Cast & creator
Ravi Shankar
Best known for The South Bank Show, The Dick Cavett Show, Le Grand Échiquier
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
48
film credits
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television credits
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1946–2023 · acting roles
7.5
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (58)
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The South Bank Show
1978
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Discorama
Self
1959
The Midnight Special
Self
1972
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
Self (archive footage)
2013
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Self (archive footage)
2011
The Beatles Anthology
Self (archive footage)
1995
Gandhi
Original Music Composer
1982
Pather Panchali
Original Music Composer
1955
Devathai sonna kavithai
Sound
2014
Aparajito
Original Music Composer
1956
The World of Apu
Original Music Composer
1959
Concert for George
Self
2003
Chappaqua
Sun God
1966Chappaqua
Original Music Composer
1966
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Self
2014
Gaia Symphony
Self
1992
George Harrison - All Things Pass
Self
2018
Charly
Original Music Composer
1968
Raga
Self
1971
George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited
Self
2005
The Concert for Bangladesh
Self
1972
The Song of the Little Road
Self
2003
Monterey Pop
Self
1968
Neecha Nagar
Original Music Composer
1946
Alice in Wonderland
Musician
1966Alice in Wonderland
Original Music Composer
1966
The Receptionist
Music Director
2023
The Beatles: The Complete Story
Self (Archive Footage)
2010
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Self
2007
The Flute and the Arrow
Original Music Composer
1957Yehudi Menuhin, chemin de lumière
1970
Sex and the Animals
Music
1969Viola
Music
1967
The Sword and the Flute
Music
1959
The Psychedelic Experience
Music
1965
Beatles: The Journey
Self (archive footage)
2003
Genesis
Original Music Composer
1986
Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India
Self
2010
The Philosopher's Stone
Original Music Composer
1958
Woodstock Diary
Self
1994
Swapno Niye
Original Music Composer
1966
Ravi Shankar Plays a Raga
Self
1964
Kabuliwala
Original Music Composer
1957
Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds
Sitar
2001
Dharti Ke Lal
Music
1946
Moments with the Maestro
Self
1970Moments with the Maestro
Music
1970
Touristen in Sri Lanka - Blickwechsel
Sound
1979
A Chairy Tale
Music
1957
Megh
Music
1961
Ustad Alauddin Khan
Self
1963
Kalamati
Music
1958
Shiraz 70
Self
1970
The Psychedelics
Music
1966