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 ...

Did our AI summary help? Indian film Boong recently won the Best Children's & Family picture at the 2026 BAFTA Awards in London. The film was backed by Farhan Akhtar, and he is now poised to return to ...

With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso, who died Tuesday at 92, mentored a Beatle, became a hippie musical icon and ...

During the 1960s, Harrison developed a passion for Indian classical music. He learned how to play the sitar and first incorporated it in a Beatles song on “Norwegian Wood” from 1965’s Rubber Soul. In ...

Farhan Akhtar on Ravi Shankar's role highlights deep preparation and responsibility. Actor learning sitar and studying the maestro’s life for an authentic portrayal. Beatles biopic marks Farhan Akhtar ...

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We had earlier reported that actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar will be seen playing sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar in the much-anticipated Beatles biopic series. Recently, Farhan spoke about taking up ...

New cast members for the upcoming Beatles biopic film series have been announced. Morfydd Clark, Lucy Boynton, Harry Lawtey, Farhan Akhtar and Anna Sawai will join The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic ...

NEW DELHI — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and ...