RMIM Archive Article "227".
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# Subject: Shanker Tribute Part - 2 By Hemant
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# Posted by: Hemant Parikh (parikh@xtra.co.nz)
# Author: Hemant Parikh
# Source: various - Screen, Raju Bharatan
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Some Strange Sparks
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So much passion for Hindi film music is rarely seen - not in our
time, at least. We have heard of Hindi film song specialists, of
Hindi film song critics, of Hindi film song researchers but an
amazing and unabashed and passionate lover of Hindi film songs
like this man, Suhaas Khandke, we have rarely seen. He has no
pretensions of being a man with great knowledge about Hindi film
songs but he is thrilled to be known as a lover of good Hindi
film songs ("most songs today are sheer trash or a mere rehash of
all the good songs of the good old days"), an actor, has been a
filmmaker, is totally dedicated to acting now but his first love,
his only passion, continues to be the great Hindi film songs of
the great past. Suhaas is a walking-talking encyclopedia on Hindi
film songs. He has all the answers to all the questions you
always wanted to ask about all those great directors, all those
great lyri-cists , and their great music. He knows Hindi film
songs on his finger-tips, on his tongue-tip, literally.
He knows almost everything about every music direc-tor's body of
work. On the occasion of the seventh death anniversary (April 26)
of music director Shank-er (of the all-time great duo of
Shanker-Jaikishan) Suhaas throws some rare light on the work, on
the songs of Shanker, a genius for generations to come. Take it
from Suhaas Khandke, the man who knows, who loves Hindi film
songs...
It is on open secret by now, that both Shanker and Jaikishan
worked inde-pendently of each other. Both com-posed and arranged
their own songs separately. After the initial couple of years
Shanker tuned Shailendra's songs and Jaikishan tuned Hasrat
Jaipuri's songs only, with very few exceptions, the most
noteworthy of which are, Shailendra's Oh basanti pawan pagal and
Mera naam Raju from "Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai" and Jeevan ke
do rahe par from "Choti Si Mulakat" tuned by Jaikishan and
Hasrat's Jab ishq kahin kho jata hai from "Arzoo", Taron se pyare
from "Deewana", Kaise Samjhaoon from "Suraj" and Dekha babu ched
ka maza from "Shararat", tuned by Shanker.
Both were complete music direc-tors, having mastered every aspect
of music. I have my favourite list of 250 songs of each of the
duo. April 26 happens to be the seventh death anniversary of
Shanker. In honour of the musical genius, I chronologically
present 100 of my favourite songs of Shanker Singh Raisingh
Suryavanshi, of Shanker-Jaikishan fame.
1) Aa jao tadapte hain arman 'Aawara' - 1951
2) Tere bina aag yeh chandni 'Aawara' - 1951
3) Aai mere dil kahin aur chal 'Daag' - -1952
4) Raja ki aayegi baaraat 'Aah' - 1953
5) Tu pyaar ka saagar hai 'Seema' - 1955
6) Mera juta hai Japani 'Shree 420' - 1955
7) Pyar huwa ekraar huwa 'Shree 420' -- 1955
8) Sur na saje kya gooon main - 'Basant Bahaar' - 1956
9) Nain mile chain kahan 'Basant Bahaar' - 1956
10) Yeh raat bhigi bhigi 'Chori Chori' - 1956
11) Jahan main jati hoon wahin 'Chori Chori' - 1956
12) Aaja ke intezar mein 'Halaku' - 1956
13) Dil ka na karna aitbar 'Halaku' - - 1956;
14) Nakhrewali 'New Delhi' - -1956
15) Bol re kathputli 'Kathputli' - 1957
16) Yeh mera diwanapan - 'Yahudi' - 1958
17) Tera jana dil ke armanon ka 'Anari' - 1959
18) Kisi ki muskarahaton pe 'Anari' - 1959
19) Sab kuch seekha humne 'Anari' -- 1959
20) Dil ki nazar se 'Anari' - 1-959'
21) Bhaiyya mere rakhi ke - 'Choti Bahen' - 1959
22) Bagon main baharon mein 'Choti Bahen' - 1959
23) Ruk ja oh jane wali 'Kanhaiya' -- 1959
24) Yaad aayee aadhi raat ko 'Kanhaiya' - 1959
25) Kahe jhoom jhoom raat yeh 'Love Marriage' - -1959
26) Mujh ko yaaron maaf karna 'Main Nashe Main Hoon' - 1959
27) Ajeeb dastan hai yeh 'Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayee' - 1960
28) Dil apna aur preet parayee 'Dil Apna Preet Para-yee' - 1960
29) Mera dil ab tera 'Dil Apna Preet Parayee' - 1960
30) Matwali naar thumak thumak 'Ek Phool Choor Kaante' - 1960
31) Aa ab laut chale 'Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai' - 1960
32) Kya hua yeh mujhe 'Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai' - 1960
33) Hoton pe sachhai rahti hai 'Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai' -
1960
34) Hai aag hamare seene mein 'Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai' -
1960
35) Begani shaadi mein 'Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai' - 1960
36) Ja ja ja mere bachpan 'Junglee' - 1961
37) Tum to dil ke taar chedkar 'Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja' -
1961
38) Yeh to kaho khon ho tum 'Aashiq' - 1962
39) Mehtaab tera chehra 'Aashiq' - 1962
40) Lo aayee milan ki raat 'Aashiq' - 1962
41) Tum jo hamare 'Aashiq - 1962
42) Cheda mere dil ne 'Asli Naqli' - 1962
43) Kal ki daulat - 'Asli Naqli' - 1962
44) Tera mera pyar amar 'Asli Naqli' - 1962
45) Dil tera diwana hai 'Dil Tera Diwana' -- 1962
46) Mujhe kitna pyar hai 'Dil Tera Diwana - 1962
47) Bol meri taqdeer mein 'Hariyali Aur Raasta' - 1962
48) Teri yaad dil se 'Hariyali Aur Raasta' - 1962
49) Laakhon tare aasman mein 'Hariyali Aur Raasta' - 1962
50) Main chali main chali 'Professor' - 1962
51) Khulli palak mein 'Professor' - 1962
52) Choti si yeh duniya 'Rongoli' - 1962
53) Yaad na jaaye 'Dil Ek Mandir' -- 1963 .
