Archive for Music Directors
Sonik-Omi – Interview
As the train chugged slowly into Bombay Central it started raining hard. Out of a third class compartment stepped out a boy of ten leading by the hand a youth of about twenty-one wearing dark glasses. There was one small attache case between them. The youth was blind. No one …
Jaidev – Profile
[ Back to Jaidev's Menu ] Is there really any truth in the popular sayings like ‘Success begets success’ and ‘Failure is the stepping stone to success’? Because a talented artiste called Jaidev Verma seldom witnessed this happening in his life and career. In his personal life, he remained a …
N. Datta or Datta Naik – Profile
[ Back to N. Dutta's Menu ] Datta Naik alias N. Datta was born in 1930 in Oroba, a small village in Goa. At the age of 12, he ran away from his family and came to Mumbai. There he learnt classical music and later worked as an assistant to …
Snehal Bhatkar – Filmography
[ Back to Snehal Bhatkar's Menu ] Movie Year Producer Director Cast Music Director Neel Kamal 1947 Oriental Pictures Kidar Sharma Nazira, Raj Kapoor, Rajendra, Pesi Patel, Begum Para, Mumtaz, Pt. Iqbal B. Vasudev Sohag Raat 1948 Oriental Pictures Kidar Sharma Begum Para, Maruti, Geeta Bali, Bharat Bhushan Snehal Bhatkar …
Snehal Bhatkar – Profile
[ Back to Snehal Bhatkar's Menu ] Snehal Bhatkar was from Maharashtra and his real name was Vasudev Bhatkar. While officially working for HMV, he used to secretly work as a composer under various pseudonyms like ‘B. Vasudev’, ‘Snehal’ and ‘Snehal Bhatkar’ – out of which the last one seems …
Sardar Malik – Interview
[ Back to Sardar Malik's Menu ] Sardar Malik was destined to live his life in the wings so to speak, because fate seemed to turn against him early in his career. Yet one sees no bitterness in him, no sign of regret except a resigned acceptance of what could …
Roshan – Profile
[ Back to Roshan's Menu ] He refined his song till it sparkled with the sheer glow of perfection. The late Roshan, who prematurely passed away in 1967, soon after he had hit commercial big time, has left behind a timeless legacy of shimmering musical gems whose appeal has been …
Jamal Sen – Profile
[ Back to Jamal Sen's Menu ] If talent were the only criterion for a composer to succeed, Jamal Sen should have been the most successful music director of his time. But he was not. His proficiency in singing, dancing (Kathak) and poetry, which lent a touch of completeness to …
R.D. Burman (1939 – 1994)
With ‘Dum maro dum’, the seminal rock number from Hare Rama Hare Krishna (’71), Rahul Dev Burman initiated the pop blitzkrieg of Hindi film music. But even as Burman provoked a sonic revolution, he stunned the audiences by composing, in the same year, a classical gem like `Raina beeti jaaye’ …
A. Hameed
The hallmark of the musicians of early period in our cinema is their adaptability to all situations and all sorts of songs in the film. In this context, one must talk of one very gifted music director, A. Hameed. From a classic sixties music of Saheli to the modern-day rendition …