Shankar Jaikishan

Profession: Music Director, Bollywood.

Shankar was born in Punjab and got trained under Husnlal Bhagatram.He later settled down in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. JaiKishan hails from Panchal, Gujarat. Jaikishan strangely enough was a carpenter before the duo met and paired up. In the beginning of their career they assisted the then-famous Husnlaal-Bhagatraam.

Their career started as music director from Raj Kapoors Barsaat in 1948. From then on , Shankar- Jaikishan have done more than 250 films together.They were then the most successful pair of music directors and probably are the most famous . Such was their passion for music that they were honored with the maximum number (nine) of Filmfare awards in the Indian film industry.

Shankar - Jaikishan made a great impact right since they started. Their tunes range from pure Indian classical based (O Basanti pawan paagal, dil ek mandir hain..) to more westernised tunes (Raat ke hamsafar, sukoo sukoo..). They had a distinct style of music and they used it very well for different stars making the right choice of music and singers. Much of Raj Kapoor's and Shammi Kapoor's success was because of shankar - jaikishan's music. Along with Raj Kapoor they have given us some excellent films which will be cherished forever.

Both Shanker and Jaikishan worked independently of each other.After the initial couple of years Shanker tuned lyricist Shailendra’s songs and Jaikishan tuned Hasrat Jaipuri’s songs only, with very few exceptions, the most noteworthy of which are, Shailendra's ‘Oh basanti pawan pagal’ and ‘Mera naam Raju’ from Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai and ‘Jeevan ke do rahe par’ from Choti si mulakat tuned by Jaikishan and Hasrat's Jab ishq kahin kho jata hai from Arzoo, ‘Taron se pyare’ from Deewana, ‘Kaise samjhaoon’ from Suraj and ‘Dekha babu ched ka maza’ from Shararat, tuned by Shanker.


They suddenly became the most sought after duo after composing music for Raj Kapoor’s Barsaat in 1948. Songs like ‘Jiya bekaraar hai’ and ‘Barsaat mein humse mile tum’ became a rage. ‘Barsaat’ also became a starting point of the pair’s long and successful association with the R.K. Banner. Superhit music in films like Aah, Aag, and Awara followed in the early fifties. The song ‘Ghar aaya mera pardesi’ went on to become a benchmark in composing and picturising a dream song. The music in R.K. films was outstanding anyway but two films really are in a league of their own, Shree 420 and Sangam. ‘Pyaar hua ikraar hua’ and ‘Ramaiyyaa vasta vaiyya’ from Shree 420 and ‘Dost dost na raha’ and ‘Har dil jo pyaar karega’ were musical masterpieces.

Later on their relationship was not the same as before .Jaikishan took to the bottle and work got neglected . It was Jaikishan’s death that physically separated the duo but towards the end of their careers they were not on talking terms.

Awards And Honors:
Award Song-Movie
Filmfare Award - 1956 Chori Chori
Filmfare Award - 1959 Anari
Filmfare Award - 1960 Dil Apna Aur Preeth Parai
Filmfare Award - 1962 Professor
Filmfare Award - 1966 Suraj
Filmfare Award - 1970 Pehchaan
Filmfare Award - 1971 Mera Naam Joker
Filmfare Award - 1972 Be-Imaan
Best Of Shankar- Jaikishan:
Song Movie

Awaara Hoon ,Ya Gardish Awaara
Mera Joota Hai Japani Shree 420
Pyaar Hua Ikraar Hua Shree 420
Duniya Na Bhaye Basant Bahar
Sur na saje kya gaau main Basant Bahar
Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Yeh Dil Apna Aur Preeth Parai
Yaad kiya dil ne kahaan ho Patita
Aajao Tadapte Hain Armaan Aah
Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat Aah
Bahaaron Phool Barsaao Suraj
Ruk Ja, Ruk Ja O Jaanewaali Ruk Ja Kanhaiya
Aaya Na Humko Pyar Jatana Pehchaan


A) ANDAZ - 1971

1) Hasrat Jaipuri> Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi, chorus:
dil use do jo jaan de de, jaan use do jo dil de de.

2) Hasrat Jaipuri> Mohammad Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur, Sushma Shreshta (Purnima),
Pratibha: hai naa bolo bolo paapaa ko mammi se, mammi ko paapaa se, pyaar hai,
pyaar hai.

