Farhan Akhtar has been cast as Ravi Shankar in Sam Mendes' Beatles films, but who exactly was this man? A concise history of the sitar maestro who mentored George Harrison.

A major controversy regarding legacy and mentorship has emerged in the classical music scene in India. At the centre of the ...

Speaking at the BAFTA Film Awards in London, Indian actor Farhan Akhtar expresses his joy - and worries - about being cast as ...

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 ...

Anoushka Shankar is currently on her Chapters Tour 2026 in India, marking 30 remarkable years of celebrating music ...

Excel Entertainments Farhan Akhtar has long been one of the most dynamic forces in Indian cinema. As an actor, director, and producer, he has constantly evolved, leading the industry from different ...

Farhan Akhtar talks about playing Ravi Shankar in Sam Mendes’ Beatles project, calling the role exciting yet daunting while ...

What was Ravi Shankar famous for? Ravi Shankar was born in Benares, India, on April 7, 1920. He spent his childhood studying music and dance, but he gave up the latter when he turned 18. He studied ...

In an interview, Anoushka Shankar said, "He learnt very intensively with someone very dear to me, one of my father's senior ...

A US media outlet's gaffe, mistaking sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar for spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in a Beatles ...

That difference in attitude created an early tension. Shankar would later say of the first sitar-heavy Beatles track, “I was ...