Noted music director Bombay Ravi passes away

March 7, 2012: Renowned music director Bombay Ravi (86) has passed away at his residence in Mumbai on Wednesday evening. He was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition earlier following two heart attacks.
The legendary musician has several hit songs to his credit from movies like Waqt, Neel Kamal, Phool Aur Patthar, Humraaz, Nikaah, Do Badan, Aankhen, Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Gumraah. He had won Filmfare awards for Gharana (1961) and Khandaan (1965).
Malayalis would remember him forever for the amazing musical compositions that he had created for films like ‘Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha’, ‘Sargam’, ‘Mayookham’, ‘Panchagni’, ‘Nakhakshathangal’, ‘Vaishali’, ‘Parinayam’, ‘Sukrutham’, ‘Patheyam’ and several other films