Shankar-Jaikishan · (Active: 1940's —1980's)

Styles:
Film Music
Soundtracks
Bollywood
Active:
1940's—1980's
Biography by Craig Harris, All Music Guide
Some of the most influential songs in the history of Indian cinema were composed by Shankar-Jaikishan, a musical direction/composition duo featuring Shankarsingh Raghwanshi and Jaikishen Dayabhai Panchal. Composing music for the lyrics of Hasrat Jaipuri, the duo created such memorable tunes as "Ranhaiya," "Anari," "Kal Aaj Aur Kal," and "Barsaat." Many of the duo's best tunes were sung in films by Lata Mangeshkar.
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Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal
Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi
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Some people did tell us that the orchestration of our songs seemed similar to Shankar Jaikishan’s. But though we were inspired by them, they have always composed original music as we have ours. We have never copied each other; our conceptio...
shankar's consistent insistence on giving chances to Sharada instead of lata is the main cause of their Break up.
Shankar Jaikishan died on in 1971
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