Ashit Desai

Early life Ashit was born in 1951 to Kunjbihari and Mayuriben Desai in Baroda, Bombay State (now Vadodara, Gujarat). Initially he learned music from his parents. He graduated in Commerce and took a Diploma in vocal music from M. S. University of Baroda and migrated to Mumbai for career opportunities.

Career

Ashit has composed scores for dramas, dance ballets, TV serials & films. The Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar had enlisted him in composing music for the Asiad and placed him in charge of overall coordination of cultural events. His has won wide acclaim for the music direction in the Hindi Television serial Chanakya on Doordarshan. The devotional songs for Richard Attenborough's film Gandhi are sung by him. In 1988, he conducted Ravi Shankar orchestral compositions at the closing ceremony of the Festival of India in Moscow. In 1989, He assisted Ravi Shankar as orchestra conductor and singer in his ballet Ghanashyam. Award for Best Music Director for the Gujarati TV serial "Shraddha" Their Son Alap Desai Hanuman Vandana (2007) Ballet "Geet Govind " (2014) starring Hema Malini. Jai Jai Shrinathaji (1995), Navaras Records.

Producer Pehchaan (2015)