Raju Bharatan
Indian journalist (1934–2020)
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Raju Bharatan[1][2][3] (1934 – February 7, 2020) was a journalist and writer on Indian cricket and Bollywood music. He worked for a weekly features magazine, The Illustrated Weekly of India, and an Indian films weekly newspaper, Screen. He also directed The Victory Story (1974), the first full-length Indian cricket documentary.[4]
He died aged 86 in Mumbai in February 2020 after a prolonged illness.[4] His wife, Girija Rajendran, who predeceased him, was also a film journalist.[5]
Books
Bharatan wrote a number of books on cricket and on Hindi film music personalities, with whom he had a close association.
- Asha Bhosle: A Musical Biography [6](Publisher: Hay House; Latest edition (5 August 2016) ISBN 978-9385827150)
- Naushadnama: The Life & Music of Naushad [7] (Publisher: Hay House India (2014) ISBN 978-9381431931)
- A Journey Down Melody Lane [8] (Publisher: Hay House (1 September 2010) ASIN 569J1NC Kindle edition in Amazon.in )
- Lata Mangeshkar: A Biography [9] (Publisher: UBS Publishers Distributors (2 January 1995) ISBN 978-8174760234
- Indian Cricket: The Vital Phase ( Published by Bell Books, 1977)[10]
- Rivals in the Sun: A Survey of the 1952 Tour of England (Publisher: Popular Book Depot, 1952)