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If you scan through music parlor of today, you will see many music scores of Shankar Jaikishan (SJ) to be branded in the names of either singers or even actors. If you talk with persons from movie industry, they would not name the name of music composers of SJ albums even if they acknowledge the success of those movies due to its music. If you scan through TV channels regularly, you would come across birthday celebrations of many lesser known artists; but will find it rare to see a Shankar Jaikishan program. Yes, there is prevalent jealousy and customary hypocrisy towards Shankar-Jaikishan. Of course, there may be quite a few reasons behind this.
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