Legendary santoor player Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, who gave the little-known instrument an exalted status with his art, passed away in Mumbai in the early hours of Tuesday morning, said his friends.The Jammu-born was 84.
Sharma was battling renal complications and had been on dialysis for the past few months.
Sharma was part of the famed ‘Shiv Hari’ music-duo which adorned leading filmmaker Yash Chopra’s films with their compositions.The duo made songs for top hits like ‘Silsila’, ‘Chandni’, ‘Darr’, and ‘Lamhe’.SPIC MACAY founder Kiran Seth described the loss as a huge setback to the world of Indian classical music.“Pandit Sharma was a great artiste and a greater human being. He was among the original group of artistes who backed the SPIC MACAY movement,” said Seth.
