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starfriday · 2 years ago

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*Hariharan collaborates with Sadhana Jejurikar for new ghazal ‘Dooriyan’*

Legendary singer Hariharan, who has touched many lives with his craft in over 4 decades of his career, has released a new ghazal titled ‘Dooriyan’ in collaboration with singer Sadhana Jejurikar. The music has been composed by Kailash Gandharv and the lyrics is done by Madan Pal. Music produced by Akshay Hariharan and choregraphed by Pramodkumar Bari, the video is directed by Kailash Pawar.

‘Dooriyan’ is a cross-country collaboration that depicts the emotions of a heartbroken person in love. The idea of this ghazal and collaboration with Hariharan first came to Sadhana Jejurikar, who wanted to make an original piece with live recorded instruments.

Soulfully rendering the ghazal, Sadhana said "'Dooriyan' is a song with Hariharan saab, it’s very special to me. I think this dream will come true. I have been listening to him and from my heart I am accepting him as my Guru and prefer to be very special in my career. I have been singing for 30 years. I am a classical trained singer. When I offered the song, he liked the lyrics and Tune also accepted the singing with me and this is honored and privileged to me."

She further added, "I can't tell you during my recording session. Entire process was wonderful he is lovely artist and he such a cooperative person to apprehensive and his studio front of him I am unable to perform the way i was supposed to sing but it had encouraged me with great passion we done the recording. I hope people will like it."

Talking about the association with Sadhana, Hariharan said, “It was amazing recording with Sadhana.The vibe of the song is melodious - romantic yet mesmerizing. When she made me hear the first draft of ‘Dooriyan’, it was very gracious and I immediately agreed to become a part of it. Sadhana’s singing is the perfect combination of it. Her classical base is phenomenal and can blend into any genre with precision."

A Ghazal singer by profession, Sadhana Jejurikar has achieved many milestones in her career. The latest being the well-loved album – DUAA (along with Maestro Ghulam Ali Khan). She is also a co-author of a biographical book ‘Ghazal Wizard – Ghulam Ali’ released by Times Publication. Sadhana has been singing in the Ghazal genre for AIR, Indore since 1992. Sadhana also participated in the musical reality show, Sa Re Ga Ma during the year 1996. She has performed on stage nationally and internationally along with various artists.

Sadhana has twice won the Madhya Pradesh Government’s Lata Mangeshkar District Award and has been singing with All India Radio since 1994. In 2014, she was also bestowed with the Vikram Award in her hometown. She has performed all over India and abroad with many artistes. She has also sung for a few films & music albums in various languages.

Pickle Music is India's renowned music label with a current roster that includes a broad array of local superstars. It is home to premier record labels representing music from every genre.

'Dooriyan' is available to stream on Pickle Music YouTube.

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decadeslife · 2 years ago

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Family and Fans Bids Farewell to KK amidst moist eyes

The whole of India got in shock when the news of death of Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunath better known as KK surfaced up. According to the sources KK was performing a stage show at the iconic Nazrul Mancha Auditorium, Kolkata and after the show was over, KK was feeling unwell and returned to the hotel. After returning to hotel where his condition deteriorated and he was taken to hospital where he was declared death. Doctors believed the reason of death is heart attack. The news came as a shocker and tributes started pouring in from all over. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted,

“Saddened by the untimely demise of noted singer Krishnakumar Kunnath popularly known as KK. His songs reflected a wide range of emotions as struck a chord with people of all age groups. We will always remember him through his songs. Condolences to his family and fans. Om Shanti,”.

Many Bollywood celebrities like Akshay Kumar, Armaan Malik, Rahul Vaidya, Anu Malik, Pritam, Onir, Shreya Ghoshal, Emraan Hashmi,Harshdeep Kaur, Shekhar Ravjiani etc paid their last tributes to him and expressed grief at his sudden demise.

KK was born in a Malayalam family in Delhi in 1968 and always aspired to be a singer. He started his career with singing jingles in ad promos and later he shifted to Mumbai and his big break came when he sang the song ‘Chod Aaye Hum Woh Galiyan’ for the movie Maachis. He gained popularity with the song “Tadap Tadap ke” from the Sanjay Leele Bhansali directed movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and after the success of the song there was no looking back for KK. He sang songs in many Indian languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali. He was one of finest Bollywood singer who gave many hits throughout his career and mesmerized listeners with his soothing and beautiful voice.

