Ravindra Jain....'The Son Of Goddess Saraswati'

Ravindra Jain (born 28 February 1944) is an Indian music composer and lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985.

Ravindra Jain was born blind in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India to well-known Sanskrit scholar, Pandit Indramani Jain and his wife Kiran Jain. He is the 4th of 6 brothers and 1 sister. His elder brother Dr.D.K Jain was Director of the Times Group, and a well reputed judge. It was Ravindra Jain's parents that first decided to teach him music. He took his basic training from Pandit G.L. Jain, Pandit Janardhan Sharma, and Pandit Nathu Ram. Later, he went to Calcutta and ultimately landed in Bombay to compose music for films and serials.
In the words of RAMANAND SAAGAR..... he is the son of goddess SARASWATI.  

Ravindra Jain is one of the most notable of the Hindi music directors in the 1970s and early 1980s, for hit films such as Chor Machaye Shor (1974), Geet Gaata Chal (1975), Chitchor (1976) and Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978). Along with composing music, he also wrote the lyrics for many of his famous songs. During the recording sessions for the film Saudagar Ravindra Jain's father died. However, Jain did not leave the studio until the song recordings were finalized giving utmost importance to his work.

One of his most famous songs is 'Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se' (Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se). He was also given a big break by Raj Kapoor, for whom, he composed many superhit tunes in Ram Teri Ganga Maili. Ravindra Jain also rendered beautiful music to many of Rajshri Productions films (Nadiya Ke Paar, Naiyya, Geet Gaata Chal and Chitchor being some of the finest examples).

Ravindra Jain also composed for a few non-Hindi films including Sujatha, Sukham Sukhakaram (Malayalam), Mahara Pihar Sansara (Haryanvi), Chadi Jawani Budhe Nu (Punjabi), Ganga se Naata ba Hamaar, Ganga Maiya Bhar de Achalwa Hamaar, Gaon Desh, Gaon aaja Pardesi (Bhojpuri), Harishchandra Shaibya, Bhaalobeshe Radha (Bengali), and Brahmarishi Vishwamitra (Telugu).

During the 1980s and 1990s, Ravindra Jain widely composed for most mythological movies including Navaratri, Gopal Krishna, Jai Karoli Maa, Har Har Gange, Durgaa Maa, Badrinath Dham, Solah Shukrawar, Raja Harishchandra, Bolo he Chakradhari, Brahmarishi Vishwamitra in Telugu, Shanivrat Mahima and Jai Shakumbhari Maa. In 2006, he composed music for the Hindi film Vivah,directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya, later Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi directed by Kaushik Ghatak, both produced by Rajshri Productions.

 In 2008, Ravindra Jain composed music for director Gufi Paintal's debut film Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu with upcoming composer Surya RajKamal. In 2009, Jain composed the title song for Sagar Arts's new tv serial on Colors (India TV channel) called Sarvopari Shree Swaminarayan Bhagwan and was chosen to compose for Rajshri Productions's upcoming Satish Kaushik-directed biopic, Tansen.

Jain is credited for bringing south Indian singing sensation Dr. K. J. Yesudas to Hindi movies, in singing in many of his movies in the 1970s and 1980s. Together they sung some memorable songs like 'Oo goriya re' (Naiyya), 'Beeti hui raat ki' (Ayyash), and 'Gori tera gaon' (Chitchor). It is said that Jain was so fascinated by the way Yesudas sang his songs that Yesudas' face was the first he wanted to see if he ever received his vision. Jain has worked on songs after his liaison with Yesudas, but he has failed to attain the pinnacle of glory he achieved with the master singer during the 1970s.


Ravindra Jain also composed music for many TV serials, mainly under the banner of Sagar Films (Pvt. Ltd.), throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Ravindra Jain provided bhajans and songs for many of Ramanand Sagar's popular tv serials, beginning with Dada Dadi ki Kahaniyaan, then moving on to one of the two Indian epics Ramayan (TV series) and its follow up Luv Kush. Along with two South Indian composers, K.V. Mahadevan and K. Pukazhenti, Ravindra Jain composed 2 to 3 semi-classical songs for later episodes of Bollywood actress Hema Malini's TV Serial Noopur and the full soundtrack for her TV serial Women of India- Urvashi. Hema Malini continued collaborating with Ravindra Jain as composer for her dance ballets--Mahalakshmi, Durga, Nritya Malika, Ramayan, Krishna Balram, and Radha Krishna.

Awards and nominations

• Filmfare Nomination for Best Music-Chitchor (1976)
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Music-Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978)
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist- for the song "Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se" in Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se(1978)
• Filmfare Best Music Director Award-Ram Teri Ganga Maili(1985)
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist-for the song "Main Hoon Khushrang" in Henna (film) (1991).