83-527: Laxmikant–Pyarelal were an Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 1940 ). They composed music for about 750 Hindi movies from 1963 to 1998, working for almost all notable filmmakers, including Raj Kapoor , Dev Anand , Shakti Samanta , Manmohan Desai , Yash Chopra , K. Balanchander , Boney Kapoor , J. Om Prakash , Raj Khosla , L. V. Prasad , Subhash Ghai , Mahesh Bhatt , K. Viswanath and Manoj Kumar . Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
166-533: A Goan musician named Anthony Gonsalves . The song " My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves " from the movie Amar Akbar Anthony is regarded as a tribute to Mr. Gonsalves (the movie had music by Laxmikant–Pyarelal). By the age of 12, his family's financial condition had deteriorated, which in turn forced him to earn money by playing in studios. Pyarelal then used to frequent and play the violin in studios such as Ranjit Studios, to earn money for his family. Pyarelal's brother Gorakh Sharma played guitar for various songs composed by
249-794: A balancing act between Kishore Kumar (402 songs) and Mohammed Rafi (379 songs). During the peak wave of Kishore Kumar after Aradhana, it is Laxmikant–Pyarelal who gave highest numbers of songs to Mohammed Rafi. In 1977, L-P brought back the glory of Mohammed Rafi through "Amar Akbar Anthony" and "Sargam". Laxmikant–Pyarelal also worked with Mukesh , Manna Dey , Mahendra Kapoor , Amit Kumar , Alka Yagnik , Udit Narayan , Shailender Singh , P. Susheela , K. J. Yesudas , S. P. Balasubrahmanyam , K. S. Chithra , S. Janaki and Anuradha Paudwal . However, they also gave big breaks to many newcomers such as Kavita Krishnamurthy , Mohammed Aziz , Suresh Wadkar , Shabbir Kumar , Sukhwinder Singh , Vinod Rathod , and Roop Kumar Rathod . L-P always wanted to engage
332-599: A blockbuster at the box office. The mega success of Andaz was followed by Barsaat which he also directed and produced. The film went ahead of the former and emerged a huge blockbuster as well as the highest grossing film of all time breaking the record of Ashok Kumar starrer Kismet . The huge success of Andaz and Barsaat made Kapoor one of the leading male stars of the time along with Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand . The following year, he solidified his star-status with hits in Sargam and Dastan opposite Rehana and
415-432: A budding romance between her and Ashok. Meena confesses to him, and he consoles her that she would be with her brother soon. Mohan senses Manjula while sleeping and tells Ramu about it. Both decide to go and meet her, but she dies. Ashok brings Mohan home one day and gives him Manjula's chime as her remembrance. When he tries to tell Mohan about Meena, Mohan lashes out in rage and says that he considers himself to be alone in
498-549: A cameo appearance in Jagte Raho , marking the final time she and Kapoor appeared onscreen together. He appeared in several outside productions such as Do Ustad (1959), Anari (1959) and Chhalia (1960). In 1960, he produced and starred in the hit musical social drama Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai , which was directed by his frequent cinematographer Radhu Karmakar . In 1964, he returned to directing with
581-403: A child actor in the films Bhakt Pundalik (1949) and Aankhen (1950). He also acted in some Gujarati films. Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 3 September 1940) is the son of a renowned trumpeter Pandit Ramprasad Sharma (popularly known as Babaji ), who taught him the basics of music. He started learning violin at the age of 8 and practised it 8 to 12 hours daily. He learnt to play violin from
664-564: A detective in two comedy films: Do Jasoos (1975) and Gopichand Jasoos (1982), both directed by Naresh Kumar (brother of Rajendra Kumar ). In 1979 he was a member of the jury at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival . Raj Kapoor's last major film appearance was in Vakil Babu (1982) where he appeared with his younger brother Shashi. A film he had shot and completed in 1982 titled Chor Mandali in which he appeared opposite fellow veteran actor Ashok Kumar remained unreleased due to
