R. K. Shekhar, Date of Birth, Date of Death

R. K. Shekhar

Indian composer

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1933

Date of Death: 30-Sep-1976

Profession: composer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Rajagopala Kulashekharan (21 June 1933 – 30 September 1976) was an Indian music composer who worked mainly for Malayalam movies.
He composed music for 52 films (23 in Malayalam with 127 songs), and was the music conductor for more than 100 films.
He is best known as the father of music composer A.
R.
Rahman. His debut song as a music director was "Chotta Muthal Chudala Vare" ("from cradle to grave"), which was a big hit in Kerala.
This was composed for the film Pazhassi Raja (1964).