Friday, October 31, 2008
The first successful and versatile music director duo in history of Bollywood
Shankar-Jaikishan were the first big successful music director duo in history of Bollywood.Their versatility and creative genius had a lasting impact on the music of the Hindi films.
Who can forget immortal compositions like Awara hoon, Ghar aya mera pardesi and Mera joota hai japani?
Shankar-Jaikishan understood the taste of the masses, were able to cater to them, as well as moulded their tastes. No wonder then that during their tenure as music directors, they were exceedingly popular and 75 per cent of the films for which their scores were hits - many having celebrated silver jubilees.
They are said to be the first music-composers to understand, realize and demonstrate the important role which the orchestra can play in enhancing the overall impact of the song.
They revolutionized the use of orchestra and interlude music of songs and made these as integral and inseparable parts of their compositions rather than using these as mere fillers, as was the practice before their advent on the horizon of Hindi film music.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Who can forget immortal compositions like Awara hoon, Ghar aya mera pardesi and Mera joota hai japani?
Shankar-Jaikishan understood the taste of the masses, were able to cater to them, as well as moulded their tastes. No wonder then that during their tenure as music directors, they were exceedingly popular and 75 per cent of the films for which their scores were hits - many having celebrated silver jubilees.
They are said to be the first music-composers to understand, realize and demonstrate the important role which the orchestra can play in enhancing the overall impact of the song.
They revolutionized the use of orchestra and interlude music of songs and made these as integral and inseparable parts of their compositions rather than using these as mere fillers, as was the practice before their advent on the horizon of Hindi film music.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: compositions, fillers, Hindi films, masses, music, Shankar-Jaikishan, silver jubilees, songs
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