Rajesh Roshanlal Nagrath (born 24 May 1955), known professionally as Rajesh Roshan, is an Indian music director and composer.
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Personal life
Rajesh was born to music director Roshanlal Nagrath and singer Ira Nagrath on 24 May 1955 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency. His father is Punjabi and his mother is Bengali. He is younger brother to actor, director and producer Rakesh Roshan, thus making him uncle to latter's children, Sunaina Roshan and actor Hrithik Roshan. He is married to Kanchan with whom he has two children – a son, Eshaan Roshan, married to actor and model Aishwarya Singh in 2025 and a daughter, Pashmina Roshan, also an actress.
Career
Rajesh Roshan had a frequent successful collaboration with Kishore Kumar, Basu Chatterjee, Dev Anand, Mohammed Rafi, Amit Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle. He shot to fame with the score for the 1974 film Kunwara Baap and the 1975 film Julie; for the latter he won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award.