54) Juhi ki kali neri 'Dil Ek Mandir' - 1963
55) Ruk jaa raat taher jaa re 'Dil Ek Mandir' - 1963
56) Tum hi ho mere 'Ek Dil Sou Afsane --1963
57) Manre toohi bataa 'Hum-rahi' - 1963
58) Bahar banke woh muskuraye 'Apne Huwe Paraye' - -1964
59) Apne huwe paraye 'Apne Huwe Paraye' - 1964
60) Aa gale lag jaa 'April Fool - 1964
61) Oh sanam tere ho gaye 'Aayee Milan Ki Bela' - 1964
62) Aaj kal mein dhal gaya 'Beti Bete - 1964
63) Jane wale zara hoshiyar 'Raj Kumar' -- 1964
64) Aajo aayee bohar 'Raj Kumar' - 1964
65) Dilrubo dil pe tu 'Raj Kumar' - 1964
66) Har dil jo pyar karega 'Sangam' - 1964
67) Dost dost na raha 'Sangam' - 1964
68) Oh mere sanam 'Sangam' - 1964
69) Hum ne jafa na seekhi 'Zindagi' - -1964
70) Muskura laadle muskura 'Zindagi' - 1964
71) Hum kaale hain to kya hua 'Gumnaam' - 1965
72) Lal chadi maidan khadi 'Jaanwar' -- 1965
73) Tumhe yaad karte karte 'Amrapali' - 1966
74) Tadap yeh din raat 'Amrapali' -1966
75) Jaao re jogi tum 'Amrapali' -1966
76) Tumhari kasam tum bahut yaad 'Gaban' - 1966
77) Aajoa re aa zara aa 'Love In Tokyo' - 1966
78) Kaise samjhaoon 'Suraj' - 1966
79) Sajan re jhoot mat bolo 'Teesri Kasam' - -1966
80) Hai gazab kahin tara - 'Teesri Kasam' - 1966
81) Aa...abhi jaa 'Teesri Kasam' - 1966
82) Raat ke humsafar 'An Evening In Paris' --1967
83) Joshe jawani haayre 'Around The World' - 1967
84) Dil laga kar aapse 'Around The World' - 1967
85) Taaron se pyare 'Deewana' - 1967
86) Panchi re oh panchi 'Hare Kanch Ki Chudiyan' - 1967
87) Dhani chunri pahen 'Hare Kanch Ki Chudiyan' - 1967
88) Savere wali gadi se 'Laat Saheb' - 1967
89) Dil ki girah khol do 'Raat Aur Din' - 1967
90) Jeena hum ko raas na aaya 'Raat Aur Din' - 1967
91) Maim gaooon tum so jao 'Brahmachari' - -1968
92) Mere tumhare beech me ab to 'Jhuk Gaya Aasman' - 1968
93) Nazar mein bijlee 'Prince' - 1969
94) Jeena yahan marna yahan 'Mera Naam Joker' - 1970
95) Kehta hai joker 'Mera Naam Joker' - 1970
96) Sub se bada nadaan wohi hai 'Pehchan' - 1970
97) Haina bolo bolo 'Andaz' - 1971
98) Chum chum baaje re payaliya 'Jaane Anjaane' - -1971
99) Geet gata hun main 'Lal Patthar' - 1971
100) Thoda ruk jayegi to tera 'Patanga' - 1971
Suhaas Khandke
Shanker
Born: Punjab
Setteled in Hydrebad ( Andhra Pradesh)
Died 26th April 1986
Assisted Husnlal Bhagatram
- He Played Accordian, Harmonium, Piano, Sitar, Dholak & Tabla
- Shanker Jaikishan were made for each other many of their films
Silver Jubilee. They were highest Paid Music Directors. Till 1964
they charged upto Rs. 3 Lakhs per film, In 1964 for the film
"Arzoo" they were paid Rs. 5 Lakhs.
Best Music Director Filmfare awards won by Shanker Jaikishan
1956 - Chori Chori
1959 - Anari
1960 - Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi
1962 - Proffesor
1966 - Suraj
1968 - Brahamchari
They Scored Hat-trick by winning three awards in a row.
1970 - Pechaan
1971 - Mera Naam Joker
1972 - Be-Imaan
Tribute to Immortal Shanker Posted by Hemant Parikh 4th May 1997.
Please send suggestion's & Alterations to > parikh@xtra.co.nz
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