Popular music composer Vijay Patil aka Laxman of Ram-Laxman duo, known for composing music for films like Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun & Hum Saath Saath Hain among others, passed away on Saturday at his residence in Nagpur. He was 78 years old.

The sad news of the veteran music composer's death was confirmed by his son Amar. “My father passed away at 2:00 am on Saturday. He died due to a heart attack. He got the second jab of Covid-19 vaccine a few days ago, following which he was feeling very weak and fatigued, and a doctor was treating him for that," he told a leading daily. 

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Lata Mangeshkar expressed her condolences on the demise of Laxman and wrote on Twitter, “I just learned that the extremely talented and popular music composer Raam Laxman ji (Vijay Patil) has passed away. I am very sorry to hear this. He was a great man. I sang many of his songs which got very popular. I pay him my respects.” Lata Mangeshkar gave vocals to popular Raam-Laxman songs like Maye Ni Maye, Didi Tera Dewar Deewana, Kabootar Ja Ja Ja among many others.

Mujhe abhi pata chala ki bahut guni aur lokpriya sangeetkar Ram Laxman ji (Vijay Patil) ji ka swargwas hua. Ye sunke mujhe bahut dukh hua. Wo bahut acche insaan the.Maine unke kai gaane gaaye jo bahut lokpriya hue. Main unko vinamra shraddhanjali arpan karti hun. pic.twitter.com/CAqcVTZ8jT

— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) May 22, 2021

Laxman was known for composing the music for hit films like Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Hum Saath Saath Hain, 100 Days among many others. In 1976, Raam (Laxman's partner Surendra) passed away immediately after signing the film Agent Vinod. Laxman continued to retain Raam's name in Marathi as well as Hindi films.

(Source: Indian Express)