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro”, “Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho!” and “36 Chowringhee Lane”, in addition to TV reveals “Wagle Ki Duniya” and “Banegi Apni Baat”.
The composer gained the National Award for his music in Govind Nihalani’s acclaimed “Tamas” in 1988 and was a recipient of the Padma Shri in 2012.
