| Ranjit Gazmer | |
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| Occupations | Music Composer and Arranger |
Ranjit Gazmer is a musician of Nepali and Hindi films.
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Ranjit Gazmer was a student of Amber Gurung at his Art Academy of Music in Darjeeling, India.[1] His contemporaries were Karma Yonzon, Gopal Yonjan, Sharan Pradhan, Aruna Lama and Jitendra Bardewa, all of whom went on to be musicians. He was a part of a musical group called Sangam Club and was also a drummer for The Hillians, the first-ever Western band formed in Darjeeling. In 1966, he moved to Birgunj, Nepal with his friends, which included Anuradha Koirala (then Anuradha Gurung), managing an English-medium private school. In 1967, Ranjit had moved to Kathmandu with his friends and became a studio musician at Radio Nepal. Later, Ranjit moved to Mumbai (Bombay then) to pursue his music career there with RD Burman.[2]
Ranjit Gazmer worked under RD Burman in Mumbai, playing madal in several Hindi film songs. In 1982, Ranjit arranged for Asha Bhosle to sing her first Nepali film song. Since then he has composed music for several Nepali films such as Samjhana, Kusume Rumal, Lahure, Saino, Chino, Basudev, Deuta, Koseli, Anyay, Basuri, Dakshina, Trishna, Darpan Chaya, etc.