Ira Roshan

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.

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

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
  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. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Roshan, Sunaina Roshan (5 July 2014). "Daddy Cool". The Telegraph India. Retrieved 22 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Somaaya, Bhawana (2 October 2014). "I watch a film every Friday: Rakesh Roshan". The Hans India. Retrieved 22 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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