Remembering Jaykishan on his death anniversary...

Shankar Jaikishan, an Indian musical composer duo in the Hindi film industry, were very popular in 1950s and 1960s. They were the premier composers of their period which is also considered the golden era of Hindi film music. They are generally regarded as the greatest composers in the Hindi film industry..
Shankar and Jaikishan met in Bombay and formed a friendship that was to last until the death of Jaikishan in 1971. Shankar started his career with a theater group run by Satyanarayan and Hemawati, before shifting to Prithvi Theater where he played tabla and performed some minor roles in plays. He also introduced Jaikishan to his employers as a harmonium player. The two of them later played significant roles in the play "Pathan".

They worked as assistants for the leading composer duo of Husnlal Bhagatram and continued to remain in touch with Raj Kapoor, who was working as an assistant to the famous director Kidar Sharma.
The success of Barsaat opened many doors for Shankar Jaikishan, popularly known by the acronym S-J. Never the ones to rest on their laurels, they continued to improve upon their ever lofty standards and their association with any film generally was one of the most important factors in its success.

Among their early hits, Aawara, Aah, Shree 420, Basant Bahar, Halaku, Patita, Kathputli, Anari, Chori Chori, Daag, Baadshah, Boot Polish, and Ujala are barely a few of the prominent ones.

S-J formed a core team with lyricists Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri and with singers Mohd. Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. They also patronized the immensely talented singer Manna Dey, who sang his best songs with them, and used Mukesh's silken voice as playback for Raj Kapoor. Among the directors, they worked most closely with Raj Kapoor and were considered the kingpins of his legendary banner RK Films.


S-J won nine Filmfare awards for the best music composer for Chori Chori (1956), Anari (1959), Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayee (1960), Professor (1963), Suraj (1966), Brahmachari (1968), Mera Naam Joker (1970), Pehchaan (1971), and Be-Imaan (1972).
After Jaikishan's death, Shankar carried on with the banner of Shankar Jaikishan, but he was clearly hampered by the absence of his alter ego. His was unable to negotiate effectively with the film producers and struggled with the background score of his films. He gave his last big hit with the 1976 film Sanyasi.
Jaikishan died in 1971 and Shankar died in 1987 leaving behind some great work and lovely music. by..prachi baid

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[buttegowda]

Long live the gods of music.

[ustadji99]

that day kirtan kiya bhai pal singh ji .bhai prithi pal singh ji patiala and nanakana sahib wale. he going from gurdwara singh sabha dadar mumbay.

he has kirtan on you tube bhai prithi pal singh bhai mohan pal singh. god blees you. e mail jindi4deep@yahoo.com

[best1212121]

@rajendrabora I purely agree that there should have been a statue for Shankarji as well but i am not sure if you know proper english , i dont think erected is the proper word to use in this case. As you may before jaikishans death in last 5 or six years he created more hit songs than Shankar. Thats why Shankar wasnt able to give good music in early 70s. In the beginning till 1950 to 1960 Shankar created more hit than Jaikishan. They were totally equal when it comes to creating music.

[lulu66033]

Thanks for the beautiful memories of your heavenly musical compositions which brought happy memorable times in our lives. Jaikishanji. We salute you. RIP.

[12345678983539]

great old pics.

[9283pawan]

master pf music

[RealMusicKing]

Wah Mirza Sahib. Bahut Shukriya.

[rajendrabora]

We can't imagine Jaikishen without Shankar. Those who have erected J's statue have done great injustice to the departed soul. They should have erected statues of both Shankar and Jaikishen, who lived and created great film music as a duo.

[shankerjai]

@ebut1112

Yes dear Manish...you can feel proud of Jaikishen, but why not feel proud of Shanker ?? It is not a healthy though. Rather you should have added one more line that you were proud of Shanker-Jaikishen and Whole India and the True Music lovers of the world are proud of SJ irrespective of their country, language, caste, creed, dialect etc. You should add more Panchals who may become as much popular as Shanker-Jaikishan were. Come on !!!!!

[ebut1112]

Jaykishan Panchal ( Gujarati) is a great Composer of Indian Cinema...

He is a prude of Gujarat..... and our Panchal

Manish Panchal (Ahmedabad )