He somewhat struggled until he met the then famous producer-director Kidar Sharma, who gave him the job of composing for his film Neki aur Badi (1949). In 1948, Roshan came to Bombay to find work as a Hindi film music director and became assistant of music composer Khawaja Khurshid Anwar in film Singaar (1949). He gave up this job in 1948 to seek fame and fortune in Bombay. In 1940, Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, programme producer/music, All India Radio Delhi, hired Roshan as staff artist for esraj, the instrument he used to play. Roshan became an accomplished sarod player under the guidance of Allauddin Khan, the renowned sarod player from Maihar. He began music lessons at a young age and later attended Marris College in Lucknow, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh under the training of Pandit S N Ratanjankar (principal of the institute). Roshan was born in Gujranwala, Punjab Province, British India into a Punjabi Hindu Mohyal Brahmin family.
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