Kalyanji Bhai- The Musician behind the Immortal Been Tune of 'Nagin'
Kalyanji Bhai of the Kalyanji Anandji music duo started his career as a musician. He was very good at Harmonium, violin, guitar, and drums. He played these instruments under many music directors. Kalyanji, who introduced a new electronic instrument called the clavioline. With this instrument , he played the been for a snake sequence in the film Nag Panchami (1953), the music of which was scored by Chitragupt. People came to watch the film just to listen to this music . Hemant Kumar heard this tune and decided to use this in the song " Man Dole Mera Tan Dole" of Nagin(1954). The song and this tune became immortal. He was soon the most sought-after musician in Bollywood. Kalyanji then, with his brother Anandji, started an orchestral group called Kalyanji Virji and Party which organized musical shows in Mumbai and outside. This was the first attempt made for holding live musical shows in India. In 1957 Subhash Desai, the elder bro...