Friendship, love and nostalgia were important themes in KK’s songs and it reflected in his songs like the soulful Pal (Moment) and Yaaron (Friends). These two songs kind of became anthem during farewell in schools and colleges and for people who were grown up in 90s and 2000s, these two songs will always be part of their memories which they will cherish forever. His death has left a huge void in the music scenario of India that can’t be fulfilled ever. His partnership with music directors like Pritam and Vishal-Shekhar gave us gems like Aankhon main teri, Labo ko Labo Se, Tu Aashiqui Hai, Khuda Jaane, Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai, Kya Mujhe Pyaar, Dus Bahane and many more.

KK is survived by wife Jyothy Krishna and his son Nakul and daughter Taamara. His body was brought back to Mumbai where his son performed the last rites on 3rd June and many well-known people Hariharan, Javed Ali, Alka Yagnik, Rekha Bhardwaj ,Vishal Bhardwaj, Kabir Khan, Himansh Kohli and others came to pay their last respects. Today when KK will not among us physically, he will live forever in our hearts with his songs.

Source: https://www.decadeslife.com/family-and-fans-bids-farewell-to-kk-amidst-moist-eyes/

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britishcandour · 2 years ago

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classyfoxdestiny · 3 years ago

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The Himalayan Music Videos of Reshmii Dhaagey & Bismil cross a million views each – ThePrint

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 6 (ANI/PNN): Abhishek Ray was launched by Gulzar Sahab in groundbreaking albums. His recent collaborations with the talented Bollywood singer Anwesshaa has caught on like wildfire amongst the audience crossing millions of views.

The grand music videos of these cinematic songs, namely Reshmii Dhaagey and Bismil, were shot deep in the unexplored river valleys, rhododendron forests, and apple orchards of the Kumaon Himalayas.

Known for contributing to the original music of famous Bollywood films like Paan Singh Tomar, Welcome Back, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, I am Kalam, etc. Abhishek continues his original album legacy creating one video song every month for his YouTube channel exclusively for music lovers. Abhishek is also a recent recipient of the national Mirchi Music Awards for best non-film songs.

“We went far and wide with a large film unit to shoot these exquisite music videos so that people locked at home due to Covid get to experience some spectacular landscapes,” says Anwesshaa.

She is well known to have sung in multiple Indian languages apart from delivering Bollywood hits in films like Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo, Raanjhnaa, Golmaal Returns etc.

“It feels amazing whenever a good composer gives me some of his finest melodies. What our senses can capture, gadgets can’t fully. But still, these videos have managed to bring a slice of the grandeur of the Himalayas. The more the audiences incline towards independent music, the more empowered artists would feel as this is a space you can own if you have overflowing courage and talent,” she adds.

Abhishek Ray, who’s both the composer and video director of the two songs, feels that independent music is the future in the post COVID era. When people cannot go to theatres anymore to enjoy large songs on the big screen, it is important to give them the same experience sitting at home through cinematic music videos.

Keeping that in mind, Abhishek has been religiously producing one single a month with the icons of Bollywood like Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy and others.

Abhishek Ray has collaborated with four generations of artists, starting from Gulzar Sahab, Asha Bhonsle to younger voices like Bhoomi Trivedi, Pratibha Baghel, Neeti Mohan. He feels that the world needs original melodies and fine voices to break the clutter of versions and covers.

Anwesshaa adds, “Abhishek Ray intricate compositions are original and lyrically rich as he is very particular about which writers he’ll work with. Reshmii Dhaagey wouldn’t be possible without Avinash Tripathi Ji’s poetry. I enjoyed recording Bismil equally, if not more. Abhishek Ray’s tune, arrangements and his and Syed Gulrez’s lines transport me to a different time zone.”

“Anwesshaa is one of the finest and most accurate singers of Bollywood today, and after having worked on a dozen songs with her, there are many more of our singles coming up to enchant you soon,” says Abhishek.

Abhishek Ray is also known worldwide for being the creator of Sitabani Wildlife Reserve, India’s first private wildlife reserve with a tiger presence. He was recently awarded Swabhiman Bharat for his extraordinary contribution to wildlife conservation. A large part of these music videos has been shot around the reserve.