3) Hasrat Jaipuri> Asha Bhosle:
mujhe pyaas, aisi pyaas lagi hai, meri pyaas, meri pyaas ko bhujaa de, aa ke
bhujaa, aa ke mitaa.

4) Hasrat Jaipuri> Mohammad Rafi, Pratibha:
sun lo sunaataa hoon tumko kahaani rooto naa hamse o gudiyon ki raani, re mammaa
re mammaa re.

5) Shailendra> Asha Bhosle:
dur, dur, durr zindagi ek safar hai suhaanaa, yahaan kal kyaa ho kisne jaanaa

6) Shailendra> Kishore Kumar:
zindagi ek safar hai suhaanaa, yahaan kal kyaa ho kisne jaanaa

7) Shailendra> Kishore Kumar:
zindagi ek safar hai suhaanaa, yahaan kal kyaa ho kisne jaanaa (1:31min; slow)

8) Shailendra> Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar:
haste gaate jahaan se guzar duniyaa ki tu paravaah na kar
muskuraate huye din bitaanaa, yahaan kal kyaa ho kisne jaanaa
zindagi ek safar hai suhaanaa, yahaan kal kyaa ho kisne jaanaa


B) DIL DAULAT DUNIYA - 1972:

1) Verma Malik> Asha Bhosle, Usha Khanna, Rekha:
deep jale dekho kaise karte hai humko ishaare
deep nahin gori, dil ki dhadkan hai dil ko pukaare

2) Verma Malik> Sharada, Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle:
masti aur jawaani ho, umr badi mastaani ho,
aur dil mein beimaani hoto phir pyaar bhi hogaa
bilkul, iqraar bhi hogaa, bilkul, deedaar bhi hogaa, ajee bilkul

3) Hasrat Jaipuri and Neeraj> Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, chorus:
o meri laara loo, main teraa pappi loo, jee chaahe chhoom loon

4) Hasrat Jaipuri and Neeraj> Kishore Kumar:
ruk, ruk, ruk ruk ruk, ruk meri raani,
na kar aana kaani tum ko kahaani nazar ki zabaani, o Mona Lisaa, o Mona Lisaa

5) Shailey Shailendra> Kishore Kumar:
saath mein pyaara saathi hai, raat bhi yeh madhu masti hai
aise mein ab tum hi kaho, need kisi kab aati hai.


C) PAPI PET KA SAWAL HAIN - 1984 :

1) M. G. Hashmat> Sharada, chorus:
haai, marhabaa, marhabaa, I am Laaolaa ...
Hotel mein botal khullegi har shaam jisko peena hai woh chale aayiye

2) Vishveshwar Sharma> Kishore Kumar:
jab dushman ho gayaa waqt waqt se ladna hi hogaa
har dard wafaa kar dil mein tamaasha karnaa hi hogaa, yeh zindagi, hey zindagi

3) Prabha Thakur> Prabha Thakur:
mose chatni pisaave, chhailoo chatni pisaave
kaisa bedardi tumhe na marriage ki baat

4) Prabha Thakur> Asha Bhosle:
ho o, na main muhabbat na main tijaarat, khilona ban ke main aagayi hoon
he baat parde ki ... hai parda, main aaj parde mein aagayi hoon

5) M. G. Hashmat> Suresh Wadkar, Kishore Kumar:
namaste yaa salaam kehane mein, jhukne mein arz kuch nahin ...
aaj ki duniyaa mein betaa baap se hoshiyaar hai

6) Hasrat Jaipuri> Anuradha Paudhwal, Sharada:
wahi pyaar ke khudaa jin pe hum fidaa hai dil ki saada, apni jaan ki qasam

7) Vishveshwar Sharma> Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar:
paapi pet ka sawaal hai, ho, paapi pet ka sawaal hai
roti se bachke nikhaljaaye koyi zamaane mein kiski majaal hai, sab ka ek
jaisa haal hai (part1)

8) Vishveshwar Sharma> Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar:
yeh duniyaa khel madaari ka, chaalaki ka hoshiyaari ka ...
paapi pet ka sawaal hai, ho, paapi pet ka sawaal hai
roti se bachke nikhaljaaye koyi zamaane mein kiski majaal hai, sab ka ek jaisa
haal hai (part2).