TRIBUTE TO SHANKAR JAIKISHAN (28th eisode)–PREMNATH•
Srigopal Shroti
PREMNATH, RAJ KAPOOR’S B-IN-LAW WAS ALSO A PART OF THE PRITHVI THEATRE…..AND WAS PLAYING THE ROLES AS ASSIGNED BY PRITHVIRAJ KAPOOR…..HE WAS ALSO IN LEAD ROLE ALONGWITH RAJKAPOOR IN ”BARSAAT”. …IN HIS WORDS: ”’WHILE DOING PLAYS WITH PRITHVI I GOT TO PRACTISE MUSIC WITH THEIR MUSICIANS….RAM GANGULI WAS THE MUSIC DIRECTOR….WE HAD SHANKAR ON THE TABLA AND JAIKISHAN ON HARMONIUM EARNING Rs40/- and Rs.60/- A MONTH….AFTER REHEARSALS WE WILL SIT LATE INTO THE NIGHT FOR OUR SESSIONS. ….SHANKAR JAIKISHAN USED TO COMPOSE TUNES AND MADE ME LISTEN TO A FEW…..AROUND THAT TIME RAJ KAPOOR WAS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR A MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR BARSAAT. …I ASKED HIM TO LISTEN TO THESE…RAJ HEARD TWO TUNES AND THE REST IS HISTORY……
SHANKAR NEVER FORGOT MY GESTURE. WHEN MY FRIEND MAJOR AHLUWALIA WAS MAKING A FILM ON HIS HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION AND COULDN’T AFFORD A BIG MUSIC DIRECTOR, I APPROACHED SHANKAR….HE READILY AGREED TO PROVIDE THE MUSIC FREE. AND IT GOT THE DUO PADMASHRI…..SHANKAR WAS A NICE CHAP. GOD BLESS HIM.””…..SO WERE THE EMOTIONS OF THE PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS WITH WHOM S-J WORKED. AND WITH THEIR MUSICIANS TOO, WHO PLAYED ON THEIR TUNES WHILE RECORDING A SONG. AND THE MUSICIANS WERE DEPENDENT FOR LIVING ON THE WORK OR FILMS MUSIC DIRECTORS SIGNED.
AND IT WAS SHANKAR WHO WILL HILLARIOUSLY COME TO THE MUSIC ROOM AFTER SIGNING FILMS AND ADDRESS THE WORKING MUSICIANS THAT HE HAD SIGNED SO MANY FILMS AND DON’T WORRY FOR MONEY…..”KHOOB BAJAO”…
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