As Actor
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
2014
6.8
Ravi Shankar
Acting
Birth Date
April 7, 1920
Place of Birth
Benares, Benares State, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]
Date of Death
December 11, 2012
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.
