For a self-taught musician, it is rather impressive how his melodies underscored popular culture for a range of occasions in late 20th century India – be it children’s lullabies “Chandamama door ke” or “Chal mere ghode”, “Ham bhi agar bachche hote” for their birthdays, “Mera yaar bana hai dulha” and “Aaj mere yaar ki shaadi hai” for marriages, as well introducing Afghan and Arab strains into Hindi film music.
That was the talent of music composer Ravi, whose contributions went beyond providing enthralling music in films such as “Chaudhvin ka Chand” (1960), “Gharana” (1961), “Waqt” (1965), “Do Badan” (1966), and “Hamraaz” (1967).
To Ravi also goes credit for giving Asha Bhosle a prominent place in playback with songs ranging from playful “C A T cat, cat maane billii” to wistfully romantic “Jab chali thandi hawa” (“Do Badan”) to the entrancingly philosophical “Aage bhi na jaane tu” (“Waqt”), as well helping Mahendra Kapoor evolve from yet another Mohd Rafi clone,...
That was the talent of music composer Ravi, whose contributions went beyond providing enthralling music in films such as “Chaudhvin ka Chand” (1960), “Gharana” (1961), “Waqt” (1965), “Do Badan” (1966), and “Hamraaz” (1967).
To Ravi also goes credit for giving Asha Bhosle a prominent place in playback with songs ranging from playful “C A T cat, cat maane billii” to wistfully romantic “Jab chali thandi hawa” (“Do Badan”) to the entrancingly philosophical “Aage bhi na jaane tu” (“Waqt”), as well helping Mahendra Kapoor evolve from yet another Mohd Rafi clone,...
- 3/3/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
A tabla player with a prominent theatrical troupe, he went on to partner with a harmonium player to create – and guide – the duo that seamlessly melded the strains of Indian classical and popular music with Western melodies to create an array of immortal tunes for films starring titans, from Raj Kapoor to Shammi Kapoor to Rajesh Khanna.
Shankar-Jaiskishan was not the first duo to give music for Hindi films – that signal honour went to their own ustads Husnlal-Bhagatram – but they were the most successful, right from their first venture in 1949, down till the dawn of the 1970s.
Going just by the metric of Filmfare Awards, their record of the most Best Music Awards (nine) stood for nearly four decades till A R Rahman picked up his 10th in 2012. And though they were runners-up in most nominations (20), behind Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s 25, 10 of their nominations were in consecutive years since 1959.
More tellingly, their...
Shankar-Jaiskishan was not the first duo to give music for Hindi films – that signal honour went to their own ustads Husnlal-Bhagatram – but they were the most successful, right from their first venture in 1949, down till the dawn of the 1970s.
Going just by the metric of Filmfare Awards, their record of the most Best Music Awards (nine) stood for nearly four decades till A R Rahman picked up his 10th in 2012. And though they were runners-up in most nominations (20), behind Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s 25, 10 of their nominations were in consecutive years since 1959.
More tellingly, their...
- 10/15/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
On the occasion of the 102nd birth anniversary of the National Award winning singer-music director Hemanta Mukherjee alias Hemant Kumar, a square in Khar dedicated to him was inaugurated, here on Thursday. The square is near a street where the music legend’s family resides, with a large number of his clan and several dignitaries present […]...
- 6/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The 1966 film had music by Hemant Kumar and lyrics by Kaifi Azmi, who created memorable tracks like Kuchh Dil Ne Kaha and Ya Dil Ki Suno. Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Anupama starred Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore...
- 10/18/2017
- Film Companion
The 1962 psychological thriller had music by Hemant Kumar and lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni who gave some great songs like Beqarar Karke Humein and Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil. Directed by Biren Nag, Bees Saal Baad starred Biswajit and Waheeda Rahman...
- 10/8/2017
- Film Companion
The 1969 film had music by Hemant Kumar and lyrics by Gulzar. Khamoshi had some beautiful songs like Tum Pukar Lo and Woh Shaam Kuchh Ajeeb Thi. Directed by Asit Sen, it starred Waheeda Rehman and Rajesh Khanna...
- 9/18/2017
- Film Companion
Wanna know who is the 'hero' of Moushumi Chatterjee's life, the Bengali beauty, who ruled the 70's with hit films like Anuraag, Roti, Kapada Aur Makaan, Benaam, Kachche Dhaage, Angoor etc. Recently she shared screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in her come back vehicle Piku.
Well, frankly speaking for every married woman it is her husband, who is her 'Hero' but for Moushumi Chatterjee it was her father-in-law Hemant Kumar, the famous singer, music director and filmmaker because besides playing the role of a godfather in shaping her career in films both Bengal and Bollywood, he taught her the urbane living style of Mumbai when young Moushumi Chatterjee (who just 15 years) married his son and came to Mumbai.
