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Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi

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Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi

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  • Born
    October 15, 1922 · Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India
  • Died
    April 26, 1987 · Bombay, Maharashtra, India (heart attack)

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  • Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi was born on October 15, 1922 in Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India. He was a composer, known for Deadpool (2016), Chori Chori (1956) and Anari (1959). He died on April 26, 1987 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.

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  • After death of partner Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal in 1971 Raghuwanshi continued to sign work with joint names.
  • He was both a trained wrestler and a dancer.
  • Only his family attended the funeral. The media, as well as the film industry, got to know about his death only after the cremation...
  • The film industry was hardly present at his funeral, thus reinforcing the stereotype of its fickle-natured loyalties, when compared to Jaikishan's death in 1971, which drew the entire film industry.
  • At The Prithvi Theatre that he learnt to play and mastered several other instruments like sitar, accordion and piano etc.

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