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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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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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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/
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)
As a mark of respect, people of Gujarat led by Swami Sachidananda, SJ biography writer Dr. Padmanabh Joshi and Maharaja of Vansada have installed a statue of Jaikishan at his birthplace Vansada in Gujarat. The legendary composer Anandji (of Kalyanji-Anandji duo) was also present on the occasion along with his wife. The SJ fans including Sandeep Apte were also present.
Details can found at the blog http://probollywoodnews.blogspot.com/2009/05/ek-but-banaoonga-tera-aur-pooja.html
You can also find an article on Jaikishan (in Hindi) at http://probollywoodnews.blogspot.com/2009/05/bansda-ko-garva-hai-apne-laadle-par.html
Even at the age of 90 and after so much of success as a playback singer, Manna Dey still remembers the king composers-duo who had propelled him into singing true varieties of scores from romantic to classical. Singer feels indebted to Shankar for giving him such rare opportunities - http://www.screenindia.com/news/the-ageless-wonder/455827/
As an Indian, everybody is proud of A. R. Rahman for Oscar, and he deserves it considering his contribution to the present world of music. However, this legacy is no way comparable to the Golden Era of Hindi Film music. Well, read what sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan says about it.
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/01/30/stories/2009013050050100.htm