747-500: A different music director – Laxmikant–Pyarelal for Bobby , Satyam Shivam Sundaram and Prem Rog (later on, his children used Laxmikant-Pyarelal for Prem Granth as well), Rahul Dev Burman for Dharam Karam , and Ravindra Jain for ( Ram Teri Ganga Maili and Henna ). Raj Kapoor acted in a movie with music by Madan Mohan only once (twice), i.e. Dhoon (1953) & Ashiana (1952), which featured duet Hum Pyaar Karenge by Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar ,
830-594: A great-grandson are all actors in the Hindi film industry. His granddaughters Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor (daughters of Kapoor's eldest son Randhir), and grandson Ranbir Kapoor (son of Kapoor's second son Rishi) are the latest Hindi cinema superstars from the Kapoor family, while another of his grandsons, Nikhil Nanda (Kapoor's daughter Ritu's son), is a noted industrialist. Nikhil's son, Agastya Nanda, made his acting debut with The Archies in 2023. Kapoor had
913-462: A legal dispute. He was set to direct Henna starring his son Rishi and Pakistani actress Zeba Bakhtiar before his death in 1988. His son Randhir directed the film and it released in 1991. On 12 May 1946, Raj Kapoor married Krishna Malhotra. Krishna was one of nine siblings, and following her marriage, many of them joined the Hindi film industry. Her brothers, Rajendra Nath , Prem Nath and Narendra Nath , later became actors, and her sister Uma
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#1732790376337996-401: A loan of sixty rupees, the amount exactly required for Ramu's admission in school. Manjula's brother rebuffs them and gives them only five rupees. Feeling insulted, Mohan successfully raises the money by singing. Ramu is admitted to the school after performing very well on the entrance test. They move to a new house in a slum after someone tries to steal their hard-earned money while they slept on
1079-1229: A long, close and rewarding association. From 1963, through the next 35 years, Lata Mangeshkar and Laxmikant–Pyarelal were to chalk up around 712 songs together, the highest numbers of the song sung by her under any music directors, which accounted c for one in every 10 Hindi film songs recorded by the Melody Queen, and one of every four songs composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Their work includes variety and range; there were chart-slammers and classics, and chaalu numbers as well as connoisseur choices. Laxmikant–Pyarelal dominates Lata's voice in Sati Savitri (1964), Lootera (1965), Intaquam (1969), Sharafat (1970), Abhinetri (1970), Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971), Jal Bin Machhali Nritya Bin Bijlee (1971), Raja Jani (1972), Bobby (1973), Satyam Shivam Sundaram and Ek Duje Ke Liye (1981)... all have different styles. Asha Bhosle recorded almost 494 songs for Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Their collaboration lasted almost 35 years, 1963–1998. They gave Asha multiple hits and made Asha Bhosle one of
1162-416: A longtime romantic relationship with renowned actress Nargis Dutt during the 1940s and 1950s, despite being a married man, although neither ever publicly admitted to this. The couple starred in several films together, including Awaara and Shree 420 . As Raj would not leave his wife and children, Nargis ended their relationship after Chori Chori and married Sunil Dutt with whom she fell in love on
1245-496: A memorial for the Kapoor family on its campus. The memorial was unveiled in 2014 in the presence of Lata Mangeshkar and Kapoor clan. The Kapoor family memorial has 7 pagodas showing elements of Raj Kapoor's movies, a museum or viewing gallery which showcases family photographs and moments from his movie making from 1945 to 1990. Raj Kapoor shot many of his films at this farm, including Satyam Shivam Sundaram , Mera Naam Joker , Bobby , and Prem Rog . The family bungalow inside
1328-464: A regular basis, and in return L-P have given outstanding music to justify the replacement among the big names. One of the most important associations that the duo developed was with lyricist Anand Bakshi . The team of Laxmikant–Pyarelal and lyricist Anand Bakshi churned out some of the most popular songs in Hindi Cinemas history. The combo composed songs for more than 250 movies. Anand Bakshi
