Mumbai, May 10: Santoor maestro and Indian classical music composer Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma died here following cardiac arrest here on Tuesday. He was 84. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma had been suffering from kidney related problems for the last six months, and was on dialysis. Even though he was on dialysis, he was still active. He composed the background music for one of the scenes in Shantaram’s film Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje in 1956 and recorded his first solo album in 1960. Later he formed a musical duo with Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia and composed music for several Hindi films like Silsila(1981), Lamhe(1991), Chandni (1989), Darr (1993), Parampara(1993). (UNI)
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