In an interview Moushumi Chatterjee candidly confessed, "My 'Hero' is none other but my father-in-law, whom, I fondly called 'Baba' (Hemant Kumar)."
She informed, "Actually it was Baba,...
Well, frankly speaking for every married woman it is her husband, who is her 'Hero' but for Moushumi Chatterjee it was her father-in-law Hemant Kumar, the famous singer, music director and filmmaker because besides playing the role of a godfather in shaping her career in films both Bengal and Bollywood, he taught her the urbane living style of Mumbai when young Moushumi Chatterjee (who just 15 years) married his son and came to Mumbai.
In an interview Moushumi Chatterjee candidly confessed, "My 'Hero' is none other but my father-in-law, whom, I fondly called 'Baba' (Hemant Kumar)."
She informed, "Actually it was Baba,...
- 7/10/2015
- GlamSham
Veteran film lyricist, director, screenwriter, producer and poet Gulzar has been conferred the 45th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013.
The award is conferred by the Government of India for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema. It consists of a Swarn Kamal (Golden Lotus), a cash prize of Rs.10 lakhs and a shawl. The award was decided on the recommendations of a seven-member jury set up by the Government for this purpose.
Born in 1934 in Punjab in pre-independence India, Gulzar started his career in 1956. As a lyricist, he got his first break in Bimal Roy’s Bandini. He has worked with leading music directors including Sachin Dev Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Shankar Jaikishan, Hemant Kumar, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Madan Mohan. He has had outstanding partnerships with Rahul Dev Burman, A. R. Rahman and Vishal Bhardwaj.
Films directed by Gulzar include Mere Apne, Koshish, Aandhi, Kinara, Khushboo, Angoor, Libaas,...
The award is conferred by the Government of India for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema. It consists of a Swarn Kamal (Golden Lotus), a cash prize of Rs.10 lakhs and a shawl. The award was decided on the recommendations of a seven-member jury set up by the Government for this purpose.
Born in 1934 in Punjab in pre-independence India, Gulzar started his career in 1956. As a lyricist, he got his first break in Bimal Roy’s Bandini. He has worked with leading music directors including Sachin Dev Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Shankar Jaikishan, Hemant Kumar, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Madan Mohan. He has had outstanding partnerships with Rahul Dev Burman, A. R. Rahman and Vishal Bhardwaj.
Films directed by Gulzar include Mere Apne, Koshish, Aandhi, Kinara, Khushboo, Angoor, Libaas,...
- 4/13/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Attaining celebrity status was not a cake walk for Mohd. Rafi as he had tough competitors in competent and talented playback singers like Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, Mukesh and the star among them all, Talat Mehmood who was also recognized as the 'voice' of reigning superstar Dilip Kumar. Nevertheless Rafi did not deter and kept patience for his time to come. Rafi's first song that that won him recognizance was a duet under the music composition of Feroz Nizami. The song was -Ya...
- 8/5/2013
- GlamSham
Fate indeed is an entity with which we cannot grapple, rather we can just wonder at its twists and turns. How many of us would be aware about the fact that while we are celebrating the birthday of arguably the first urban hero of India, Dev Anand, we are not remembering the singer who was in his own way responsible for contributing to Dev Anand’s image, Hemant Kumar. Indeed, they share the same date, though for Dev Anand it is his birth anniversary, for Hemant Kumar it is his deat Read More...
- 9/27/2012
- Bollywood Trade
Fate indeed is an entity with which we cannot grapple, rather we can just wonder at its twists and turns. How many of us would be aware about the fact that while we are celebrating the birthday of arguably the first urban hero of India, Dev Anand, we are not remembering the singer who was in his own way responsible for contributing to Dev Anand's image, Hemant Kumar. Indeed, they share the same date, though for Dev Anand it is his birth anniversary, for Hemant Kumar it is his deat...
- 9/27/2012
- GlamSham
A potent mix of sleek production, inspiration from literary works, sex and high quality music are behind a resurgent commercial Bengali cinema, which is again giving tough competition to Bollywood films in West Bengal..Bengali cinema has been going through an excellent phase for the last two-three years. But there is no place for complacency and we need to build up and improve on it,. filmmaker Sandip Ray told Ians.His latest film .Royal Bengal Rahasya., based on the detective series Feluda created by his father Satyajit Ray, has been a blockbuster hit.The year 2008-09 was the year of renaissance of the Bengali film industry as the new genre of talented directors with their fresh ideas and challenging attitudes changed the tide of the industry.Movies like .Antaheen., .Kalbela., .Autograph., .Aparajita Tumi., .Abohoman., .Moner Manush., .Arekti Premer Golpo., .Chalo Lets Go., and .Mahanagar@Kolkata. created a rage among the urban audience,...
