The lyricist of songs like ‘ Mera naam Chin Chin Chu’ ( Howrah Bridge) even translated the Ramayan in Urdu once, but his brother burnt the copy! Their father founded the Congress in Amritsar and thanks to his pen-name, Qamar even got a marriage proposal once from an illustrious Muslim family of Bhopal! Lyricist Qamar Jalalabadi was the first Hindu to adopt an Urdu pen-name in an era when Muslims went in for Hindu names to achieve fame. He says, “Animals, perhaps, have a greater right to Earth than we do.” He has now dissociated himself from film music and makes singles with Gulzar, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal and others.ĭid you know? Lyricist Qamar Jalalabadi known for ‘ Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu’ was the first Hindu to adopt an Urdu pen-name He has also been a government-approved tiger tracker from the age of 14 and calls himself a hardcore conservationist.
Leena then had to wait until she was his wife to sing ‘Kiss me’ with him for Bappi Lahiri in Lover Boy (1981), with Leena’s voice going on Meenakshi Seshadri!Ĭomposer Abhishek Ray is a staunch conversationist and has dissociated himself from film music for the sameīarely anyone knows that composer Abhishek Ray, who scored the superb background music of Haasil and the beautiful ‘ Raat mujhe yeh kehke chidaye’ ( Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster) has converted a degraded and once-fertile land near the Corbett National Park into the now famous Sitabani Wildlife reserve, and looks after it. Leena, however, got delayed at a shoot and Kishore left after recording the song and her parts were put in later. She had always been his fan and was excited when, in 1973, Laxmikant-Pyarelal called her to record the exclamation ‘ Accha ji !’ (which came at regular intervals) for the Manchali hit, ‘ Gham ka fasana’ with Kishore. Leena Chandavarkar Ganguly recalled how her first meeting with future husband Kishore Kumar did not happen. Here’s why Kishore Kumar and Leena Chandavarkar Ganguly’s first meeting before marriage never happened He was not only excited but also impressed when the first sentence uttered by the director, who until then had only worked with Laxmikant-Pyarelal, was, “Play me tunes that you would be scared to present to other filmmakers!” It is such conviction that pays dividends, said Anu. The song was to be recorded the next morning and he had come for help! “Roshan- saab took him to the music room, and over a bottle of whiskey, composed the antaras for him!” she revealed about this Lata Mangeshkar classic.Īnu Malik’s unforgettable first meeting with J.P DuttaĪnu Malik loves to talk about his first meeting with J.P. Anna (as he was known) was perturbed as he had composed the mukhda for Rajendra Krishan’s lyrics, ‘ Yeh zindagi ussi ki hai’ ( Anarkali) but was unable to lock the antaras (inner verses). Recalling how their doorbell rang well past midnight, she said that they were astounded to see singer-composer C. When singer-composer C Ramachandra came at late composer Roshan’s doorstep well past midnight asking for helpĪmong old composers’ friendships, we have this amazing story once narrated by Ira Roshan, singer, composer and wife of the late composer Roshan. He said that even heavyweight Indian singers forget to mention them, “making someone else’s creations look like their own.”
The late composer Aadesh Shrivastava also revealed that Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, in his concerts abroad, sang a lot of Indian film songs, but never forgot to mention the composer and lyricist of each. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan would mention the composer and lyricist of each song at his concerts It is heartening to see a young singer know where he is coming from. He mentioned that the Hindi lyrics were by Poojan Kohli and the Telugu words by Rajiv Bhardwaj. He stated that while singers always got high prominence, the composers and lyricists were the parents and lived with their creations while a singer associates only from the recording. was not around) under the supervision of composer Sricharan Pakala, Armaan made it a point to mention the composer’s and the lyricist’s importance. After he sang both versions (co-singer Chinmayi S. When Armaan Malik gave due credit to composers and lyricists and explained their value in creating a songĪt the recent song launch of the Telugu-Hindi bilingual Major, Armaan Malik performed his song ‘ Oh Isha’ from the film live on stage.
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