51-453: 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
102-559: 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 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
153-533: A Goan musician named Anthony Gonsalves . The song " My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves " from the movie Amar Akbar Anthony is regarded as a tribute to Mr. Gonsalves (the movie had music by Laxmikant–Pyarelal). By the age of 12, his family's financial condition had deteriorated, which in turn forced him to earn money by playing in studios. Pyarelal then used to frequent and play the violin in studios such as Ranjit Studios, to earn money for his family. Pyarelal's brother Gorakh Sharma played guitar for various songs composed by
204-794: A balancing act between Kishore Kumar (402 songs) and Mohammed Rafi (379 songs). During the peak wave of Kishore Kumar after Aradhana, it is Laxmikant–Pyarelal who gave highest numbers of songs to Mohammed Rafi. In 1977, L-P brought back the glory of Mohammed Rafi through "Amar Akbar Anthony" and "Sargam". Laxmikant–Pyarelal also worked with Mukesh , Manna Dey , Mahendra Kapoor , Amit Kumar , Alka Yagnik , Udit Narayan , Shailender Singh , P. Susheela , K. J. Yesudas , S. P. Balasubrahmanyam , K. S. Chithra , S. Janaki and Anuradha Paudwal . However, they also gave big breaks to many newcomers such as Kavita Krishnamurthy , Mohammed Aziz , Suresh Wadkar , Shabbir Kumar , Sukhwinder Singh , Vinod Rathod , and Roop Kumar Rathod . L-P always wanted to engage
255-404: A child actor in the films Bhakt Pundalik (1949) and Aankhen (1950). He also acted in some Gujarati films. Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 3 September 1940) is the son of a renowned trumpeter Pandit Ramprasad Sharma (popularly known as Babaji ), who taught him the basics of music. He started learning violin at the age of 8 and practised it 8 to 12 hours daily. He learnt to play violin from
306-489: 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
357-1206: A long, close and rewarding association. From 1963, through the next 35 years, Lata Mangeshkar and Laxmikant–Pyarelal were to chalk up around 712 songs together, the highest numbers of the song sung by her under any music directors, which accounted c for one in every 10 Hindi film songs recorded by the Melody Queen, and one of every four songs composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Their work includes variety and range; there were chart-slammers and classics, and chaalu numbers as well as connoisseur choices. Laxmikant–Pyarelal dominates Lata's voice in Sati Savitri (1964), Lootera (1965), Intaquam (1969), Sharafat (1970), Abhinetri (1970), Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971), Jal Bin Machhali Nritya Bin Bijlee (1971), Raja Jani (1972), Bobby (1973), Satyam Shivam Sundaram and Ek Duje Ke Liye (1981)... all have different styles. Asha Bhosle recorded almost 494 songs for Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Their collaboration lasted almost 35 years, 1963–1998. They gave Asha multiple hits and made Asha Bhosle one of
408-457: A regular basis, and in return L-P have given outstanding music to justify the replacement among the big names. One of the most important associations that the duo developed was with lyricist Anand Bakshi . The team of Laxmikant–Pyarelal and lyricist Anand Bakshi churned out some of the most popular songs in Hindi Cinemas history. The combo composed songs for more than 250 movies. Anand Bakshi
459-1274: A superhit musical non-star cast film, which is remembered only because of Lata Manageshkar's superhit songs with Laxmikant–Pyarelal. |In 1966 L-P started cementing their place in Hindi film music. L-P's first musical hit film, with a big star cast, Aaye Din Bahar Ke was released, followed by Pyar Kiye Jaa . Even in films with lesser-known actors, L-P scored hit music: in Sati Savitri (Songs:"Tum Gagan Ke Chandrama Ho", "Jeevan Dor Tumhi Sang Bandhi", "Kabhi To Miloge"); in Sant Gyaneshwar (Songs: "Jyot Se Jyot Jagate Chalo", "Khabar More Na Line"); in Hum Sab Ustaad Hai (Songs: "Pyar Batate Chalo", "Ajanabi Tum Jane Pehachane Se"); in Mr. X in Bombay (Songs: "Mere Mehboob Quayamat Hogi", "Chali Re Chali Re Gori", "Khoobsurat Haseena"); and in Shriman Fantush ..(Songs: "Sultana Sultana Tu Na Ghabarana", "Yeh Dard Bhara Afasana"). In 1967, L-P consolidated their position in
