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    He began to play the tabla at the tender age of three. Even at that tender age, Bappi showed signs of greatness as he played the tabla with the proficiency of an experienced professional.  He received his first opportunity in a Bengali film, Daadu (1972) at the age of 19 and the first Hindi film for which he composed music was Nanha Shikari (1973). The film which established him in Bollywood was Tahir Husain's Hindi film, Zakhmee (1975), He  shot to fame in the 80s and 90s with foot-tapping  disco  numbers.  He introduced Vijay Benedict and Sharon Prabhakar to Bollywood and paved the path to fame for Alisha Chinai and Usha Uthup through his compositions. He  popularized the use of  synthesized   disco  music in Indian cinema with an Indian flavor. Chalte Chalte (1976) was his earliest chartbuster movie,  its soundtrack was a hit & very popular in the 70s. Yes, the film is remembered today only for Kishore...

  O P Nayyar and Asha Bhonsle gave us some of the most memorable songs of Hindi Cinema. S ongs like ‘Jaayiye aap kahan’ (Mere Sanam), ‘Raaton ko chori chori’ (Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi), ‘Zara haule haule’, ‘Meri jaan tumse sadke’ and ‘Aaj koi pyar se’ (all in Sawan Ki Ghata), ‘Aayiye Meherbaan’ (Howrah Bridge) and ‘Aankhon se jo utri hai dil mein’ (Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon) to sense the profound wavelength the two worked on.   Born on 16th Jan 1926, he came to Bombay for giving music for films. initially, he was offered  the background score for  Kaneez  (1949), and 1952's  Aasmaan (produced by  Dalsukh M. Pancholi ), was his first film as music director. His real break came with Guru Dutt's Aar Paar in 1954. After that, he gave music for    Mr. & Mrs. '55  (1955) and  C.I.D.  (1956). The songs of all these three films established him among the top composers of that time. The two met in 1952 at the music recording of a song f...

  Music Maestro Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma said in an interview that  While composing a song, Dada would say, ‘Even if my songs flop, I will still create something new’. What Dada meant was, ‘I will not take the beaten path. I will not compose as per the existing trend. Even if my songs flop, I will still do something new’.Recall the song 'Tadbeer Se Bigdi Hui Taqdeer Bana De' was written as a Ghazal but he converted it to a club song. Sahir the lyricist of the song was not happy with this but Dada was sure that it would be a hit.   Sahir then and there decided that he will never write again for S. D. Burman, but changed his mind after the song became super-hit and the film too was a big draw for the audience who used to return again and again. Similar situation happened during the making of Jaal 1951 song ' Yeh raat ye Chandni'.'  H e transformed its Ghazal mood giving it a regular stressed beat. When he sang the tune to Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir laughed. Sahir suggested th...

  When we think of the film Qawwali, this 12-minute long Qawwali comes to our mind. This Qawwali is from the super hit film Barsat Ki Raat (1960).  The other song of the film, especially the romantic title track  Zindagi Bhar Nahin Bhoolegi , is another immortal song composed by Roshan.  There is a story behind this song,   that it was music director Khayyam wa signed on to compose the music for  Barsaat Ki Raat  (1960). But when R Chandra, the film’s producer and elder brother of its leading man Bharat Bhushan, insisted that the composer use the tune of  the qawwali   Na Toh But-Kade Ki Talab Mujhe , sung by the famed Pakistani duo of Mubarak Ali Khan and Fateh Ali Khan, Khayam refused to use the same tune, so he was  replaced by  Roshan, he  had no qualms about using the tune.       This Qawwali was written by Sahir Ludhianvi and  sung by Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey, Asha Bhonsle, Sudha Malhotra and...

  Nashad    (11 July 1923 – 14 January 1981)   composed music for  Hindi  films in the 1940s and 1950s,  He composed under several names.  He made his music debut under the name Shaukat Dehalvi in the 1947 action film  Dildaar .   He composed as Shaukat Ali for the 1948 film  Jeene Do . and   Toote Taare (1948)  as Shaukat Dehalvi.IFrom1949 onwards   he composed music for actor-director  Yakub 's film,  Aiye . as  Shaukat Ali Haideri      In 1953, film director, Nakshab Jarachavi, changed Shaukat Ali's name to Nashad, which he retained for the rest of his life.   He migrated to Pakistan and debuted as a composer in the 1964 film  Maikhana ,  As Nashad his first song '  Badee Mushkil Se Dil Kee Bekaraaree Ko from Naghma 1953 sung by Shamshad Begum became a hit 'Baradari(1955) remains one of his memorable films.    This film had some hit songs "Bhula Nahi...

  Anil Biswas, Pankaj Mallick, Saraswati Devi, and Master Ghulam Haider were the first generation composers of Hindi Films. They started giving music in the mid-1930s and continued till the independence of the country. Anil Biswas made his  debut as a music director with "Dharam ki Devi" (1935).  It was the popularity of the Mehboob Khan film "Jagirdar" (1937), which proved that he could turn out hit songs.  Soon many more independent assignments came his way, most notably,  300 Days and After ,  Gramophone Singer ,  Hum Tum Aur Woh ,  Ek Hi Raasta , and  Mehboob Khan 's  Watan   (1938),  Alibaba  (1940), the classic,  Aurat (1940),  Bahen  (1941), before working with him again, in  Roti  (1942). He was  a mentor to many singers like Zohrabai Ambalewali,  Begum Akhtar,  Mukesh, Talat Mahmood,  Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Kapoor. From 1942 to 1947 he worked for Bombay Talkies.During t...