26-517: Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) was the Kalyanji of the Kalyanji-Anandji duo. He and his brother Anandji Virji Shah have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director , for Kora Kagaz . He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (1992), India's fourth-highest civilian honour. Kalyanji was born to Virji Shah,
52-451: A Kutchi businessman in Kundrodi, Kutch, Gujarat, who migrated from Kutch to Mumbai to start a Kirana (provision store). His younger brother and his wife are the husband and wife duo Babla & Kanchan . He and his brothers began to learn music from a music teacher, who actually knew no music but taught them in lieu of paying his bills to their father. One of their four grand parents was
78-490: A few of the popular songs. In the film, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar , where most of the song was sung by Kishore Kumar , they used Mohammed Rafi to sing Kishore Kumar Rote Hua Aate Saab some lines on the sad version of the song. The collaboration of Kalyanji & Anandji with Mohammed Rafi created everlasting songs in a unique style. According to them, Rafi could sing every kind of song. Lata Mangeshkar : The duo composed 326 songs for Lata Mangeshkar in their career (24 under
104-597: A folk musician of some eminence. They spent most of their formative years in the hamlet of Girgaum (a district in Mumbai) amidst Marathi and Gujarati environs — some eminent musical talent resided in the vicinity. Kalyanji's breakthrough was with the theme entitled Been music from the film Nagin (1954). Kalyanji's son, Viju Shah , is also a music director based in India . This biographical article related to film in India
130-498: A goddess was very strong and people would visit her home and seek her blessings. Among her co-stars were Trilok Kapoor (with whom she played in eighteen movies), Bharat Bhushan , Balraj Sahni , and Ashok Kumar . In the 1970s, her role as mother to the characters played by Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor made her name synonymous to the impoverished suffering mother. Her role in Deewaar (1975) and its dialogues with reference to
156-556: A mother and son are used as clichés. In her marriage with Kamal Roy, she had two children, named Yogesh and Kiran Roy. In the years following her death, they engaged into a dispute over Roy's property and belongings, which has received much attention throughout news and media. On 13 October 2004, Roy suffered a cardiac arrest in Mumbai , and died at the age of 73. Several tributes and articles have been made in Roy's memory. Her dialogues from
182-537: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kalyanji-Anandji Kalyanji – Anandji were an Indian composer duo: Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) and his brother Anandji Virji Shah (born 2 March 1933). The duo are known for their work on Hindi film soundtracks, with many evergreen songs being composed by them. Some of their best-known works are Don , Bairaag , Saraswatichandra , Qurbani , Muqaddar Ka Sikandar , Laawaris , Tridev , Safar , and many more. They won
208-469: Is led by all-time hit "Yeh Mera Dil" from Don (1978). It earned Asha's 7th and last Filmfare Award as best singer. It was copied by world's leading band Black Eyed Peas in 1990 and their song earned Grammy Award . Their other hits with Asha includes "Kya Dekhte Ho" from Qurbani (1978) Aaiye aapka tha hamein intzar (Mahal-1969), Husn ke laakhon rang (Johny mera naam-1970), "O Saathi Re" from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978). Manna Dey : The duo composed
234-539: The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award . Roy was born as Kokila Kishorechandra Bulsara in Kalwada, Valsad , Gujarat . She married Kamal Roy at the age of 15, and moved to Mumbai . She used her married name Nirupa Roy when she entered the film industry. In 1946, Roy and her husband responded to an advertisement in a Gujarati paper looking for actors. She was selected and started her acting career with
260-456: The 1972 film Apradh and "Yeh Mera Dil" from the 1978 film Don , which won the American hip-hop group a Grammy Award . On 24 August 2000, Kalyanji died. The composers composed some popular songs rendered by Kishore Kumar such as "Jeevan se bhari teri aankhe", "Zindagi ka safar hai ye kaisa Safar", "Pal Pal dilke paas", "Neele Neele Ambar Par". Their composition called "Pal bharke liye"
286-532: The 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Kora Kagaz . Kalyanji and Anandji were children of a Kutchi businessman who migrated from Kundrodi village in Kutch to 'Bombay' (now Mumbai ) to start a grocery and provision store. Their younger brother and his wife are the husband and wife duo Babla & Kanchan . The brothers began to learn music from a music teacher, who taught them in lieu of paying his bills to their father. One of their great-grandparents
