Music Composer Roshan, father of Rakesh & Rajesh Roshan: Grandfather of the current hearthrob of Hindi film Industry, also known as Bollywood, Hrithik Roshan, was a great music composer, and a very different kind of a musician.
Starting in 1950 with Bawre Nain: and ending with Anokhi Raat in 1967, he was active only for 17 years and I think did less than 50 films, I know of onl 25!.
Even with so few films and such a short career span, yet he managed to leave behind such a great treasure of rich music which India still remembers and hums, is no mean an achievement.
I was no great fan of his while he lived, nor do I think that he had many, whereas Shanker Jaikishen,OP Nayyar and many other contemporaries of Roshan had huge fan following and huge fan clubs. I liked his songs, and I really came to understand his greatness only after he died and I grew up.
Some of his best songs that I loved are:
1. Khayalon me kisike: Bawre Nain
2. Sari Sari Raat teri:Aji Bus Shukriya. This song was so popular that it got copied in many languages of south: Kannada, Telugu & Tamil.
3.Roshan was very fond of Mukesh, and he used him very well as you can hear right fromhis first movie, "khayalon me kisike" rightndown to the last film Anokhi Raat, " Ohre Taal mile nadi ke jalmein, Nadi mile Saagar mein"..... but Roshan could, never hit big circuit till he discovered Mod.Rafi in 1960 with Barsaat Ki Raat. The songs of the film are immortal, they are today the signature tunes of Roshan, the very definition of his style and identity. This journey continued with Aarti, Dooja ka Chand, Taj Mahal, and the ultimate: Chitralekha when Roshan composed the ultimate best song so far ever done: " Man re, tu kahe na dheer dhare" in Raga Yaman which has become a textbook illustration for Hindustani Classical Music.
There was another great treasure which Roshan wanted to bequeath, that was " Mamta". The last Hindi film of Suchitra Sen, with fantastic and unforgettabke songs like: " Rahein na rahein hum", Rehtae the kabhi jinke dil mein- A Ghazal far far superior to anything that the Ghazal King Madan Mohan ever composed, and the song " Chhupa lon yun dil mein pyaar mera" Hemant-Lata duet is the ultimate in melody!.
Roshan did try to modernise or contemporise himself,just to keep up with times, he failed miserably: He tried to copy O P Nayyar, and composed music for a Shammi Kapoor starrer, the songs were good, but the film did manage to Sink! Can you readers tell me the nameof the film?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Starting with Neki Aur Badi in 1949 for Kidar Sharma, Roshan did a total of 57 films. He was a genius. He got trained (for film music) by Anil Biswas for about 3 years. His soft romantic songs and his qawallis are unparalleled. He never belonged to any camp and as such could not compete with big-wigs, but his music always won. Naubahar, Taj Mahal, Barsat Ki Raat, Aarti, Bahu Begum, Malhar, Humlog, Rangeen Raten, Coffee House, Babar, Mashuka, Raag Rang, Chitralekha, Dooj Ka Chand, Bedaag, Nai Umar ki Nai Fasal, Daadi maa, Devar, Mamta, Noor Jehan and many more were all excellent compositions, simply great.
ReplyDelete