About Ajit Merchant
Ajit Merchant was an Indian musician and composer.
Ajit Merchant was an Indian music composer and director.
Early life Ajit Merchant was born to a lawyer of Mumbai. His family natively belonged to Bet Dwarka. He was introduced to music by his father who used to take him to concerts of various musicians like Abdul Karim Khan. He was trained in music by Shivkumar Shukla.
He was married to Nilamben.
He was a neighbor of Hindi playback singer, Mukesh and he agreed to sing his compositions in some Gujarati films like Kariyavar and Lagna Mandap. He composed a gazal, Raat Khamosh Hai which was later sung by Jagjit Singh and included in his album, Muntazir.
He died on 18 March 2011.
Awards He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award by Maharashtra Rajya Gujarati Sahitya Akademi in 2007.
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Indian music composer and director
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Ajit Merchant died on 18 March 2011.
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Ajit Merchant was a musician and composer.
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