1411-584: A song from the movie Shree 420 : The song is still extremely popular and has been featured in a number of movies since Shree 420 was released. Indian author Mahasweta Devi stopped the show with her inaugural speech at the 2006 Frankfurt Book Fair when she used these lyrics to express her own heartfelt patriotism and debt to her country. Kapoor appeared in Box Office India ' s "Top Actors" list twelve times from 1949 to 1960. In 2014, Google commemorated his 90th birthday. Raj Kapoor
1494-1260: A superhit musical non-star cast film, which is remembered only because of Lata Manageshkar's superhit songs with Laxmikant–Pyarelal. |In 1966 L-P started cementing their place in Hindi film music. L-P's first musical hit film, with a big star cast, Aaye Din Bahar Ke was released, followed by Pyar Kiye Jaa . Even in films with lesser-known actors, L-P scored hit music: in Sati Savitri (Songs:"Tum Gagan Ke Chandrama Ho", "Jeevan Dor Tumhi Sang Bandhi", "Kabhi To Miloge"); in Sant Gyaneshwar (Songs: "Jyot Se Jyot Jagate Chalo", "Khabar More Na Line"); in Hum Sab Ustaad Hai (Songs: "Pyar Batate Chalo", "Ajanabi Tum Jane Pehachane Se"); in Mr. X in Bombay (Songs: "Mere Mehboob Quayamat Hogi", "Chali Re Chali Re Gori", "Khoobsurat Haseena"); and in Shriman Fantush ..(Songs: "Sultana Sultana Tu Na Ghabarana", "Yeh Dard Bhara Afasana"). In 1967, L-P consolidated their position in
1577-672: A superhit. "khilona jaan kar tum" and "Teri Shaadi pe dun tuj ko mein kya" from Khilona (1970), "Duniya pagal hai yaa mein dewaana" from Shagird (1970),Then with Asha "Hungama Ho Gaya" and "Balma Hamar Motorcar Leke Aayo" from Anhonee (1974), "Aye Mere Nanhe Gulfam" from Jagriti (1977), "Aaiye Shauk Se Kahiye" from Parvarish (1977), "Teri Rab Ne" (With Mohammed Rafi) from Suhaag (1979), "Ek Hasina Thi" - Kishore Kumar and "Dard-e-Dil" sung by Mohammed Rafi from Karz (1980), "Are Bhaago Are Dauro" from Bandish (1980), "Man Kyun Behka Re" from Utsav (1985), "Balram Ne Bahut Samjhaya" from Ram Balram (1980) etc. They recorded
1660-400: A visit to Ramu's house, Sharma Ji notices that the neighborhood is unfit for his studies and suggests that Ramu move in with him, but Ramu does not want to leave Mohan. One day, while singing, Mohan hears Ashok calling out to Meena and rushes to embrace his long lost sister, but she is ashamed that Mohan has become a beggar and refuses to recognize him. Meena is looking after Manjula and there is
1743-423: Is due, his mother faints due to shock and falls down the stairs. Ramu is also injured in an accident and becomes crippled. After being thrown out of his home, crippled, and penniless, he roams around the streets of Mumbai . He meets Mohan (Sawant), a blind boy who has a similar background: Mohan has a sister, Meena, who left for Mumbai to find work as a nurse to pay for her brother’s treatment. Mohan eventually left
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#17327903763371826-620: Is filmmaker Goldie Behl . His maternal first cousin, Juggal Kishore Mehra, was a singer, whose step-granddaughter, Salma Agha , later became an actress and singer. As Prithviraj moved from city to city early in his career during the 1930s, the family had to move too. Raj Kapoor attended several different schools like Colonel Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun , St Xavier's Collegiate School in Calcutta and Campion School in Bombay . At
1909-529: Is married to actor Prem Chopra . Raj and Krishna Kapoor had five children: three sons, actors Randhir Kapoor (1947–), Rishi Kapoor (1952–2020) and Rajiv Kapoor (1962–2021), and two daughters, Ritu Nanda (1948–2020) and Rima Jain (1955–). Randhir is married to former actress Babita and is the father of actresses Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor . Rishi's widow is actress Neetu Singh and their two children are daughter Riddhima Kapoor, and son, actor Ranbir Kapoor . Raj Kapoor's elder daughter, Ritu Nanda,
1992-486: Is the nephew of actor Trilok Kapoor , who is the younger brother of his father. His first cousin was director Vijay Kapoor who was the son of Trilok Kapoor and actor Subbiraj who was his father's sister's son. His father's cousin was film producer Surinder Kapoor , whose children are producer Boney Kapoor and actors Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor . His father's maternal first cousins were actors Kamal Kapoor , Ravindra Kapoor , and Nandkishore Kapoor. Kamal's grandson