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A Star Studded Launch For Hariharan & Bickram Ghosh’s Ishq – Songs Of Love! Composer Bickram Ghosh and singer Hariharan have teamed up to bring to audiences myriad shades of Ishq, the much needed emotion post pandemic. With music by Maestro Bickram Ghosh and set to vocals by Legendary playback singer Hariharan, Ishq – Song Of Love features music video directed by Arindam Sil and lyrics by Sugata Guha. It features Abhisek Mallick on the Sitar and, interestingly, features Bickram Ghosh himself for live percussion and Tabla. Known for critically acclaimed hits like Chants Of India with Ravi Shankar and George Harrison, The Music Room with Sonu Nigam, Pulsating Drums with Zakir Hussain and Taufiq Qureshi, and several other iconic tracks with Pandit Ravi Shankar, Bickram Ghosh – arguably one of the greatest Tabla exponents of all times and the composer of Ishq, talks about the album. “The idea of love changes over generations of time. We keep hearing people say, ‘woh puraane zamaane ke gaane hai�� (those are songs of the old times). I’ve really wanted to make an album of love songs with different nuances of love,” avers the Tabla maestro. “These have been difficult times! Unexpectedly, we’ve achieved something musically. During the pandemic, we’ve completed an entire album as well as the videos,” he adds! Speaking about the same, veteran playback singer Hariharan shares that he has been super excited to see the album get ready for release as, he adds, creating an album is a lot of hard work taking hours, days and months of an artist’s time! “Here, we have six songs with six stories! The kind that tells its own story. The nuances behind each song are as different as the stories behind them. All in all, the outcome of love is different.” Interestingly, the song ‘Baaton Baaton Mein’ already crossed millions of views on YouTube. It is available on other platforms including Apple Music and Spotify as well! The industry DOYENS including Anupam Kher, Shankar Mahadevan, Sanjeev Kapoor, Roop Kumar Rathod, Kavita Seth, Lesle Lewis, Kaavya Jones, Sandip Soparrkar, Sharbani Mukherjee, Salim Merchant, Akshay Hariharan, Karan Hariharan, Shilpa Rao, Pratibha Singh Baghel, Purbayan Chatterjee, Gurneet Jolly, Anusha Srinivasan Iyer, Yogesh Lakhani among others made their presence felt for the EP launch at Tap, Juhu. Besides celebs of the likes of renowned chef, chocolatier and cake sculptor Harneet Jolly’s live sculpture cake added more energy to the musical evening. Yogesh Lakhani of Bright Outdoor avers, “Hariharan and Bickram Ghosh are phenomenal musicians and it is a pleasure for Bright to be associated with ‘Ishq – Songs Of Love’.”

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newszada · 4 years ago

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Colonial Cousins give a ‘desi tadka’ to the Eagles in digital live performancehttps://www.newszada.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Colonial-Cousins-give-a-‘desi-tadka-to-the-Eagles-in.jpeg Singers Hariharan and Leslee Lewis kic...https://www.newszada.com/colonial-cousins-give-a-desi-tadka-to-the-eagles-in-digital-live-performance/?feed_id=616983&_unique_id=5fa53bbde0dd8

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marwahstudios · 4 years ago

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Hariharan Shared His Experience of Music Industry with AAFT

New Delhi: “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable,” expressed Hariharan while talking to the students of AAFT School of Performing Arts.

“It is necessary for the students to have interaction with the professional from the industry to give them insight of what is actually happening in the World. The level of education and training goes up and students churn out much intelligent and smart at the end of the day,” added Dr. Sandeep Marwah Chancellor of AAFT University of Media And Arts.

Hariharan is an Indian playback bhajan and ghazal singer from Trivandrum, whose songs have been mainly in Tamil and Hindi. Also, he sang songs in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Bhojpuri films. He is an established Ghazal singer and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. In 2004, he was honoured with the Padma Shree by the Government of India and is a two-time National Award winner. He is regarded as one of the greatest Indian singers of all time.

Later Sandeep Marwah honoured Hariharan with The Award For Excellence For Impactful Classical & Live Singing in Global Arena on behalf of International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry.

