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 […]
Shankar Jaikishan and The Evolution of Their Banner Read More »
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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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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On creation of their famous banner, Shankar Jaikishan formed a pact as to always collaborate in their work and never reveal their individual contribution to their music. They lived by that pact made in 1949 and continued with it even after Jaikishan’s death in 1971 until Shankar’s in 1987. The other condition was that the
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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
SHANKAR JAIKISHAN – 1975 Onwards Part 2 of 6 : Songs No 1 to 18 Read More »
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
SJ MAGIC WITH THE LONGEST PRELUDE… Read More »
(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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