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#1732902662544312-454: The Gujarati film Ranakdevi (1946). The same year she acted in her first Hindi film Amar Raj . One of her popular films was Do Bigha Zamin (1953). She largely played mythological characters in the films of the 1940s and 50s. In Har Har Mahadev she played the role of Parvati Devi opposite Trilok Kapoor who played the role of Shiva and the film was the top grosser of the year. Her image of
338-461: The Hindi film music world and it was a golden period of film music, it was very tough to make a place amongst them. They still managed to attain success amongst the competition. The Bharat Bhushan – Nirupa Roy hit Samrat Chandragupta (1958) was his first film as Kalyanji Virji Shah. Songs like Chahe Paas Ho (Lata–Rafi) that are remembered to this day were what made the movie a commercial success. This
364-806: The biggest names in Bollywood, like Dilip Kumar , Amitabh Bachchan , Anil Kapoor , Vinod Khanna , Rekha and Sridevi . Manhar Udhas , Kumar Sanu , Anuradha Paudwal , Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam , Sapna Mukherjee , Udit Narayan , Sunidhi Chauhan , now very popular names, were nurtured as singers and got their first breaks from Kalyanji Anandji. Laxmikant Pyarelal worked as music assistants to Kalyanji Anandji before composing music independently for Hindi films, they continued assisting them even after they were established music directors till 1966 or so. They helped introduce or gave career defining breaks to lyricists like Qamar Jalalabadi , Anand Bakshi , Gulshan Bawra , Anjaan , Verma Malik and M. G. Hashmat . In
390-1093: The chart buster qawwali "Qurbani Qurbani Qurbani" from Qurbani (1980). Mohammed Rafi : The duo composed many songs for Mohammedd Rafi. At their initial stage as music director, Mohd Rafi was their first choice of singer. They made numerous popular song with him. All songs of Jab Jab Phool Khile were a huge hit and catapulted them to fame and there was no looking back after that. Besides Jab Jab Phool Khile , there were many popular songs with Mohammed Rafi from films like Qurbani ( Kya Dekhte Ho ), Bluff Master (Govinda Ala Re Ala), Raaz ( Akele Hain Chale Aao ), Sacha Jhutha (Yuhi Tum Mujhse Baat Karti Hoo), Maryada (Tum Bhi Aja Ke), Haat Ki Safai (Vadaa Karle Sajna), Gopi ( Sukh Ki Hain Saab Sathie ), Qatilon Ka Qatil ( Yeh To Allah Ko Khabar & Oh Mere Chorni), Geet ( Aja Tujh Ko Pukarein Mere Geet ) & Bairaag (Sare Shaher Mein App Sa) to name
416-795: The great number Kasme vaade pyar wafa ke in Manna Dey's voice in "Upkar" (1968) and the chart buster qawwali "Yari hai imman Mera Yaar Meri Zindagi" from Zanjeer ( 1973). Mukesh : The duo composed many heart touching melodies in the voice of Mukesh like " chandsi mehboba ho meri aia maine socha tha ha tum bilkul wais ho jaisa maine socha tha ", " hum chodel hai mehfil ko yaad aa ye kisi ko mat rona ", "koi jab tumhara hriday tod de " , " kya khoob lagthi ho , badi sundar dikhthi ho ","jo tumko ho pasand wohi baat kahenge". Mahendra Kapoor They also composed many memorable songs for Mahendra Kapoor, " Mere Desh Ki Dharti sona ugle ugle heere moti" in Upkaar, and
442-825: The initial years can be gauged from the fact that in their first musical score Samrat Chandragupt (1958), Lataji was the only female playback singer, having sung 8 out of 8 numbers in the movie. However, since 1979, they started using Lata Mangeshkar's voice very sparingly, even though they kept on offering songs to other senior singers like Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle . Since the 1980s, Lata's voice could only be heard in their scores like Bombay 405 Miles (1980), Katilon Ke Kaatil (1981), Khoon Ka Rishtaa (1981), Log Kya Kahenge (1982), Raaj Mahal (1982), Vidhaata(1982), Yudh (1985), Pighalta Aasman (1985), Mangal Dada (1986), Kalyug Aur Ramayan (1987), Desh Drohi (1988), Galiyon Ka Baadshah (1989) and Ulfat Ki Nayee Manzilen (1994). Among these, Kalyug Aur Ramayan and Ulfat Ki Nayee Manzilen had been in
468-750: The late 1990s and early 2000s, their work was introduced to a young Western audience by three albums. Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars was a mix album put together by US DJ Dan The Automator ; Bollywood Funk was an Outcaste compilation album put together by Sutrasonic DJs Harv and Sunni; while The Beginners Guide To Bollywood was compiled by John Lewis from Time Out magazine. All three of these records concentrated on Kalyanji Anandji tracks from 1970s films that featured funk breakbeats, wah-wah guitars and Motown-style orchestrations. In 2005, The Black Eyed Peas 's " Don't Phunk with My Heart " used music pieces from two of their songs: "Ae Naujawan" from
