Alla Rakha was born on April 29, 1919 in Paghwal, Jammu and Kashmir, British India. He is known for Chappaqua (1966), George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011) and Unterwegs nach Kathmandu (1971). He was married to Bavi Begum. He died on February 3, 2000 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.