- 2/19/2012
- Filmicafe
From reincarnations to haunted mansions. From vindictive oatmeal faced corpses to shape shifting nagins, Bollywood has bravely offered a plethora of films in the name of horror over the years. Although many of these films may lack in finesse, they still manage to offer some scares (along with a bag of laughs). Siddhant Pillai investigates…
Golden Age of Horror; 1940s-1960s
A still from the classic Mahal
In a country obsessed with lost souls and reincarnation, it was natural for filmmakers to dabble in this facet of the supernatural. Perhaps the first path breaking film in this genre was Kamal Amrohi?s 1949 hit, Mahal. The film was replete with a spooky house filled with life size portraits, grandfather clocks, swinging crystal chandeliers and a haunting tune (Aayega Aanewaala) carried by the air and sung by an elusive candle-lit lady. The movie was a box office hit and paved the way...
Golden Age of Horror; 1940s-1960s
A still from the classic Mahal
In a country obsessed with lost souls and reincarnation, it was natural for filmmakers to dabble in this facet of the supernatural. Perhaps the first path breaking film in this genre was Kamal Amrohi?s 1949 hit, Mahal. The film was replete with a spooky house filled with life size portraits, grandfather clocks, swinging crystal chandeliers and a haunting tune (Aayega Aanewaala) carried by the air and sung by an elusive candle-lit lady. The movie was a box office hit and paved the way...
- 5/13/2011
- Chakpak
Clad in a crisp white kurta-pyjama, Gulzar, with over five decades of work and songs as diverse as "Mora gora rang layle" and "Kajra re", might give the impression that he can write anything instantly. But the 74-year-old lyricist says he too sometimes faces a writer's block. <p /><p>"Writer's block happens; it happens to everyone. You get stuck somewhere...you don't get the right words. What you want is not coming out. That's a part of every profession and even though I've been writing for so many decades, I still face that sometimes," Gulzar told Ians in an exclusive interview. </p><p>Born Sampooran Singh Kalra, he prefers to write on paper even in this hi-tech age. </p><p>If the man has written beautiful, thought-provoking and prodigious lyrics for songs like "Raah pe rehte hain", "Do deewaane shehar mein", "Hazaar raahen mud ke...
- 2/11/2011
- Filmicafe
Getting an Indian visa has become as tough as getting an American one, says popular Pakistani singer Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, who was on a four-city tour of the country. But he maintains that films and music are the two .strong. bonds between India and Pakistan..Visa has become an issue in the past four to five months. It (Indian visa) is now as difficult as getting an American visa. Insha Allah things will change,. Shafqat, 44, told us in an interview after his Delhi gig, the sixth till date..We are hoping it is one of those good-days-bad-days thing. Sometimes we go to the embassy and ask for a day.s visa and they permit us for a month. Sometimes we have all the papers ready, but they deny us a visa even when we tell them that the person who has invited us is going to be bankrupt,. said Shafqat,...
- 8/28/2010
- Filmicafe
Bollywood songs have always stirred patriotic sentiments among listeners. Come Sunday and India's 64th Independence Day, and one may soak in the national fervour with Ians's list of 20 evergreen patriotic songs from Bollywood.Aao bachchon tumhe dikhaye: Composed in the year 1954 by Hemant Kumar, the song tries to inculcate patriotism among children. The fast-paced number was crooned by Pradeep in the film Jagriti.Hum laayein hain toofan se: This track also belonged Jagriti and was equally popular. The slow-paced track was sung by legendary Mohammad Rafi.Yeh desh hai veer jawanon ka: This energetic and upbeat song is one ...
- 8/14/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Mumbai, Aug 14 – Bollywood songs have always stirred patriotic sentiments among listeners. Come Sunday and India’s 64th Independence Day, and one may soak in the national fervour with Ians’s list of 20 evergreen patriotic songs from Bollywood.
‘Aao bachchon tumhe dikhaye’: Composed in the year 1954 by Hemant Kumar, the song tries to inculcate patriotism among children. The fast-paced number was crooned by Pradeep in the film ‘Jagriti’.
‘Hum laayein hain toofan se’: This track also belonged.
‘Aao bachchon tumhe dikhaye’: Composed in the year 1954 by Hemant Kumar, the song tries to inculcate patriotism among children. The fast-paced number was crooned by Pradeep in the film ‘Jagriti’.
