Vijay Patil

Raamlaxman
Birth name	Vijay Patil
Also known as	Laxman
Born	16 September
Genres	Film scores, dance, classical
Occupation(s)	Composer, music director, arranger
Instruments	Vocals, drums, piano, accordion
Years active	1977–present

Raamlaxman (born Vijay Patil on 16 September) 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.

Raamlaxman started his own orchestra named as Amar - Vijay (Amar was his son's name). The famous comedian, 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 until 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.

In 1981, Raamlaxman collaborated with Ravindra Rawal for movie Hum Se Badkar Kaun. Song "Deva O Deva Ganpati Deva" got famous during that period. He has also gave music for movies Woh Jo Hasina (1983), Deewana Tere Naam Ka (1987) and Aage Ki Soch (1987).

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