Sitarist Anoushka Shankar has refuted sitarist Rishab Rikhiram Sharma's claim that he was the "last and youngest disciple" of her father and sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. Anoushka said her father wasn't Rishab's guru, adding, "We knew him from childhood because he was son of our instrument maker." In past interviews, Rishab had referred to Pandit Shankar as his mentor.