510-672: A superhit. "khilona jaan kar tum" and "Teri Shaadi pe dun tuj ko mein kya" from Khilona (1970), "Duniya pagal hai yaa mein dewaana" from Shagird (1970),Then with Asha "Hungama Ho Gaya" and "Balma Hamar Motorcar Leke Aayo" from Anhonee (1974), "Aye Mere Nanhe Gulfam" from Jagriti (1977), "Aaiye Shauk Se Kahiye" from Parvarish (1977), "Teri Rab Ne" (With Mohammed Rafi) from Suhaag (1979), "Ek Hasina Thi" - Kishore Kumar and "Dard-e-Dil" sung by Mohammed Rafi from Karz (1980), "Are Bhaago Are Dauro" from Bandish (1980), "Man Kyun Behka Re" from Utsav (1985), "Balram Ne Bahut Samjhaya" from Ram Balram (1980) etc. They recorded
561-468: 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
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#1732894837538612-629: The Filmfare Best Music Director Award for the year. LP dominated the Weekly Hindi Film songs Countdown programme Binaca Geet Mala , the most popular musical radio programme of its time. Its first broadcast was in 1953 by Radio Ceylon and its host was Ameen Sayani . The Binaca Geet Mala ranked the most popular Bollywood film songs according to sales in select shops in select cities. In the third quarter of 1963, L-P's first ever song "Hansta Hua Nurani Chehra" from Parasmani hit
663-457: The "Binaca Geet Mala". After that, L-P's songs were regularly and prominently aired on "Binaca Geet Mala". There used to be sixteen songs in each of the weekly "Binaca Geet Mala" programme, more than half the numbers of the songs were of L-P. There are certain weekly Binaca Geet Mala programmes in which more than 13 out of 16 songs of LP were broadcast when LP were right on top of their career. BGM used to broadcast annual (Vaarshik) programme giving
714-453: 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"
765-530: 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
816-546: The Hindi film industry with a series of hits, one after another. Non star cast film Farz was L-P's first golden jubilee musical hit, followed by big star cast films such as Anita , Shagird , yet another Golden Jubilee hit, Patthar Ke Sanam , Night in London , Jaal and another evergreen musical hit Milan . L-P received their second Filmfare Trophy for Milan without any stiff competition. The rise of Laxmikant–Pyarelal, Rahul Dev Burman , and Kalyanji-Anandji marked
867-413: 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
918-805: 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
969-1090: 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
1020-503: The dominance of Rafi. Mohammed Rafi played a very important role in the Music Duo's career. Laxmikant–Pyarelal started their career with a song of Rafi in the film Parasmani (1963). Rafi Sahab sang for L-P for free and blessed them that - "This music Duo may work together to their last breath." Therefore, Laxmikant–Pyarelal always respected Rafi till the end and Rafi sang his last song- "Tere Aane Ki Aas Hai Dost..." under direction of L-P, which
1071-483: The duo Lakshmikant Pyarelal. In an interview with Annu Kapoor recently, he has mentioned that he was quite an adept violinist and expert in western form of music. Pyarelal even thought to try his fortune in the West and wanted to become a regular orchestra player with a renowned group. Lakshmikant dissuaded him and then they started the amazing journey of music for Indian cinema. In their early days, Laxmikant–Pyarelal's music
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#17328948375381122-642: The end of an old era of Bollywood music, which had belonged to Jaidev , Shankar–Jaikishan , Hemant Kumar , Sachin Dev Burman , Naushad , C. Ramchandra , Khayyam , Madan Mohan , O. P. Nayyar , Roshan , Salil Chowdhury , N Datta and others. Big film producing names, such as Prasad Productions , Rajshri Productions , J. Om Prakash , Raj Khosla , Manoj Kumar , Ramanand Sagar , Madan Mohla, Mohan Sahagal, V.Shantaram, Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra, Manmohan Desai, Subhash Ghai and many more, started replacing their regular music directors and preferred Laxmikant–Pyarelal on
1173-535: The film was a success due to its music. Songs like "Chahoonga Main Tujhe Shaam Savere" and "Rahi Manwa" became very popular Sung by the versatile Mohammed Rafi. At that time, many used to think that there was a single person by the name of Laxmikant Pyarelal . Laxmikant–Pyarelal won their first Filmfare Best Music Director Award for the movie, ahead of stalwarts like Shankar–Jaikishan (for Sangam ) and Madan Mohan (for Woh Kaun Thi? ). Then came Lootera ,
1224-793: 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
