Alla Rakha was born on 29 April 1919 in Paghwal, Jammu and Kashmir, British India. He was an actor and composer, known for Chappaqua (1966), George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011) and The Psychedelic Experience (1965). He was married to Bavi Begum. He died on 3 February 2000 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.