Famous Comments On Shankar Jaikishan By Various Celebrities !, Read and 'learn' , what Legends and other artists have to say Options

[oye_sonu]

Starting a new thread on what other famous celebrities have to say about shankar Jaikishan !

Frds SJ's music might be very popular but their "own names" are hardly known outside music circles or beyond genuine music fans.Media too continues to ignore SJ's contribution to Hindi film music and keeps on promoting selected few !

In this thread I will be posting famous comments made by celebrities and artists on Shankar jaikishan. These comments are enough proof to know the caliber of Shankar Jaikishan ! and their MAMMOTH contribution to Hindi film music !
People may ignore what a SJ fan says but they cant ignore what these legends have to say about SHANKAR JAIKISHAN !


I have added few additional(blank ) posts please dont reply to them. all posts will be periodically updated... and more comments added to them.

Members are requested to add /Share any quotes or comments on Shankar jaikishan's work by other artists or celebrities !



Regards

Sonu

This post has been edited by oye_sonu: May 18 2009, 01:51 PM

[oye_sonu]

One of India most famous and first international producer - Director Ismail merchant was close To Shankar Jaikishan. and was good frd of Jaikishan. When it came to taking up a mainstream composer for his film he choosed SJ for his movie Bombay talkie(1970). Shankar jaikishan show helped him in arranging money for his further studies in America. and they also helped him in introducing to Film artists particulary the big singers like Rafi, lata, manna etc.
Note : two songs of Bombay talkie again featured in hollywood movie - "The darjeeling limted" including the brilliant Title music !

Now this is what ISMAIL MERCHANT has to say about Shankar JaIkishan in his Autobiography " My passage from India"

AFter all, I was connected with the bombay film world.I had, by now, also introduced myself to the composers Shankar and Jaikishan , who worked as a team and were responsible for music of many popular hindi films, including those of great RK, Jaikishan like Karim Samar and me was also a habitue of bombelli's, the swiss cafe, were he would sit in a corner with his coffee and his tin of 555 cigarettes. I could not waste such an oppurtunity, so I introduced myself. Through him I could and I did, call on the services of some ofthe most famous playback singers in bombay films, wheedling them into performing at our sangeet mandal shows."

He mentions how he organised 80 piece orchestra in college and bring big singers in college. and then laterz he writes how he managed arrange money for his further studies with the help of Shankar jaikishan show !

"My father's resorces were limted and he could provide a portion of the costs. my fellow students at St Xaviers with whom I had worked to put on the college shows over the years now took it on themselves to organize a variety show with Shankar and Jaikishan as the guests of the honour. They raised Twenty thousand rupees - a fortune in those day - and touchingly gave the money to me as a gift towards my American studies "

Regards

Sonu

This post has been edited by oye_sonu: Aug 23 2009, 01:27 PM