The young tabla player, from suburban Hyderabad, followed his lifetime dream to make a living in Mumbai, the entertainment capital of the country. His destiny landed him in a job at the famous Prithvi Theater, headed by the legendary patriarch of the Kapoor family who won hearts of millions through his work on stage and […]
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Shankar Jaikishan’s love affair with the accordion began with their first movie, Barsaat, and continued through their career. It featured in the majority of their compositions, playing a significant role. Whether it was in the prelude, interlude, postlude or counter melody, the accordion gave that special touch to a SJ composition. Hence, one could easily identify
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When you think of Shankar and Jaikishan, we think of how similar or dissimilar they are in their personalities. Shankar was named after Lord Siva and Jaikishan after Krishna. True to their names, like Siva, Shankar was the haughty one of the two. Jaikishan was the cool and jovial one like Krishna. We may compare Shankar, to the sun, and Jaikishan, to
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Shankar Jaikishan and Shailendra came together to work for their maiden venture, Barsaat, under the RK Films banner. Their combination was a runaway success and they never looked back. From then on, along with Hasrat Jaipuri, the foursome became the most successful group that made history in the entertainment industry. Not only were they professional associates,
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It was that fateful day when two young musicians, Shankar and Jaikishan, met at director Chandravadan Bhatt’s office, in search of work. They did not get hired by him, but soon became the busiest music composers of their time. They struck an immediate friendship that lasted their life. Shankar was the mentor, music partner, guardian, guide, adviser, big brother
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ByJitendra Motavar 19. Chadhne laga badhne laga Chorni (1982)Shaily ShailendraAsha Bhosle A beautiful cabaret dance song picturized on the dancing queen Helen. After listening and understanding the whole musical structure of the song I just wondered how a 60 year old Shankar came up with such a youthful, pappy and energetic number. Following a minute
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Written byShri Jitendra Motavar 01. Chal sanyasi mandir mein Sanyasi (1975)Vishweshwar SharmaLata Mangeshkar, MukeshSanyasi is one of the most unique and best albums SJ (Shankar) have scored in their later career, with all the songs being classy and many of them being chart busters, even now. But the most unique aspect of the score is
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Written by Shri Jitendra Motavar I am sharing this SJ masterpiece from the musical romantic comedy “April Fool” (1964), “Aa gale lag ja…”. The song is written by Shailendra, magically sung by Rafi sahab and picturized on the leads Biswajit, Saira Banu and some international artists. Apart from being a timeless SJ-Rafi classic, this song
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Written by Jitendra Motavar A man who was a magnificent composer, a prolific musician with mastery over a dozen of instruments including tabla, piano, accordion, sitar etc, a wrestler, a dancer, an artist well versed with indian classical and western music styles, a strict disciplinarian; a man who along with his equally magnificent companion, ruled
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(Prologue and songs No. 1 to 15 are detailed in the Part 1) Written By – JITENDRA MOTAVAR16. Sayonara sayonara… Love In Tokyo (1966) partially inspired by a light music orchestral piece “In a Persian market” composed by Albert Ketelby in 1920Analysis: Just the first half of the mukhda tune has been inspired from a
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