Actor Sammi Kapoor Discusses about Mala Sinha
Remembering Shankar Jaikishan Night in 1970
This is verbatim of an ardent Shankar Jaikishan fan, Mr. Dennis Shah, who was an witness to one of the most memorable event in the history of music. Read on…
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar remembers Shankar Jaikishan
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar remembers her favourite composers duo Shankar Jaikishan in her newly released calendar: http://ishare.rediff.com/video/entertainment/lata-mangeshkar-unveiled-2011-calender/2549016
Actor Biswajeet talks about the music composer duo Shankar Jaikishan
Bollywood actor of 60′s/70′s, Biswajeet Chaterjee talks about the music composer duo Shankar Jaikishan. In his talk he praises about the uniqueness and greatness of the duo. He points that the music of Shankar Jaikishan is as much popular in western countries as in India.
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Ilaiyaraaja Paying Tribute to Shankar Jaikishan
Maestro Ilaiyaraaja paying his tribute to master composer duo Shankar Jaikishan on their songs composed for Pining situations of love. The song is: “Yeh Shaam Ki Tanhaiyan” from the movie “Aah”. One of the beautiful solos ever sung by Lata Mangeshkar.
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Shankar Jaikishan in Interview with Chris Cohen
Chris Cohen is a member of the band Cryptacize, an indie quartet whose recently released LP, Mythomania (Asthmatic Kitty). In an interview, he gracefully acknowledged that he follows Shankar Jaikishan music.
He tells, “… I really like Selda Bacgan, Fairuz, the film composers Shankar-Jaikishan, Group Doueh, Etoile de Dakar, the Pearl Sisters… we’re pretty much open to whatever is unique/exceptional… a lot of that music is older stuff….”
Read the entire interview at http://www.sequenza21.com/carey/2009/05/cryptacize-interview-with-chris-cohen/
Shankar Jaikishan in a score of O P Nayyar
Written by Qamar Jalalabadi, this funny song from Basant (1960) composed by O.P.Nayyar contains the names of 4 music directors as well as the names of Rafi and Asha who have sung the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzSdtbqa3QU&feature=related
In fact, the great composer OPN paid tribute to SJ in a live TV program. He said Lata never sang for him but he was facinated by one song of SJ that Lata sang. Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0r6OGFwPos&NR=1
(Source: Dr. Chander Mehta during his discussion at SJ Yahoo Group)
