Gulzar
Gulzar and Pancham were the most dignified and respected lyricist- musician duo. They were best of friends too. Together they gave film music a totally new face. Gulzar is also well known for his films. Their association started with ‘Parichay’ but Gulzar was not a new comer in the Burman Kingdom. Gulzar wrote his first song “Mora gora ang laile” for S.D Burman for Bimal Roy’s film ‘Bandini’.
Gulzar and R.D’s first song together “Musafir hoon yaaron” created a craze and further they came up with some music world’s valuable gems like in ‘Aandhi‘, ‘Devta’, ‘Namkeen’, ‘Ghar’, ‘Masoom’, ‘Ijazat’, ‘Dil padosi hain’, ‘Kinara’, Khushboo’, ‘Kitaab’, and ‘Khoobsoorat’. Gulzar penned some of the most soulful numbers like “O manjhi re”, Tere bina zindzgi se”, “Tujhse naaraz nahin zindagi”, “Do naina aur ek kahani” and “Umeed hogi koi”. Many composers failed to tune for Gulzar’s song “Sham se aankh mein nami si hain” but R.D featured it beautifully in “Dil padosi hain’ in Asha’s voice. The three of them have also proved them selves bagging the national awards for best lyrics and best singer for ‘Ijazat’.
Gulzar and R.D Burman will always be remembered for the contribution that they made to the music world that remains unparalleled.
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