![Ravi Shankar](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fh632%2FseZPaYPkBtx4nnDtRXWrUc2x7t3.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1920-04-07
Deathday
2012-12-11
Place of Birth
Benares, Benares State, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]
Ravi Shankar
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.
Known For
![Monterey Pop](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FwEB3c5Y5spAHOQaFWcsfFky3SWb.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Monterey Pop
as Self
![The Beatles Anthology](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F8katuS5VA7WuZGwx17VhZcviZwA.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Beatles Anthology
as Self (archive footage)
![Concert for George](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2Fmpz7cVFuwC9QnNMb2SjZOqzCJUx.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Concert for George
as Self
![Awake: The Life of Yogananda](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FnPiUpBhb16F2bAw7EWg4Jo7hjyF.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
as Self
![The Ed Sullivan Show](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FgUEfDXUxwhgXBX7LSk57vJKXCTp.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
![The Concert for Bangladesh](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2Fy2y33C4rbkaCpybdQ8wSSAt0ids.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Concert for Bangladesh
as Self
![The Dick Cavett Show](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2FuDkndfnwbEGeSY4YmZbTRg4U5RQ.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
![Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2Fa4LeIkkCfwwJxIWh8gJM1SuUUsp.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
as Self
![Chappaqua](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F6FVbQs0cG8Cp76Yoar173bhKFs2.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Chappaqua
as Sun God
![Cachitos de hierro y cromo](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw500%2F525LUVZJOd0oMC2HWFgQ2Pgo8b.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
as Self (archive footage)