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24x7newsbengal · 2 years ago

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Grand Launch of Music Label “ETERNAL SOUNDS” (A New Legacy)

India, as a country has one of the richest musical traditions in the world Be it classical, folk, modern, film, spiritual and many sub genres in between, our country has a plethora of styles of music rarely found in any other country. It is often opined that the 50,s 60’s, 70’s and 80’s were the golden age of Indian music. The great legacy of classical, film and folk music created in that period still resonates with elan. With these thoughts, comes into formation a brand new music entity named “ETERNAL SOUNDS” which was launched today at Tata 88 East. This company has been formed to create a rich legacy of quality music. The key players behind Eternal Sounds are: Mr. Utsav Parekh, Financial Markets Guru; Mr. Mayank Jalan, Industrialist, Managing Director at Keventer Agro Ltd.; Mr. Gaurang Jalan, National Award Winner & Film Maker; Mr. Bickram Ghosh, Music Maestro and the launch was attended by: Usha Uthup, Singer; Arindam Sil, Director; Ustad Rashid Khan, Musician; Jaya Seal Ghosh, Tollywood Actress and many other eminent personalities. The label was launched by its four partners who are lovers of music and have a strong desire to see the resurgence of endearing music in India. It is from this intrinsic passion and inherent belief, that they have married their strengths, and this Company has been formed. The event witnessed its launch in the presence of all its partners along with other eminent personalities. The content at Eternal Sounds will be guided by the ears of Pt. Bickram Ghosh who is known globally for the quality of his musical works be it in films, music albums or live shows. Speaking to the media, Maestro Bickram Ghosh, Proprietor, Taalim - said, ‘’Most people today concentrate only on creating music which is the flavour of the season whereas on the other hand, Eternal Sounds vision is to concentrate on creating music that is enduring. Some names worth mentioning here are Hariharan, Usha Uthup, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Kavita Seth, Mahalakshmi Iyer. In the classical genre we will work with Pt Vishwamohan Bhatt, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt Ronu Mazumdar, Kaushiki Chakraborty amongst many others, with whom we will be creating many soulful compositions! We also wish to create several International collaborations with several prominent artists (depending on their acquiescence) like John Mc Laughlin, Norah Jones, Ricky Cage, Anoushka Shankar, Greg Ellis, Steve Smith etc. which may be Grammy-worthy entries from India. These projects will aim to create a mark on the international music scene of the world too. We are gradually reaching out to these artists and creating projects”. On this occasion, Mr. Mayank Jalan, MD, Keventer Agro Ltd. said, “We want to create that music, which covers the entire plethora of Indian music, and is not necessarily driven by the objective of a seasonal hit. We hope that we will be able to gift our audiences music of great value in the coming years.” Mr. Utsav Parekh, Chairman, SMIFS Capital Markets Ltd. said, ‘’at Eternal Sounds, we believe that great talent exists eternally. We strongly believe people still have great taste for quality music of all genres and are waiting for a musical resurgence”. Mr. Gaurang Jalan, Director Gaurang Films remarked “at Eternal Sounds we are optimistic about the future and will concentrate on creating music that is enduring. A 5- song romantic album with the evergreen singer Hariharan Ji will be our first release soon”. Eternal Sounds has been formed to create a new legacy of quality music. Read the full article

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pregnancyready · 4 years ago

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Enjoy this Bollywood hit action romantic super hit Hindi movie ‘Haqeeqat’ (1995) starring Ajay Devgan, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Aruna Irani, Johnny Lever, Himani Shivpuri. Directed by Sandesh Kohli Produced by N.R. Pachisia Music – Dilip Sen, Sameer Sen. Singers: Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhosle, Hariharan. Synopsis: Sudha (Tabu) lives the life of…

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mayankverma · 4 years ago

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Chandana Bala Kalyan, our guest this Saturday (11th July 2020 at 7pm Live on FB); She is a Trained Carnatic classical singer with an unique sensibility to the music she creates and performs in other genres like Jazz, Light music and Bollywood. Chandana is among the few Indian artists to re-interpret classic Jazz through Carnatic vocals. Her interpretation of the cover of “TAKE FIVE” is trending at 2 MILLION+ views on Facebook. A few Background scores she has delivered for Bollywood films are: ‘JAGGA JASOOS’, DIL BOLE HADIPPA’ and ‘MERE BAAP PEHLE AAP’. She has done Playback for several regional films, including a duet with Hariharan for the film ‘VILLIAN’ and ‘ENGLISH VINGLISH’. She has featured in "COKE STUDIO" episode produced by Amit Trivedi in a track called ‘Kyun Na’, and has assisted in the ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ project by music director duo ‘AJAY-ATUL’. The upcoming 11th July 2020, 7pm live FB session would talk about her journey, Carnatic music, nuances of singing and her experiments with other genres... it is going to be super informative & exciting session! Block your calendar and join us this Saturday (Jul 11, 2020) at 7pm; live on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/musicacharya/videos/334102451086851/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CCVSUNYFS_F/?igshid=bxcxcfosz3k0

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shankerjaikishen-the-unbeatables · 6 years ago

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Life and times of Jaidev.

