#Madan mohan hits movie

(It is so embedded in the fansвЂ™ minds that many donвЂ™t appreciate his hold on other mediums!). He has been called as Ghazal Samrat (King of Ghazals) by many fans and co-artists due to his hold on this medium. The Magical Music of Madan Mohan Ghazal Samrat This first break flagged off a 25-year-long illustrious career in film music. She (the reigning queen of playback at the time) agreed and the filmвЂ™s music did quite well.

#Madan mohan hits movie

In an interview, Shamshad Begum had told this writer that Madan Mohan approached her during a recording at Filmistan, requesting her to sing for his debut movie Aankhen (which released in 1950). His father did not like the idea of his son making the rounds of studios but could not dissuade him. With his dashing Punjabi good looks, Madan Mohan thought of becoming an actor but went on to become a composer. Thus, young Madan started growing up with film personalities around him. Once, he had established himself in Bombay, he asked for his family to join him. His father movedВ to Bombay for workВ andВ went on to become the General Manager (and laterВ a partner) in the prestigious Bombay Talkies and eventuallyВ the iconic Filmistan as well. Around 1932, the family returned to their native town Chakwal (in Punjab). The young Madan Mohan spent his initial years in the Middle East, as he wasВ born on 25 June 1924 in Baghdad to Bhagwanti Devi and Chunnilal who wasВ an Accountant General with the Kurdistan Peshmerga forces. The number of CD compilations one sees of him being released is quite a bit more than some of his peers which is not very surprising to his fans. Lata Mangeshkar had once said that the destiny of some people starts after they are gone and it definitely holds true in his case. In some ways, his work has reached more people after his demise. It is not surprising that due to this quality his work has endured much after he passed away. There is something really sophisticated about his music which has a timeless pull. MadanjiвЂ™s mother Bhagwanti Devi, wife Sheila, children Sangeeta, Sanjeev and Sameer and sister Shanti and neice Anju

Indeed, his quality compositions were heard more in mehfils and homes rather than on the streets. Raju Bharatan had correctly said that he was a composer of the classes and not of the masses asВ his compositions were made to be heard in the drawing room. You can write a whole book on his work but for now, IвЂ™ll resist that temptation! I also realised that my quite loved вЂAye Dil Mujhe Bata DeвЂ™ (Geeta Dutt) from Bhai Bhai is his composition! These compositions have been visited and re-visited over the years and in this article I aim to present some other facets of his work.

It was on more exploration of his repertoire that I was exposed to his commendable body of work. I still sit sometimes in the evening and listen to its 78 rpm play in my drawing room (both sides have different moods of the song!). The composition got вЂњstuck in a loopвЂќ in my mind. On Doordarshan, the movie Mera Saaya was being shown and I fell in love with the title song вЂ Mera saaya saath hogaвЂ™. All pictures used in this article are courtesy the offical website of Madan Mohan I still remember the first Madan Mohan song I heard.