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{{short description|Indian singer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ira Roshan
| image = IraMoitraNagrath1947.png
| alt = A young South Asian woman, dark hair parted center and dressed back behind her ears; she is wearing a light-colored shawl
| caption = Ira Moitra (later Nagrath), from a 1947 issue of ''The Indian Listener''
| other_names = Ira Nagrath, Ira Moitra
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| death_date = 22 January 2005
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| occupation = Singer, composer
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| spouse(s) = [[Roshan (music director)|Roshan Lal Nagrath]]
| children = [[Rajesh Roshan]], [[Rakesh Roshan]]
| relatives = [[Hritik Roshan]], grandchild
}}

'''Ira Nagrath''' (died 22 January 2005), billed as '''Ira Roshan''', was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] singer and composer, wife of music director [[Roshan (music director)|Roshan Lal Nagrath]], and mother of music director [[Rajesh Roshan]] and actor [[Rakesh Roshan]].

== Career ==
As a young woman, Ira Moitra was a singer heard on [[All India Radio]] in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=7 March 1947|title=News Reel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ceDkDwAAQBAJ&dq=Indian+Listener&pg=PA37|journal=The Indian Listener|volume=12|pages=37}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARnkDwAAQBAJ&dq=Ira+Moitra&pg=PA25|title="Delhi 1" The Indian Listener: Vol. VIII. No. 22|date=1943-11-07|publisher=All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi|pages=65|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kapoor|first=Vinod|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=To8qEAAAQBAJ&dq=Ira+Roshan&pg=PT175|title=Radio Cavalcade: Indian Broadcasting ...A Look Back|date=2021-04-17|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-63781-669-1|language=en}}</ref> She had musical (off-screen) credits on several films, including ''[[Anokhi Raat]]'' (1968),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jha|first=Subhash K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1mVuJJPm3UC&dq=Ira+Roshan&pg=PA35|title=The Essential Guide to Bollywood|date=2005|publisher=Lustre Press|isbn=978-81-7436-378-7|pages=35|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Shakka (film)|Shakka]]'' (1981), ''[[Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage]]'' (2002), and ''Prateeksha'' (2006). She sang a duet with [[Lata Mangeshkar]] for the film ''[[Anokha Pyar|Anokhe Pyar]]'' (1948),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lata Mangeshkar opens up about her close bond with the Roshans family, comes up with a astounding request|url=https://laughingcolors.com/lata-mangeshkar-opens-close-bond-roshans-familyastounding-request-25173/|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Laughing Colours|language=en-US}}</ref> and completed recording a film score left unfinished when her composer husband died suddenly.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Premchand|first=Manek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJCBDwAAQBAJ&dq=Ira+Roshan&pg=PT376|title=Yesterday's Melodies Today's Memories|date=2018-12-27|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64429-877-0|language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In 1948, Ira Moitra married Punjabi music director Roshan Lal Nagrath as his second wife, and moved to Bombay.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-14|title=Rakesh Roshan: The Reinventor of Bollywood|url=https://pickle.co.in/film/rakesh-roshan-the-reinventor-of-bollywood/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Pickle Media|language=en-US}}</ref> Their sons were Rajesh Roshan (born 1955) and Rakesh Roshan (born 1949).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roshan|first=Sunaina Roshan|date=5 July 2014|title=Daddy Cool|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/daddy-cool/cid/1669378|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-22|website=The Telegraph India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Somaaya|first=Bhawana|date=2014-10-02|title=I watch a film every Friday: Rakesh Roshan|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Cinema/2014-10-02/I-watch-a-film-every-Friday-Rakesh-Roshan/109916|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-22|website=The Hans India|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Roshan|first=Sunaina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mYvFDAAAQBAJ&dq=Ira+Moitra+Roshan+Nagrath&pg=PT6|title=To Dad with Love|date=2014|publisher=Om Books International|isbn=978-93-83202-74-4|language=en}}</ref> In 2008, the speech and hearing wing of [[Nanavati hospital|Nanavati Hospital]] in Mumbai was named for Ira Roshan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bollywood Star Talks About His Stuttering|url=https://www.stutteringhelp.org/content/bollywood-star-talks-about-his-stuttering|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter|date=18 October 2013 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=21 November 2013|title=It's not easy to be a special child: Hrithik Roshan|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-it-s-not-easy-to-be-a-special-child-hrithik-roshan-1208078|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-22|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:People from Delhi]]
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