Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar and The Beatles had a meaningful relationship. Without Shankar’s influence, The Beatles might not have experimented with new sounds. George first heard Indian music in ...

George Harrison lacked something in the mid-1960s, but legendary sitarist, Ravi Shankar, filled that void with Indian music. In 1965, nothing impressed George, not even his idols like Elvis Presley, ...

We had earlier reported that actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar will be seen playing sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar in the much-anticipated Beatles biopic series. Recently, Farhan spoke about taking up ...

Farhan Akhtar on Ravi Shankar's role highlights deep preparation and responsibility. Actor learning sitar and studying the maestro’s life for an authentic portrayal. Beatles biopic marks Farhan Akhtar ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaborations with The Beatles, died in Southern California on Tuesday, his ...

With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso, who died Tuesday at 92, mentored a Beatle, became a hippie musical icon and ...

NEW DELHI — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and ...

The announcement that Farhan Akhtar will play Ravi Shankar comes with an image most people already recognise: Shankar on stage at The Concert for Bangladesh, quietly changing the rules of what popular ...

Despite being in poor health for the last year, Shankar just earned a 2013 Grammy nomination for Best World Music Album for The Living Room Sessions, Part 1. His youngest daughter, Anoushka Shankar, ...