2075-888: The Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . His acting in the former was rated as one of the "Top Ten Performances of All Time in World Cinema" by Time magazine. His film Jagte Raho (1956) also won the Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival . The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1987 –
2158-771: The Filmfare Awards almost every year. Many times, they were nominated for 3 or more films in a particular year. At the same time, L-P narrowly missed the awards for musical hits like Aaye Din Bahar Ke , Intaqam , Do Raaste , Mera Gaon Mera Desh , Shor , Daag , Bobby , Ek Duuje Ke Liye , Prem Rog, Utsav , Sur Sangam , Farz , Shagird , Tezaab , Hero and Mr. India . Laxmikant–Pyarelal received won 7 awards and 25 nominations. 8. https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/pyarelal-the-legend-grows/ Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor ( pronounced [raːdʒ kəˈpuːɾ] ; born as Shrishti Nath Kapoor ; 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor )
2241-651: The Filmfare Best Music Director Award for the year. LP dominated the Weekly Hindi Film songs Countdown programme Binaca Geet Mala , the most popular musical radio programme of its time. Its first broadcast was in 1953 by Radio Ceylon and its host was Ameen Sayani . The Binaca Geet Mala ranked the most popular Bollywood film songs according to sales in select shops in select cities. In the third quarter of 1963, L-P's first ever song "Hansta Hua Nurani Chehra" from Parasmani hit
2324-604: The Qissa Khwani Bazaar neighborhood of Peshawar , British India into a Punjabi Hindu family of the Kapoor clan, who belonged to the Dhai Ghar Khatri community. His parents were Prithviraj Kapoor and Ramsarni Devi Kapoor ( née Mehra). The Kapoor family hailed originally from Samundri , Samundri Tehsil , Lyallpur District , Punjab Province , British India. He was the eldest of six children in
2407-513: The musical drama Aag in which he starred alongside Nargis , Premnath and Kamini Kaushal . The film was not a huge commercial success, but received positive reviews from critics. The year 1949 changed the direction of Kapoor's career. His first release Sunehre Din flopped commercially, but the next one Parivartan did reasonable business and emerged a semi-hit while his third release Mehboob Khan 's romantic drama Andaz which also had Dilip Kumar and Nargis went on to become
2490-455: The "Binaca Geet Mala". After that, L-P's songs were regularly and prominently aired on "Binaca Geet Mala". There used to be sixteen songs in each of the weekly "Binaca Geet Mala" programme, more than half the numbers of the songs were of L-P. There are certain weekly Binaca Geet Mala programmes in which more than 13 out of 16 songs of LP were broadcast when LP were right on top of their career. BGM used to broadcast annual (Vaarshik) programme giving
2573-603: The 1950s and became hugely popular in foreign markets as well, especially the South Asian nations like Soviet Union , China , Turkey and Afghanistan . Awaara also earned Kapoor a massive fan-following in Soviet Union where the film had approximately 100 million admissions and remains the third-most watched foreign film in the country. In 1952, he reunited with Nargis for psychological drama Anhonee and crime noir Bewafa . Anhonee did extremely well at
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2656-550: The Hindi film industry with a series of hits, one after another. Non star cast film Farz was L-P's first golden jubilee musical hit, followed by big star cast films such as Anita , Shagird , yet another Golden Jubilee hit, Patthar Ke Sanam , Night in London , Jaal and another evergreen musical hit Milan . L-P received their second Filmfare Trophy for Milan without any stiff competition. The rise of Laxmikant–Pyarelal, Rahul Dev Burman , and Kalyanji-Anandji marked
