Ravi Shankar, daughter on CNN's 'Talk Asia'

Indiantelevision.com Team

(4 September 2002 1:45 pm)


MUMBAI:CNN's show Talk Asia meets Ravi Shankar, one of India’s foremost classical musicians this weekend.

In an in–depth interview with Lorraine Hahn, he talks about his passion and love for music, his career, his childhood, his dreams and his relationship with daughter, Anoushka. Later in the show, Anoushka joins Lorraine Hahn. An accomplished pianist and a sitarist, Anoushka will share details of her childhood, her career and her father’s influence in her life. The show airs 7 September at 7 pm.

Talking about his career, Ravi Shankar says, "My childhood began at an early age in Europe and America and seeing that, people around in these countries have so little idea of Indian music and they couldn’t appreciate the spirit of our music. I had this thing that I should go someday to make them understand our music and that was a great motivation."

Talking about her father, Anoushka says, "People do always think of me as his daughter on all levels and that’s a little frustrating sometimes. I want to be known as myself more."

Talk Asia is a half-hour regional chat show broadcast every weekend, featuring celebrity interviews, topical discussion and personal insight highlighting Asia’s leading business, political and entertainment personalities, including golf superstar Tiger Woods, Bollywood director Ashutosh Gowarikar and star Amitabh Bachchan.