Vikram Appasaeb Jadav

*“Dekh li teri khudai, bas mera dil bhar gaya* *Teri rehmat chup rahi, main rote rote mar gaya . .”*

One of the greatest but unsung and unwept composers of yore was Jaidev. In 1933, 15 year old Jaidev Verma ran away from Ludhiana to Bombay, to become a film star. He acted in eight films as a child artist in Wadia Film Company. But owing to his father's blindness, he had to return to Ludhiana. While he was acting in films in Bombay he took music lessons from Krishnarao Jaokar and Janardan Jaokar. After his father's death, it was his responsibility to look after his sister. After he got her married, he went to Lucknow and continued his music studies under Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Ali Akbar took Jaidev as his music assistant when he composed music for Navketan's “Aandhiyan” and “Hum Safar”. From “Taxi Driver” he became SD Burman’s assistant. SD had full trust in his genius assistant; each time he entrusted him with a composing or creative job, he would advise him not to complicate it with difficult ‘murkis’ and ‘harkats’. Jaidev’s contribution to the compositions of SD Burman can be gauged through these very intricate nuances, very typical of him, obvious in a number of gems like ‘Phaili hui hain sapnon ki baahen’ (House No. 44), ‘Hum bekhudi mein tumko pukare chale gaye’ (Kala Pani), ‘Hum hain raahi pyar ke’ (Nau Do Gyarah), ‘Dekho rootha na karo’ (Tere Ghar Ke Saamne), ‘Aise to na dekho’ (Teen Deviyan), and ‘Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hain’ (Guide) to name a few.

Jaidev got an independent assignment in “Joru Ka Bhai”, after which he composed music for ChetanAnand’s “Anjali”. Music of both of these films became very popular. But, with “Hum Dono”, Jaidev came into the limelight, and how? Who can forget the bhajan ‘Allah Tero Naam, Ishwar Tero Naam’ sung by Lata! And as long as there are lovers around, ‘Abhi Na Jao Chhodkar’ will be their favourite anthem as if it is a Valentine message. ‘Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya’ became the life philosophy of Dev Anand. Jaidev built a reputation as a sensitive composer who did not compromise on the quality of music for the sake of applause.

After Hum Dono’s success, a promise was made by Dev Anand that every alternate film of Navketan will have music by SD Burman and Jaidev. Accordingly, SD Burman was entrusted the baton of “Kala Bazaar” and Jaidev ‘signed’ for the music of “Guide” for which he is believed to have composed a couple of tunes too (‘Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hain’, and ‘Din dhal jaaye haye raat na jaaye); however, the film was made and released finally with music by S D Burman, his career best. Jaidev proposed, Dev Anand disposed! Probably, for the first time, Jaidev felt exploited and stifled at Navketan and “Guide” marked the end of his long and fruitful musical association with both Dev Anand and SD Burman. Navketan, too, never called him back, which was the unkindest cut of all. Though the hurt feeling lurked in his mind for long, his respect and reverence for SD Burman remained the same till his last. Besieged by a chain of misfortunes, Jaidev made “Jo kho gaya main usko bhulata chala gaya” the mantra of his life with his spiritual character to ‘guide’ him.

What happened to Jaidev after Hum Dono is the kind of heart-wrenching cruelty that film industry keeps inflicting on its best talents. After the mega success of Hum Dono songs Jaidev was the natural choice of Navketan for their next film Guide starring Dev Anand. Jaidev composed and recorded two brilliant songs and all persons in Navketan management were extremely happy with the songs. But all of a sudden, mysteriously enough Jaidev was thrown out of Guide!

It is said that Dev Anand pressurized Jaidev to work as S.D. Burman’s assistant in Guide. It was a cruel event where a sensitive creative genius like Jaidev was suppressed by the heartless mighty. Jaidev was never again invited by Navketan to compose songs. Dev Anand used both the Jaidev songs in his film Guide. It is said that those two songs were ‘Din Dhal Jaaye Haye Raat Na Jaye’ and ‘Tere Mere Sapne Ab Ek Rang Hai’ sung by Mohammad Rafi. Being cast out of Guide was a very big setback in Jaidev’s film music career. He never really recovered from the shock. Jaidev used to frequently narrate such incidents to his friends, wracked by inconsolable grief.

