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Ira Roshan

Ira Roshan
A young South Asian woman, dark hair parted center and dressed back behind her ears; she is wearing a light-coloured shawl
Ira Moitra (later Nagrath), from a 1947 issue of The Indian Listener
Born
Ira Moitra
Died22 January 2005
Other namesIra Nagrath
Occupation(s)Singer, composer
SpouseRoshan Lal Nagrath
Children
RelativesSee Roshan family

Ira Nagrath (née Moitra; died 22 January 2005), known as Ira Roshan, was an Indian singer and composer, wife of music director Roshan, mother of actor and film director Rakesh Roshan and music director Rajesh Roshan, and paternal grandmother of Hrithik Roshan.

Career

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As a young woman belonging to a Bengali family, Ira Moitra was a singer heard on All India Radio in Delhi.[1][2][3] She had musical (off-screen) credits on several films, including Anokhi Raat (1968),[4] Shakka (1981), Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage (2002), and Prateeksha (2006). She sang a duet with Lata Mangeshkar for the film Anokhe Pyar (1948),[5] and completed recording a film score left unfinished when her composer husband died suddenly.[6]

Personal life

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In 1948, Ira Moitra married Punjabi music director Roshan Lal Nagrath as his second wife, and moved to Bombay.[7] Their sons were Rakesh Roshan (born 1949) and Rajesh Roshan (born 1955).[8][9] She was widowed when Roshan died suddenly from a heart attack in 1967; she died in 2005. Actor Hrithik Roshan is her grandson. Her granddaughter, Sunaina Roshan, published a family history titled To Dad With Love (2014), with many pictures and anecdotes about Moitra and Roshan's household.[10] In 2008, the speech and hearing wing of Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai was named for Ira Roshan.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "News Reel". The Indian Listener. 12: 37. 7 March 1947.
  2. ^ "Delhi 1" The Indian Listener: Vol. VIII. No. 22. All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi. 7 November 1943. p. 65.
  3. ^ Kapoor, Vinod (17 April 2021). Radio Cavalcade: Indian Broadcasting ...A Look Back. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-63781-669-1.
  4. ^ Jha, Subhash K. (2005). The Essential Guide to Bollywood. Lustre Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-81-7436-378-7.
  5. ^ "Lata Mangeshkar opens up about her close bond with the Roshans family, comes up with a astounding request". Laughing Colours. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  6. ^ Premchand, Manek (27 December 2018). Yesterday's Melodies Today's Memories. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-64429-877-0.
  7. ^ "Rakesh Roshan: The Reinventor of Bollywood". Pickle Media. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. ^ Roshan, Sunaina Roshan (5 July 2014). "Daddy Cool". The Telegraph India. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  9. ^ Somaaya, Bhawana (2 October 2014). "I watch a film every Friday: Rakesh Roshan". The Hans India. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  10. ^ Roshan, Sunaina (2014). To Dad with Love. Om Books International. ISBN 978-93-83202-74-4.
  11. ^ "Bollywood Star Talks About His Stuttering". Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  12. ^ "It's not easy to be a special child: Hrithik Roshan". DNA India. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
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