2739-944: The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA), and the Government of Ontario. In 2011, it was announced that Kapoor will be inducted into the Brampton Walk of Fame in Ontario, Canada. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was a screenwriter and director for a number of Raj Kapoor's best films. Shankar–Jaikishan were Raj Kapoor's music directors of choice. He worked with them in 20 films in all including 10 of his own productions from Barsaat until Kal Aaj Aur Kal . ( Jagte Raho with Salil Chowdhury and Ab Dilli Dur Nahin with Dattaram , Shankar-Jaikishan's assistant music director, being two exceptions in this period). Only after Jaikishan died, did he turn to
2822-596: The Middle East, the Caribbean, Africa, and the Soviet bloc . The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 for his contributions to the arts . India's highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award , was bestowed to him in 1988 by the Government of India. Raj Kapoor was born as Shrishti Nath Kapoor on 14 December 1924 at Kapoor Haveli , a large house then owned by his grandfather in
2905-482: The age of ten, Raj Kapoor appeared in a Hindi film for the first time, in 1935 film Inquilab . His big break came with the lead role in 1947 with Kidar Sharma 's romantic drama Neel Kamal opposite Begum Para and Madhubala . The film proved to be a semi-hit at the box office, but his other releases, such as Jail Yatra , Dil Ki Rani and Chittor Vijay didnt do well. In 1948, he founded his own banner R. K. Films and made his directional debut with
2988-564: The box office and emerged a superhit. On the other hand, Bewafa which also had Ashok Kumar in the lead could only manage average profits. In 1955, he produced, directed and starred in Shree 420 , again paired opposite Nargis. This was the highest grossing film of the year and broke records set by his previous film Awara . In 1956, he produced and starred opposite Nargis for the final time in Chori Chori . That same year, Nargis also made
3071-581: The careers of his sons Rishi, Randhir and Rajiv. Famous for making his actresses reveal the body, not very common then in Indian cinema, it was said his 'show-womanship' matched his showmanship. Raj Kapoor's Shree 420 (1955) movie's Hindi song Mera Joota Hai Japani ("My Shoes are Japanese") was used in opening sequence of 20th Century Studios 2016 movie Deadpool , starring Ryan Reynolds . The 1967 "Song about Yogis" ( Russian : Песенка про йогов ) by Vladimir Vysotsky mentions Raj Kapoor as one of
3154-508: The dominance of Rafi. Mohammed Rafi played a very important role in the Music Duo's career. Laxmikant–Pyarelal started their career with a song of Rafi in the film Parasmani (1963). Rafi Sahab sang for L-P for free and blessed them that - "This music Duo may work together to their last breath." Therefore, Laxmikant–Pyarelal always respected Rafi till the end and Rafi sang his last song- "Tere Aane Ki Aas Hai Dost..." under direction of L-P, which
3237-486: The duo Lakshmikant Pyarelal. In an interview with Annu Kapoor recently, he has mentioned that he was quite an adept violinist and expert in western form of music. Pyarelal even thought to try his fortune in the West and wanted to become a regular orchestra player with a renowned group. Lakshmikant dissuaded him and then they started the amazing journey of music for Indian cinema. In their early days, Laxmikant–Pyarelal's music
3320-648: The end of an old era of Bollywood music, which had belonged to Jaidev , Shankar–Jaikishan , Hemant Kumar , Sachin Dev Burman , Naushad , C. Ramchandra , Khayyam , Madan Mohan , O. P. Nayyar , Roshan , Salil Chowdhury , N Datta and others. Big film producing names, such as Prasad Productions , Rajshri Productions , J. Om Prakash , Raj Khosla , Manoj Kumar , Ramanand Sagar , Madan Mohla, Mohan Sahagal, V.Shantaram, Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra, Manmohan Desai, Subhash Ghai and many more, started replacing their regular music directors and preferred Laxmikant–Pyarelal on
3403-450: The exams and learns of Mohan's sacrifice. He rushes to Mohan in the hospital to ask for forgiveness where Mohan says that he was never angry with him. The doctor tells Mohan about Meena and he forgives her. The movie ends with all of them in a loving embrace. The lyrics of the film were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal . Music director R. D. Burman played the harmonica on film scores and soundtracks. Dosti