494-944: The making since long, especially the second one which was in the making since 1966, its music having been released in 1968 itself. Some of her evergreen songs include the immortal "Salaam-e-ishq Meri Jaan" from Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1978), "Jiska Mujhe Tha Intezaar" from Don (1978), Kabhi Raat Din Hum Door Thay from Aamne Saamne (1967), "Yeh Saman" from Jab Jab Phool Khile (1965), "Humare Siva Tumhare Aur Kitne Deewane" from Apradh (1972), Lata's national award-winning song "Roothe roothe piya" from Kora Kagaz (1974), "Main Pyaasa Tum saawan' from Faraar (1975), Hum Thay Jinke Sahare from Safar (1970), "Ja Re Ja O Harjaee" from Kalicharan (1976), "Thoda Sa Thehro" from Victoria No. 203 (1973). Asha Bhosle : The duo composed 297 songs for Asha as well. Their well known songs with Asha
520-591: The music of Hemant Kumar . Kalyanji then, with his brother Anandji, started an orchestral group called Kalyanji Virji and Party which organised musical shows in Mumbai and outside. This was the first attempt made for holding live musical shows in India. Kalyanji Anandji's arrival in the Bombay film industry as music composers was a turning point. When big music directors like S. D. Burman , Hemant Kumar , Madan Mohan , Naushad , Shankar–Jaikishan and O. P. Nayyar were ruling
546-514: The name Kalyanji Veerji Shah and 302 under the name Kalyanji–Anandji), the 4th highest number songs composed by any composer for Lataji's career after Laxmikant-Pyarelal (712), Shankar–Jaikishan (453) and Rahul Dev Burman (331). Their association with the singer goes back to 1954, when Kalyanji played the famous 'been' tune in Lata Mangeshkar's numbers like 'Man Dole Mera Tan Dole' in the movie Nagin (1954). Lata's influence on their music in
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#1732902662544572-731: The unique song "Ek tara bole to tum kya kahe" "Twinkle Twinkle little star" in Purab Aur Pacham and "O Shanker mere" from Bairaag. Mahendra Kapoor has been the preferred playback singer of Kalyanji Anandji giving numerous hit songs. Their songs repeatedly entered the top popularity ratings of Binaca Geetmala and topped the list many times. Some of their notable compositions, by song title, are as follows: Prakash Mehra Manoj Kumar Feroz Khan Manmohan Desai Sultan Ahmed Rajiv Rai Gulshan Rai Subhash Ghai Nirupa Roy Nirupa Roy (born Kokila Kishorechandra Bulsara ; 4 January 1931 – 13 October 2004)
598-461: Was a folk musician of some eminence. They spent most of their formative years in the Mumbai locality of Girgaum amidst Marathi and Gujarati environs and among some eminent musical talent that resided in the vicinity. Kalyanji started his career as a musician, with a new electronic instrument called the clavioline . which was used for the famous "Nagin Been," used in the film Nagin (1954) which had
624-491: Was an Indian actress who had appeared in Hindi films . Noted for her portrayals of tragedy and sorrow, Roy was known for her acting ability, and was uncharitably called the "Queen of Misery" in Hindi film circles. Roy was active from 1946 to 1999, and was best known for playing motherly roles. Roy appeared in over 250 films, and won three Filmfare Awards throughout her career, as well as being nominated for one. In 2004, Roy received
650-760: Was followed by his composing music scores for more films like Post Box 999 before Anandji who was assisting him, joined him officially to form the Kalyanji-Anandji duo in Satta Bazaar and Madari (1959). Chhalia (1960) was their earliest major hit. In 1965, two decisive scores, Himalay Ki God Mein and Jab Jab Phool Khile , established them as composers to reckon with. Both Kalyanji and Anandji worked as music composers for over 250 films, 17 of which were golden jubilees and 39 silver jubilees . They organised many charitable concerts for NGOs and several charitable institutions in India and abroad with some of
676-808: Was used in an episode of The Simpsons . Remixed version of the song "Apni Toh Jaise Taise," originally from the 1981 film Laawaris was used in 2010 Bollywood film Housefull . The Calcutta High Court restrained producer Sajid Nadiadwala from the cinematic use of the song. Kishore Kumar : The duo composed 270 songs for Kishore Kumar . Their superhit songs with Kishore Kumar included all-time hit "Zindagi ka safar" from Safar (1970), "O Saathi Re" from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978), Mera Jeevan Kora Kagaz from Kora Kagaz (1974), Jeevan se bhari teri aankhein from Safar (1970), "Pal pal dil ke paas" from Blackmail (1974), "Neele neele ambar par " from Kalakaar (1985), "Samjhauta gamon se kar lo" from Samjhauta (1973), "Apne jeevan ki uljhan ko" from Uljhan (1975) and
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