This was the time when Jaidev met and got introduced to young composers like Roshan and Madan Mohan. This is a great example of the saying ‘genius finds genius’. Roshan invited Jaidev to sing in his very first film. Once, when Roshan and Jaidev were going together to a film company, they saw Madan Mohan. Roshan was reported to have told Jaidev, “I am going to introduce you to a brilliant young composer”. On introduction, Madan Mohan and Jaidev needed no time at all to become best of friends.

Roshan, Madan Mohan and Jaidev had many similarities. They were rare music geniuses. They were unfailingly great human beings too. Their unquenchable thirst ran to music, languages, literature and wine. None of them were given the importance or prominence that they richly deserved. But they lived their entire lives as friends and supporters. Theirs was a rare friendship in the ‘man eats man’ world of cinema.

Film world has its own inviolable rules. It needs people who can achieve mass popularity by shortest possible route. Its impatience with geniuses is well known. Geniuses like Salil Chowdhury, Madan Mohan, Roshan, Vasant Desai and Jaidev failed in this race to huge popularity. They did not have the talent to market themselves. What complicated the matter was group politics that acted as a barrier to fresh music entering the industry. True geniuses who blazed their own path overcoming all barriers in our film industry are very few.

Jaidev also composed the musical score for “Maitee Ghar”, a Nepali film produced by King Mahendra. The King was so pleased with Jaidev that he offered him a blank cheque and asked him to fill in any amount as he wished. But Jaidev returned the cheque and asked for a tiger skin instead!

People who speak of the Golden Age of Hindi film music mostly speak of commercially successful names like Naushad, Shankar Jaikishen, S.D. Burman, R.D. Burman, Kalyanji Anandji and Laxmikant Pyarelal. But there are many composers who established their identities through the uniqueness of their compositions alone. They may not have composed music for a very large number of films. Many of their films might not have succeeded at the box office.

Jaidev had composed music for less than thirty films. The number of songs to his credit may not be more than hundred and fifty. But Jaidev is a name imprinted on the hearts of lovers of vintage Hindi film songs as the genius who gave such fabulous numbers as ‘Kabhi Khud Pe Kabhi Haalaat Pe’, ‘Allah Tero Naam’ and ‘Abhi Na Jao Chhod Kar’. ‘Kabhi Khud Pe Kabhi Haalaat Pe’ is among the best ghazal numbers sung by Mohammad Rafi. There are many who rate the number sung by Lata Mangeshkar for Jaidev ‘Allah Tero Naam’ as the best prayer song to have emerged from Indian films. In a recent televised event, Jaidev’s ‘Abhi Na Jao Chhod Kar’ was rated both as their favourites and the best Hindi film song ever by today’s stars Shankar Mahadevan and Farhan Akthar.

It is possible that an average listener may identify Jaidev as the only music composer from Hindi films to have won the National award thrice. But the lamentable fact is that this composer of incomparable songs, winner of many state awards and winner of ‘Sur Singar Samsad’ award for Lifetime Achievement in Music remains so unknown to common man that we keep hearing the question, “Jaidev? Who is he?” even from people who love his music!

It was Jaidev who introduced ghazal singer Hariharan to film music in the film Gaman (1979) with the song ‘Ajeeb Saaneha’. This is not merely one of Hariharan’s best songs it has become one of the finest ghazals in Hindi film music. It won the U.P. state award and a nomination for National award for Hariharan. In the film Kinare Kinare, Jaidev brought together four leading singers Mohammad Rafi, Talat Mehmood, Manna Dey and Mukesh to sing a song to be picturised on one character played by Dev Anand. It was an event nobody had tried till then.

Jaidev gave Yesudas some of his best Hindi songs that suited the unique pathos that Yesudas carried in his singing style. He even made him sing for Amitabh Bachhan in Aalaap released in 1977. ‘Zindagi Ko Sawarna Hoga’ and ‘Chand Akela’ with a light classical touch and the sad lullaby ‘Koi Gata Main So Jata’ in this film, were Yesudas’ very important Hindi film songs. Another fine ghazal singer Bhupinder shot to fame with a fabulous Jaidev song from his film Gharonda. Who can forget the depth of feeling that the song ‘Ek Akela Is Shahar Mein’ carried with such conviction? Jaidev’s Gaman also saw the introduction of another important singer, Suresh Wadkar to Hindi films with the classical based ‘Seene Mein Jalan’.