1275-470: The highest number of songs in their career for Laxmikant–Pyarelal. They continued to give patronage to Mohammed Rafi, sometimes against filmmakers' wishes. They had a great rapport with Kishore Kumar as well. Kishore Kumar sang the most songs (402) for L-P among all male singers, followed by Rafi (about 388 songs). Laxmikant–Pyarelal hit the big time with Rajshri Productions' 1964 film Dosti . The film had two newcomer heroes who never became popular, and
1326-512: The highest numbers of the TOP songs for 11 years. The Binaca Geet Mala records show that Laxmikant–Pyarelal have completely dominated this musical programme. In all, 174 songs of L-P appeared in Binaca Geet Mala finals. Lata Mangeshkar played a major role in shaping up the careers of Laxmikant–Pyarelal . She sang the highest number of songs for them. Lata Mangeshkar and Laxmikant–Pyarelal shared
1377-825: 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
1428-750: 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
1479-943: 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
1530-577: The mandolin and his elder brother learned to play the tabla. He spent two years in the company of the well-known mandolin player Hussain Ali. He began organising and performing in Indian Classical instrumental music concerts to earn some money. Later, in the 1940s, he also learned mandolin from Bal Mukund Indorker and violin from Husnalal (of the Husanlal Bhagatram fame). Laxmikant began his film career as
1581-515: The most sought after singer of the 1970s with chart toppers like "Hungama Ho Gaya", "Dhal Gaya Din", "Koi Shahari Babu', "Ek Haseena Thi" etc. Singer Mohammed Rafi has sung as many as 379 songs under Laxmikant–Pyarelal. This is the highest number of songs sung by Mohammed Rafi with any of the music directors in Hindi film music. Songs from Dosti , Aaye Din Bahar Ke , Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke , Mere Hamdam Mere Dost , Jeene Ki Raah , Dharam Veer , Amar Akbar Anthony and Sargam etc. have
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1632-588: 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
1683-513: 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
1734-546: The only composers who assembled the legendary singers Kishore Kumar , Mohammad Rafi , Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar together, for the song "Humko Tumse Ho Gaya Hai Pyar Kya Kare" in Amar Akbar Anthony . After Laxmikant's death, Pyarelal has done some work independently. Yet, Pyarelal always used the name 'Laxmikant–Pyarelal' for all the future compositions. When the playback singer Kumar Sanu turned music director, he approached Pyarelal to arrange music for him. Pyarelal
1785-558: The orders of the top 32 songs of every year. In this programme also, L-P had the upper hand. Not only that, on average, there used to be at least 15 songs from L-P, also about 50% of the songs between top to tenth position. Laxmikant–Pyarelal have 245 numbers of Binca Geetmala Final Songs...(The songs compiled at the end of every year, to measure the popularity)..The highest numbers of the songs by any music directors appeared in Binaca Geetmala Finals. Apart from Laxmikant–Pyarelal have
1836-401: The second most songs with Asha Bhosle. In the years 1980–1986, most of their songs would be sung by Asha only. "Hungama Ho Gaya" from Anhonee was a chartbuster and Asha was nominated for a Filmfare Award in 1974. The song was later re-recorded for the 2014 film Queen , with additional voice by Arijit Singh , it again hit the top charts and became a superhit. "Man Kyun Behka Re" with Lata
1887-496: The songs of the film became immensely popular, esp. "Hansta Hua Nurani Chehara", "Wo Jab Yaad Aaye" and "Mere Dil Main Halki Si". Throughout their tenure as music directors, Laxmikant–Pyarelal only used A-grade singers. Their mentors, Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi agreed to sing for them in spite of low budgets, and Laxmikant–Pyarelal always remained indebted to them. In fact, all three, Lata, Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhosle have sung
1938-715: 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 Kalyanji Virji Shah Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000)
1989-911: 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 is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Laxmikant Pyarelal Laxmikant–Pyarelal were an Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 1940 ). They composed music for about 750 Hindi movies from 1963 to 1998, working for almost all notable filmmakers, including Raj Kapoor , Dev Anand , Shakti Samanta , Manmohan Desai , Yash Chopra , K. Balanchander , Boney Kapoor , J. Om Prakash , Raj Khosla , L. V. Prasad , Subhash Ghai , Mahesh Bhatt , K. Viswanath and Manoj Kumar . Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
