Remembering Shailendra, on his death anniversary Options

[august]

Barsat mein humse mile tum sajan, tumse mile hum barsaat mein..

and that's how Shailendra met Shankar- Jaikishan.
it was the first song he wrote for the duo and their magical association lasted for almost 2 decades.
SJ-Shailendra-Lata was much celebrated combination in those years, with the duo composing music for around 200 of his songs for the singer.

some of his best creations:
ghar aaya mera pardesi (awara-51)
do din ke liye mehmaan yahaa (badal-51)
aye mere dil kahin aur chal (dag-52)
do din ki zindagi mein (poonam-52)
yeh shaam ki tanahaiya (aah-53)
kare badra tu na ja (shikast-53)
manmohana bade jhhote (seema-55)
bol ri kathputali (kathputali-57)
meri jaan meri jaan (yahudi- 58)
ajeeb dastan (dil apna aurpreet parayi- 60)
ehsaan tera hoga mujhpar (junglee- 61)
tera mera pyar amar (asli nakli- 62)
chhotisi yeh duniya (rangoli -62)
ruk ja raat thehar ja re chanda (dil ek madir- 63)
tumhe yaad karte karte (aamrapali- 66)
**(all songs sung by Lata and composed by S-J)

he penned songs for C Ramchandra (Chhatrapati Shivaji, Anarkali), Roshan (Naubahar,Sanskar), Salil Chowdhary (Madhumati, Musaphir ,Parakh, Mem Didi) , Ravi Shankar (Anuradha), S D Burman (Bujhdil, Madbhare Nain, Guide, Meri Surat Teri Ankhen, Jewel Thief) and many other..

he wrote some special songs like 'lagi nahi chhute rama' (song sung by lata and dilip kumar- film musaphir), 'ghar aaja ghir aaye' ( first song composed by r d burman- sung by lata - film Chhote Nawab-1961)

[august]

he was one of the best lyricists of HFM.

i have always felt bad that lyricists in HFM never got the credit they deserved.
singers and music directors have always had upper hand. many listeners keep humming songs all the time but very few bother to check the lyricist.

that brings up another issue. there are many new radio channels in mumbai and pune and other major cities but these channels never mention the name of film, music directors and lyricists before they play songs. Vividh Bharati is the only radio channel which never fails to mention these credits.