Raamlaxman

Raamlaxman (born Vijay Patil) is an Indian composer, pianist, musician and accordionist. Raamlaxman is most famous for his work with Rajshri Productions of Hindi films. He composed music for their hit films like Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994), Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999). Raamlaxman has made almost 75 films in Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri.

Raamlaxman is the "Laxman" of duo composers "Raam-Laxman". In 1976, Raam died immediately after signing the film Agent Vinod 1977. Laxman continued to retain Raam's name in Marathi as well as Hindi films.

Early life

Raamlaxman started his own orchestra named as Amar - Vijay (Amar was his son's name). The famous comedienne, Dada Kondke was impressed by him and approached him to compose the music for his Marathi comedy Pandu Hawaldar. Vijay with his friend Raam, composed the music that went on to become a raging hit, and their alliance with Kondke did not break till the latter's death. Later, he did films with Manmohan Desai, Mahesh Bhatt, G.P.Sippy, Anil Ganguly and others. His favourite singers were Shailendra Singh and Usha Mangeshkar, while his favourite lyricist was Asad Bhopali. His releases were mostly with Ravindra Rawal.