‘Hum laayein hain toofan se’: This track also belonged.
- 8/14/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
New York-based Wayne Sharpe, who is composing a new version of Vande Mataram for Raajneeti, says he is the first American to work on the Indian national song. "I specialise in background scores. Now I'm doing my first Bollywood song for Raajneeti. It's a re-arrangement of Vande Mataram with my version of the tune. I think I'm the first American to do this," Sharpe told Ians in an interview. The original Vande Mataram for the 1952 film was recorded by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Hemant Kumar. A.R. Rahman later did another version of the song with Lata. But ...
- 3/20/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
New York-based American music composer Wayne Sharpe, best known for his award-winning background scores in Prakash's Gangaajal and Apaharan, now doing the background for Jha's Raajneeti, was down in Mumbai earlier this week to finalize a new version of the eternal national patriotic song Vande Mataram. The inimitable poet Gulzar, going international for the second time after 'Jai Ho' in Slumdog Millionaire, will pen the lyrics for the new-age Vande Mataram. This would be the first attempt by a foreigner to modify and recreate an Indian patriotic song. Wayne Sharpe's new-age Vande Mataram would have a whole array of present day playback voices from Bollywood singing in the song. The original Vande Mataram for the 1952 film was recorded by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Hemant Kumar. A. R. Rahman later did another version of Vande Mataram. But Wayne's version of the timeless track for Raajneeti would be entirely different.
- 3/19/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
New York-based American music composer Wayne Sharpe, best known for his award-winning background scores in Prakash's Gangaajal and Apaharan, now doing the background for Jha's Raajneeti, was down in Mumbai earlier this week to finalize a new version of the eternal national patriotic song Vande Mataram. The inimitable poet Gulzar, going international for the second time after 'Jai Ho' in Slumdog Millionaire, will pen the lyrics for the new-age Vande Mataram. This would be the first attempt by a foreigner to modify and recreate an Indian patriotic song. Wayne Sharpe's new-age Vande Mataram would have a whole array of present day playback voices from Bollywood singing in the song. The original Vande Mataram for the 1952 film was recorded by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Hemant Kumar. A. R. Rahman later did another version of Vande Mataram. But Wayne's version of the timeless track for Raajneeti would be entirely different.
- 3/19/2010
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
The reaction to his song Give me some sunshine from 3 Idiots is "mindblowingly beyond imagination," says Suraj Jagan, who finds himself suddenly in demand for both live shows as well as films The boy from Kerala feels vindicated, and is especially happy that the song that has really made him is Give me some sunshine from 3 Idiots. "When a boy from Kerala decides that rock music in English and Hindi is going to be his livelihood, he is taken to be an idiot! So with 3 Idiots, I have proved that I am actually not one!" A recent award, he tells you, is the icing on the cake. Suraj Jagan reveals how his song was singled out by Aamir Khan no less as a musical dark horse from the score. "He always believed in the song and said that it will connect with the youth. The thrust of the music promotion...
- 2/9/2010
- by Rajiv Vijayakar (Screen Weekly)
- BollywoodHungama
Though it has come a trifle too late, at last the government has woken up to the fact that Manna Dey is indeed an artist who needs to be awarded with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award. It would indeed one of the rare occasions where an artist has been conferred with this award. He is the last among his contemporaries in the male category that still is fighting fit; his contemporaries who are now regaling the courts of god include Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh and Hemant Kumar. The delay could be owing to the fact that here was a voice that could not become a signature tune of a famous star so it had to carve its own niche in its own way....
- 10/2/2009
- GlamSham
Dev Anand on the eve of the convocation of the first batch of students from Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods Institute had commented that he entered into the world of Hindi cinema whistling. As a matter of fact whistling was quite in vogue in most of the Dev Anand films and before the advent of the music from electronic instruments, whistling formed an integral part of the world of Hindi music. Interestingly enough, most of these whistling songs have either been an accompaniment of the songs sung by Kishore Kumar, or Hemant Kumar, and from the present times it is Sonu Nigam and Shaan who have been a part of this occasion....
- 7/28/2009
- GlamSham
Sonu Niigam had promised to sing with his favorite singer Kailash Kher when he had come last. This week we will see him keep his words as he and Kailash take the floor with élan. The two gave a mind blowing performance with Ya Rabba…. When Sonu is around how can fun and laughter be far behind? Amongst all the laughter, Sonu displayed his seriousness when it comes to his craft. He demonstrated his observation about all the singing greats down the ages from Mohhamad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Talat Mehmood, Hemant Kumar, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor… There are few as talented as Sonu.
- 2/2/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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