Ira Nagrath, Ira Moitra
Singer, composer
Ira Nagrath (died 22 January 2005), billed as Ira Roshan, was a Bengali singer and composer, wife of 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.[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
In 1948, Ira Moitra married Punjabi music director Roshan Lal Nagrath as his second wife, and moved to Bombay.[7] Their sons were Rajesh Roshan (born 1955) and Rakesh Roshan (born 1949).[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
- ↑ News Reel. The Indian Listener({Template:Date).
- ↑ "Delhi 1" The Indian Listener: Vol. VIII. No. 22{{#if:|, }. All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi(1943-11-07)
- ↑ Radio Cavalcade: Indian Broadcasting ...A Look Back{{#if:Kapoor|, Kapoor}. Notion Press(2021-04-17). ISBN 978-1-63781-669-1
- ↑ The Essential Guide to Bollywood{{#if:Jha|, Jha}. Lustre Press(2005). ISBN 978-81-7436-378-7
- ↑ Lata Mangeshkar opens up about her close bond with the Roshans family, comes up with a astounding request. Laughing Colours. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ↑ Yesterday's Melodies Today's Memories{{#if:Premchand|, Premchand}. Notion Press(2018-12-27). ISBN 978-1-64429-877-0
- ↑ Rakesh Roshan: The Reinventor of Bollywood. Pickle Media(2018-02-14). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ↑ Daddy Cool, Roshan, Sunaina Roshan. The Telegraph India(5 July 2014). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ↑ I watch a film every Friday: Rakesh Roshan, Somaaya, Bhawana. The Hans India(2014-10-02). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ↑ To Dad with Love{{#if:Roshan|, Roshan}. Om Books International(2014). ISBN 978-93-83202-74-4
- ↑ Bollywood Star Talks About His Stuttering. Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter(18 October 2013). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
- ↑ It's not easy to be a special child: Hrithik Roshan. DNA India(21 November 2013). Retrieved 2021-11-22.