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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

The popular dancer and actor Helen has many scores from many music composers. However, she looks out-of-the world with Shankar-Jaikishan magic. You can get a few compositions at the web page of a reviewer:

http://memsaabstory.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/my-ten-favorite-helen-songs

It was year 1975. The great maestro of music had then been left alone with his soul mate and junior moving to divine abode. Critics said Shankar music was not getting the means of Sailendra for a justifiable expression. The politics of music business had taken toll of his business viability and scope in the silver screen. There was no other popular medium to unleash his magic at that time. Disciples had distanced themselves with so called coterie establishing around Shankar. Orchestra man Sebastian was planning for a retirement and rhyme in-charge Dattaram was looking for new assignments outside to cope with his own financial needs.
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She is Jaikishan’s darling daughter! Although she lost her beloved dad at an early age, Bhairavi Jaikishan reconstructs her image of him in this ‘straight from the heart’ conversation with Sandeep Apte. Bhairavi has NEVER spoken about her father before!

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When we discuss about the music composers of India, we inadvertently wonder about the real proponent of western music in India. The number one question would be why! Can we not discuss the composer in terms of his or her creativity and versatility. By the way, exploring western music would be the first task of western composers and NOT of Indian composers. Rather, we should ask who of all Indian composers has contributed in terms of confluence of Indian and western music, and has experimented in such experimentation.

If we go back to Indian music history, we would come across two composers Shankar Jaikishan and C Ramachandra had experimented and successfully blended Western music into Indian musical sect. Shankar’s Ajeeb Dastan (from Dil Apana Aur Preet Parayi) and Dilruba … (Rajkumar) emphatically and successfully achieved it in totality before anybody could even attempt. Of course in later years, R D Burman and Bapi Lahiri used western music and popular tunes significantly in 70′s.