COMPOSER PRITAM PENS EMOTIONAL NOTE REMEMBERING EDITOR AJAY SHARMA

CHENNAI: Renowned Music composer Pritam Chakraborty penned an emotional note remembering editor Ajay Sharma who had worked on films like Jagga Jasoos, Barfi! and Ludo. Ajay Sharma who was hospitalized due to Covid-19 passed away this month on May 4. Mourning his untimely demise, composer Pritam Chakraborty said, “Editor Ajay Sharma was really close to me. I have seen him from the day he started off with films like Barfi!Jagga Jasoos, Life in a Metro, Ludo and Ye Jawaani Hai Deewani. This is unbelievable that he passed away so soon. Composer Pritam Chakraborty also expressed his grief on the demise of composer Shravan Rathod who died of Covid-19 complications at the age of 66. The iconic music composer lost his father last year who suffered a heart stroke. Unfortunately this year he lost his cousin and two friends due to the second wave. He says, “I hope that the country comes out of this and everything returns back to normal. Cities like New Delhi and Kolkata have been hit very hard. We should help each other. I am coordinating with the doctors to provide help in whatever way I can”. Many musicians have lost their jobs and the ace composer avers, “The Music Association should come up with something. I am ready to provide help.”