Jaidev was admired by producers as a good composer, but they considered him good enough for the small-budget films. Though most of his films failed at the box office, many of them, such as 'Kinare Kinare', 'Reshma Aur Shera', 'Alap', 'Prem Parbat', 'Gaman' and 'Ankahee', are remembered for his imaginative musical score. It is unfortunate that despite his expertise in classical and folk music and imaginative approach, Jaidev had only 'Hum Dono' and to a certain extent 'Mujhe Jeene Do' as the only commercially successful films to his credit.

Jaidev was a lonely man with no house of his own and no family to take care of him except a few friends who were mostly from the literary fields or judges, lawyers, painters, high rank officials and dignitaries. He needed a room to display his awards and trophies but sadly, most part of his life in Bombay, he lived alone as a tenant in a single room at Lily Court, near Ritz Hotel, Churchgate. His “Gharonda” song ‘Ek akela is shehar mein aab-o-dana dhoondhta hai, ashiyana dhoondhta hai…’ was almost biographical and depicted his plight.

A winner of four Sur Singar Samsad awards, the Lata Mangeshkar Award of the MP Government and three National Awards (‘Reshma Aur Shera’, ‘Gaman’, ‘Ankahee’), Jaidev did not get the recognition he deserved and that is a sad commentary on the musical culture of modern cinema. Looking back on Jaidev's career as a music director, his struggles, achievements and set-backs, his pensive melody 'Kabhi khud pe kabhi halat pe rona aya' from 'Hum Dono' suddenly comes to mind and the heart grieves for the talent that was wasted. By a strange quirk of fate, before his composing days, Jaidev also sang songs on All India Radio. Sahir’s “Tang aa chuke hain kashm-e-kash-e-zindagee se hum” was first sung on AIR by none other than Jaidev. He was the first composer who used the 'glockenspiel' for the cigarette lighter tune in “Hum Dono”. (It was Kersee Lord who brought this instrument to India, and also played it to good effect.)

As compared to his contemporaries, Jaidev was underpaid or not paid in time or not at all paid many a times. But, money considerations did not dilute his passion or affect the quality of work. He was a workaholic and had a method to his madness; he took note of the backdrop of the film, the situation, the character, the dialect, the lyrics and worked meticulously on the details of the song, its arrangement and orchestration till the final recording. No doubt he was exploited many a times of which he was well aware, but it was only when he felt so, he cut off his ties with the filmmakers (like with Dev Anand and S D Burman after “Guide”) and dissociated himself from the composing assignment. Not many know that the title track of Ramanand Sagar’s epoch making serial “Ramayan” was by Jaidev. He left the serial at the nascent stage itself as he was not even reimbursed the taxi fare (from Churchgate to Natraj Studios, Andheri East), leave aside the credit or remuneration for composing!!

In Jaidev’s own opinion he gave his best for Hrishikesh Mukherji’s “Aalap”, but when Mukherji and Amitabh Bachchan were ignored, what can be said about Jaidev’s plight? But Jaidev gave his all for the ultimate reward he got from “Aalap”. His association with Harivanshrai Bachchan got him the opportunity to compose the “Madhushala”, which had Manna Dey singing the “Madhushala” into the annals of posterity!

After three decades of continuous struggle as a music director, and with only thirty six films to his credit, Jaidev was a tired man. Age was catching up with him and his health was failing. He had no one except friends to care for him and no house to call his own. Earlier he used to spend his vacant hours over a glass of liquor. But later even that blessing was denied to him on medical grounds. On December 14, 1986, when Jaidev stepped on the stage to receive the fourth Sur Singar Samsad award for his classical music in 'Ankahee', he looked weak but healthy enough to last another decade. The glow on his tired face was probably the last flash of a falling star. On January 6, 1987, he died suddenly, at the age of 68, leaving the film industry to grieve for the loss of a talent it had consistently neglected. Life had been unreasonably cruel to him but death was more than gracious to liberate him from the misfortunes of life.

A Tribute to Jaidev ~ Vikram Appasaheb Jadhav Kolhapur 06/01/2019

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