KASME VAADE PYAAR WAFA…
Kasme Vaade (Upkar, 1965) was born out of a tragic state of affairs. A good friend, deeply in love with a woman, had promised to marry her. Nonetheless, he left for Africa for some work and met with an accident there. The woman married another person right here with out his data. Lyricist Indeevarji and I occurred to attend her wedding ceremony on the Taj, Colaba. On our method again, as we handed Regal Cinema, I instructed Indeevarji, “Kasme vaade sab bekaar hain.” That impressed Indeevarji, and inside minutes he penned down a mukhda. That very same night time, as we have been passing by a crematorium, I instructed Indeevarji that mockingly it’s our expensive ones who set us on hearth. That impressed him to jot down the antara, Tera apna khoon hello aakhir tujh ko aag lagaayega. The philosophical track, Kasme vaade, was filmed on Pran in Upkar and adjusted his villainous picture eternally.
PHOOL TUMHEIN BHEJA HAI…
Years in the past, once I visited the border, I met a soldier. He was singing our track Phool tumhein bheja hai khat mein (Saraswatichandra) whereas taking part in the veena. He didn’t know who I used to be. “We troopers sit right here with our weapons the entire day. The camel brings us our meals. This track is my life. I consider my household once I sing it. My coronary heart is that flower, which I ship throughout by means of my letters,” he mentioned. After I launched myself, he broke down, saying, “Baba, I used to be destined to fulfill you.” The origin of this track is fascinating. As music composers, Kalyanji bhai and I obtained fan mail. One such letter had a lipstick mark and a flower. It was a romantic gesture. I mocked Indeevarji in jest, saying, “We, being music administrators, get such poetic letters. You, being a poet, don’t get any.” Indeevarji retorted, “You banya (dealer), nobody can ever love you!” That made him write Phool tumhein bheja hai…
MERI PYAARI BAHANIYA…
Kaka (Rajesh Khanna) belonged to our neighbourhood in Girgaum. He was goodlooking and styled his hair like a hero. We instructed him, “Kake, you’ve gotten star worth!” He’d usually go to us as producers would come to our place. After he grew to become a famous person, Kaka’s circle modified. He noticed nice success and commenced consuming closely. Coming again to composing for Kaka, we at all times created good songs for newcomers, be they actors or singers. It establishes them in public reminiscence. We supplied the music for Kaka’s earliest movie, Raaz. For Sachaa Jhutha (1970), the state of affairs featured a brother dancing to the bidaai track, Meri pyaari bahaniya, the primary of its form. A well-known dholak artiste from Rajasthan had come to work with us, however he couldn’t play in response to the playback model. So, we composed Yun hello tum mujhse baat karti ho to swimsuit his approach.
ZINDAGI KA SAFAR…Kaka’s Safar (1970) was one other landmark movie. Asit Sen was a delicate director. We selected the beats to swimsuit the melancholic temper of the movie. Indeevarji’s Zindagi ka safar, in regards to the ambiguity of life and dying, is a track everybody can relate to. The poignant Jeevan se bhari, portrays the terminally sick hero’s need to dwell. Jo tumko ho pasand, filmed on Feroz Khan, is all about give up, a sentiment echoing a husband’s love for his new bride.
KOI JAB TUMHARA HRIDAY TOD DE…
The track from Purab Aur Paschim (1970) was picturised in London. It was composed with solely three devices, rabab, flute, and rhythm, in distinction to an enormous orchestra. In these days, Mukesh and Manna Dey have been known as ‘diesel engines’; they’d take time to heat up. However as soon as they did, their voices would solely improve with retakes. We took 40 takes of this track. Mukeshji mentioned, “Major mar jaoon tab tak gawao!” We started at two within the afternoon and stopped at 4 am, drained and anxious in regards to the final result. We heard the observe after two days and hugged sound recordist Kaushik ‘Bawa,’ saying, “Kamaal ho gaya!” Mukeshji had finished a wonderful job.