2040-526: The voice of Talat Mahmood so they specially composed a very melodious song "Mohabbat Ki Kahaniyan" in 1971 for the film Wo Din Yaad Karo in which Lata accompanied Talat. On 7 May 2011, the event house Kakas Entertainment arranged a show called Maestros, by Pyarelal, in which they revived old songs with singers such as, Anuradha Paudwal , Sonu Nigam , Alka Yagnik , Kavita Krishnamurthy , Sudesh Bhosle and many other Bollywood singers. Laxmikant–Pyarelal are
2091-509: 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
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2142-539: Was also a hit and several blockbusters by L-P had Asha as lead voice in films such as Suhaag , Vakil Babu , Dostana , Adha Din Adhi Raat , Loha and Anhonee etc. to name a few. L-P scored for a Nagarjuna (actor) "Telugu" Film Majnu (1987 film) which remained a musical hit. Mohammed Rafi, till his death remained their preferred male singer although many others such as Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, manna Dey and Mahender Kapoor have sung for them whilst Shailder singh
2193-578: Was approached to assist in the music of Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om song "Dhoom Tana". In 2009 Pyarelal won the Sachin Dev Burman International Award for Creative Sound and Music at the Pune Film Festival. Pyarelal has done a show with Kakas Entertainment called Maestros: A musical Journey of Laxmikant–Pyarelal. After Laxmikant–Pyarelalji made their debut as a music director duo in 1963, they were nominated for Best Music at
2244-496: Was born on the day of Laxmi Pujan , Dipawali on 3 November 1937. Probably, because of the day of his birth, his parents named him Laxmikant, which is a name of Lord Vishnu , consort of Goddess Laxmi . His father died when he was a child. Because of the poor financial condition of the family he could not complete his academic education either. Laxmikant's father's friend, a musician himself, advised Laxmikant and his elder brother to learn music. Accordingly, Laxmikant learned to play
2295-756: 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
2346-494: Was introduced in the Movie "Bobby" Laxmikant–Pyarelal composed Indian classical music as well as Western music; they were most popular for their folk tunes and semi-classical music. For Shagird , they composed Rock-n-Roll -style melodies, and in Karz the music is closer to disco . For this film they wrote a Westernised version of a Ghazal, "Dard-e-dil Dard-e- jigar", and they received
2397-773: Was recorded on 31 July 1980 in Mahboob studio at 10:00 PM. Shortly afterwards Mohd. Rafi died at 10:25 PM. Laxmikant–Pyarelal also produced some memorable songs rendered by Kishore Kumar , 402 songs, the second highest numbers of songs sung by Kishore Kumar under any of the music directors in Hindi film. Namely "Mere Mehboob Qayamat Hogi", "Pyar Batate Chalo", Mere Naseeb Main", "Ye Dard Bhara Afsana", Vaada Tera Vaada", "Yeh Jeevan Hai", "Mere Dil Main Aaj Kya Hai", "Mere Diwane Pan Ki", "My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves", "Aap Ke Anurodh Pe", "Ik Ritu Aaye", "Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai", "Ruk Jaana Nahin", "Om Shanti Om" and many more hits. Laxmikant–Pyarelal kept
2448-609: 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, a Kutchi businessman in Kundrodi, Kutch, Gujarat, who migrated from Kutch to Mumbai to start
2499-502: Was the lyricist who wrote the maximum number of texts Laxmikant–Pyarelal gave music to. He was actually the lyricist for all the films for which Laxmikant–Pyarelal won Filmfare Awards , except their first award. Actor Rajesh Khanna kept Laxmikant–Pyarelal as music director for 26 of his films. Another great collaboration was with Mohammed Rafi . He has sung many hits under their baton. "Dhal Gaya Din" (with Asha) in Humjoli (1970) became
2550-807: 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
2601-413: Was very similar to Shankar–Jaikishan 's music, as Laxmikant was a great fan of theirs. Once Shankar even changed his orchestration to make sure that his music did not sound like Laxmikant–Pyarelal's. Laxmikant–Pyarelal's first film as music directors was not released. The first released movie which featured them as music directors was Babubhai Mistry 's Parasmani (1963), which was a costume drama. All
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