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'''Arun Dravid''' (born 1943) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] industrialist and classical singer of the [[Jaipur gharana]]. A gold medalist from [[IIT Bombay]], he went on to complete a doctorate in [[chemical engineering]] from MIT. He then pursued a highly successful career in industry. As a musician, he was trained in childhood by [[Ustaad Abdul Majid Khan]], and later on by [[Kishori Amonkar]]. He became a key disciple of Amonkar, and has continued to preserve and promote her music.<ref>{{cite web |title=What made Kishori Amonkar's music sublime, complex and radical? Her foremost disciple explains |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/912361/what-made-kishori-amonkars-music-complex-sublime-and-radical-her-foremost-disciple-explains |website=[[Scroll.in]] |date=2019-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118002751/https://scroll.in/magazine/912361/what-made-kishori-amonkars-music-complex-sublime-and-radical-her-foremost-disciple-explains |archive-date=2023-01-18 |url-status=live |last1=Inamdar |first1=Nikhil}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Contours of a musical journey |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/contours-of-a-musical-journey/article23758569.ece |date=2018-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117232744/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/contours-of-a-musical-journey/article23758569.ece |archive-date=2023-01-17 |url-status=live |last1=Ganesh |first1=Deepa |newspaper=The Hindu |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guru Par Excellence - Seniors Today |url=https://seniorstoday.in/music/guru-par-excellence |date=2019-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118002807/https://seniorstoday.in/music/guru-par-excellence |archive-date=2023-01-18 |url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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He played the role of the music guru Pandit Vinayak Pradhan in the 2020 film ''[[The Disciple (2020 film)|The Disciple]]''.<br />
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