Film: Buddha Mil Gaya (1971) Producer: L. B. Thakur Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri Singer: Lata Mangeshkar Buddha Mil Gaya, released in 1971 marked the beginning of a director-composer association that was to create several masterpieces in the years to come. Pancham went on to compose music for 11 Hrishikesh Mukherjee films, highest […]
Film: Padosan (1968) Producer: Mehmood, N.C. Sippy Director: Jyoti Swaroop Lyricist: Rajendra Krishna Singer: Kishore Kumar “Before the assault of laughter nothing can stand” – Mark Twain. Poor comedians of the Hindi cinema. Comedy by default has meant the slip ‘n fall downstairs, facial contortions, the pants coming undone during a chase-around-the-table, or […]
Film: Raksha ( 1981) Producer: P. Mallikarjuna Rao Director: Ravee Nagaich Lyricist: Anand Bakshi Singer: Asha Bhosle 1981 was one of most productive year for R D Burman resulting in 21 smashing albums. Pancham ruled with musical hits like Rocky, Satte Pe Satta, Kudrat, Love Story, Kaalia, Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai among others. Raksha […]
Film: Jail Yatra (1981) Producer: Vijay Maria, Parvin Bali Director: Bhappi Sonie Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri Singer: Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle As we all know now, Pancham was always itchy to do something new and never tied himself into set or already established styles of composing tunes. Though the basic structure of any hindi film song remain same like Mukhada […]
Film: Sunny (1984) Producer: Amarjeet Director: Raj Khosla Lyricist: Aanand Bakshi Singer: Lata Mangeshkar {Note: This piece is a figment of my imagination. Please do not read anything more than the loving tribute it is intended to be.} I am sitting with renowned insomnia specialist Dr. Na. Kaa. Ghoru. He is a distant relative of my best friend […]
Film: Zehreela Insaan (1974) Producer: Veerenra Sinha Director: S.R.Puttana Kanagal Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri Singer: Asha Bhosle The hero Arjun (Rishi Kapoor) is in a sad mood, deprived of his lady love Aarti (Moushmi Chatterji), who has been asked to marry against their wishes. Wandering to a lonely place of ruins, he is emotionally wrecked and in introspective mood. He […]
Film: Trimurti (1974) Producer: Rajendra Bhatia Director: Rajendra Bhatia Lyricist: Gulshan Bawra Singer: Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey. Bhooshan M, Pankaj M Film songs can be broadly classified as serious and comical. Pancham had composed numerous comical/fun songs in his musical career, one of which is generally considered among the top comical songs ever composed, while some, like the one for which […]
Film: Chareetraheen (1974) Producer: Ghosh Director: Shakti Samantha Lyricist: Aanand Bakshi Singer: Asha Bhosle & Chorus 1974 film starring Sanjeev Kumar & Sharmila Tagore in lead roles had this superb club song alongwith Dil se dil milneka koi karan hoga…a lovely kishore lata duet ..both these tunes got very popular and was having Pancham stamp all over. Asha […]
Album: Pooja Album (1975) Lyricist: Swapan Chakraborty Singer: R. D. Burman The sad songs of Rahul Dev Burman (Pancham) stand out for their simplicity and subtlety. The sorrow is never overdone and the songs lend dignity to both the singers and, in the case of films, the characters they were meant for. His mastery over orchestra always […]
Film: Kati Patang (1970) Producer: Shakti Samantha Director: Shakti Samantha Lyricist: Aanand Bakshi Singer: Kishore Kumar What can one say about a song that, for a long time, was synonymous only with Kaka and KK for the cine going janata? It’s truly timeless, much like its composer – and to me, a special number – one, that opened […]
