# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bhaskar-chandavarkar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:09:29.218Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bhaskar-chandavarkar"
name: "Bhaskar Chandavarkar"
slug: "bhaskar-chandavarkar"
description: "Bhaskar Chandavarkar was an Indian sitar player, academic and film and theatre composer who worked with well-known directors of Indian cinema like Mrinal Sen, Girish Karnad, Aparna Sen, K. G. George and Amol Palekar in various languages including Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali and Oriya and was known for his blending of Indian classical and western music."
tagline: "Indian sitar player, composer and music director (1936-2009)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1936-03-16"
deathDate: "2009-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.874874666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151292/"
    handle:    "nm0151292"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بهاسكار تشاندايڤاركار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bhaskar Chandavarkar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "भास्कर चंदावरकर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B0"
    title: "ਭਾਸਕਰ ਚੰਦਾਵਰਕਰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "بھاسکر چنداورکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2684290"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1305701"
    title: "Bhaskar Chandavarkar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump