Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Demise: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Javed Akhtar and others attend funeral : Bollywood News

Legendary musician and santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed away on May 10 at the age of 84. The musician was suffering from kidney-related issues for the last six months and was on dialysis. He passed away on Tuesday morning after suffering from a cardiac arrest. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon in Mumbai.

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Demise: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Javed Akhtar and others attend funeral

Actor Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan paid their final tribute to the legendary musician at the funeral. The santoor maestro was accorded a state funeral. Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Roopkumar Rathod, and others arrived at the funeral to pay their last respect.

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Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who is credited with popularizing the classical musical instrument Santoor was born in Jammu. He started learning the santoor at the age of thirteen.

As one-half of Shiv-Hari, he composed music with flute legend Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia for an array of films such as Silsila, Lamhe, and Chandni among others. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma had his first public performance in 1955 in Bombay and went on to compose the background music for one of the scenes in the 1956 film Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje. He, along with flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia and guitarist Brij Bhushan Kabra in 1967, produced the acclaimed concept album Call of the Valley.

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma received the prestigious Padma Shri in 1991 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001. He is survived by wife Manorama and two sons, one of whom, Rahul Sharma, is also an accomplished santoor player.

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