PAL PAL DIL KE PAAS…
One other treasured track is Pal pal dil ke paas (Blackmail, 1973). I used to be at all times thinking about modifying, and director Vijay Anand and I exchanged notes on the technical elements and picturisation. He took a unique shot every time Pal pal appeared within the track. Mile mile do badan from the movie stays an underrated track. It was a tough track to shoot, because the lead pair (Rakhee and Dharmendra) is trapped between logs of wooden. The picturisation couldn’t be restricted to spherical trolley pictures and lengthy pictures, so we included the sound of police sirens and canine as interim music. Feelings, drama, music… the track has all of it. Additionally, a notice on Dharmendra: he wasn’t a song-and-dance hero, however we gave him the peppy Rafta rafta dekho aankh meri ladi hai in Khel Khilari Ka (1977). Whereas doing stage reveals, each time we sensed a dip in viewers vitality, we’d begin taking part in this quantity.
MERA JEEVAN KORA KAGAZ…
Kora Kagaz (1974) was directed by a Bengali, Anil Ganguly. The producer, Sanath Kothari, was a Gujarati. Their sensibilities have been completely different; Kothari believed the title track, Mera jeevan kora kagaz, seemed like a bhajan, whereas Ganguly preferred it. One other peculiarity was that the track was filmed on the feminine lead (Jaya Bhaduri) however sung by Kishore Kumar. After the recording, Kishoreda instructed the director, “Maharaj, I’ve recorded a beautiful track. But when the movie ends with the couple (Jaya and Vijay Anand) coming collectively, you’ll be able to’t have Kora kagaz taking part in within the climax.” He joked, “For those who make me sing a unique track later, I’ll cost further. For those who give me the antara proper now, I’ll document it immediately.” We advised that the mukhda be omitted within the climax and simply the antara be retained. The phrase Dukh ke andar sukh ki jyoti got here to my thoughts as I learn books on philosophy. MG Hashmat took the lyrics to a different stage.
O SAATHI RE TERE BINA BHI KYA JEENA…
A pricey good friend had handed away. I got here house fascinated about how life is nothing with out breath and mentioned aloud, “Tere bina bhi kya jeena!” implying “breath.” My spouse, believing the remark was for her, retorted, “Paanch bachche ho gaye… abhi so jao!” Jokes aside, I advised the talked about line to Prakash Mehra for the love triangle Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978). He mentioned, “I’m making an image value lakhs. I want a robust mukhda.” I argued, “I’m supplying you with a line value a crore!” The phrase O saathi re was deftly added by Anjaan saab, who wrote the masterpiece track. The title track, Rote hue aate hain sab, was sung by Kishore Kumar. For the unhappy model filmed on Vinod Khanna’s maternal house. We primarily based the track on a folks tune from UP, with the shehnai being predominant. Sultan Ahmed couldn’t cease crying when the track was recorded. Alka Yagnik, who rendered it, additionally turned emotional as she was to get married quickly. We ‘okayed’ the recording within the first take as a result of even these within the refrain have been left tearyeyed. Retakes would have diluted the authenticity. Every time I hear the track, I change into sentimental too. Throughout these days, my London-based daughter Rita was anticipating her first little one. She wished my spouse, Shanta Ben, and me to go to her however I couldn’t due to my commitments. Damage, she requested me, “Does a daughter don’t have any proper over her mother and father?” Lower to character within the climax, we wished Mohammed Rafi. We bought in contact along with his assistant, who questioned how we had considered Rafi. We mentioned, “Miyaan ko bol dena, iss gaane se woh hamesha yaad rahenge.” The traces have been “Zindagi toh bewafa hai, ek din thukrayegi.”
BABUL KA YEH GHAR…
Being Okay Asif’s assistant, Sultan Ahmed’s model was bigger than life. He would make prolonged movies after which get caught. For this bidaai track in Daata (1989), he wished grandeur, together with elephants and horses. His spouse, actor Shammiji, mentioned there was ‘no funds’ for that. The state of affairs depicted a woman from a poor family getting married right into a wealthy household, however she was unhappy about leaving her 2021: Rita, who had been identified with nostril most cancers, was in remission when the pandemic occurred. Throughout that point, I used to be honoured with an award in Britain. After I met her there, I didn’t even hug her as her immunity was low. Usually, she’d sleep on my lap and oil my hair. Anyway, she attended the award ceremony and later hosted a celebration to rejoice it. When suggested towards it, she mentioned, “I gained’t dwell lengthy. That is our final gathering. It offers me happiness.” Quickly, she developed a respiratory drawback and handed away on October 8, 2021. She was a kamaal ki ladki, my driving power. The track, Babul ka yeh ghar…” stays related along with her and her immense love.