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3486-447: The family. He was the grandson of Dewan Basheshwarnath Kapoor, great-grandson of Dewan Keshavmal Kapoor, and great-great-grandson of Dewan Murli Mal Kapoor, and was part of the famous Kapoor family . His brothers were the late actors Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor . He also had a sister named Urmila Sial. Two other siblings died in infancy. Kapoor's family later on moved from Peshawar to Bombay for residence and for education. He
3569-535: The farm has been preserved; the popular song " Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho " was shot inside this bungalow. Raj Kapoor is often referred as The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema in the Indian media. Film historians and movie buffs speak of him as the " Charlie Chaplin of Indian cinema ", since he often portrayed a tramp-like figure, who, despite adversity, was still cheerful and honest. His movies were popular in large parts of South/Central/Southeast Asia,
3652-523: The female protagonists: Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978) with Zeenat Aman , Prem Rog (1982) with Padmini Kolhapure and Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985) which introduced Mandakini . He acted in fewer films by the late 1970s and early 1980s but played a notable supporting role alongside Rajesh Khanna in Naukri (1978) and as the titular character alongside Sanjay Khan in Abdullah (1980). He played
3735-543: The film was a success due to its music. Songs like "Chahoonga Main Tujhe Shaam Savere" and "Rahi Manwa" became very popular Sung by the versatile Mohammed Rafi. At that time, many used to think that there was a single person by the name of Laxmikant Pyarelal . Laxmikant–Pyarelal won their first Filmfare Best Music Director Award for the movie, ahead of stalwarts like Shankar–Jaikishan (for Sangam ) and Madan Mohan (for Woh Kaun Thi? ). Then came Lootera ,
3818-498: The following list: Dosti (1964 film) Dosti ( transl. Friendship ) is a 1964 Indian Hindi -language drama film directed by Satyen Bose , produced by Tarachand Barjatya , and distributed by Rajshri Productions . The film focuses on the friendship between two boys: one blind (Sudhir Kumar Sawant) and the other physically disabled (Sushil Kumar). The film also features Sanjay Khan , Farida Dadi , Nana Palsikar and Leela Mishra in supporting roles. Dosti
3901-432: The footpath. Their new neighbor is Mausi, who lives with her teenage daughter and son, and treats Ramu and Mohan as her own sons. In school, Ramu excels in studies despite being a regular target of ridicule by richer students who do not consider him their equal and often degrade him for being a "street beggar". The headmaster and teacher look after Ramu before the teacher Sharma Ji declares himself as Ramu's guardian. During
3984-465: The former Soviet Union / Bloc , China, the Middle East, and Africa; his movies were global commercial successes. Siddharth Kak made Raj Kapoor , a feature film documentary on the actor in 1987 which was produced by the Government of India 's Films Division . A postage stamp, bearing his face, was released by India Post to honour him on 14 December 2001. To honour him, a brass statue of his
4067-651: The highest award for cinematic excellence in India. In 2001, he was honoured with "Best Director of the Millennium" by Stardust Awards . He was named "Showman of the Millennium" by Star Screen Awards in 2002. In June 2011, Noah Cowan, artistic director of TIFF Bell Lightbox, and Sabbas Joseph, Director, Wizcraft along with members of the Kapoor family came together to pay tribute to the life and work of Indian actor, director, mogul and legend Raj Kapoor, as presented in partnership by TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival),
4150-469: The highest number of songs in their career for Laxmikant–Pyarelal. They continued to give patronage to Mohammed Rafi, sometimes against filmmakers' wishes. They had a great rapport with Kishore Kumar as well. Kishore Kumar sang the most songs (402) for L-P among all male singers, followed by Rafi (about 388 songs). Laxmikant–Pyarelal hit the big time with Rajshri Productions' 1964 film Dosti . The film had two newcomer heroes who never became popular, and
4233-522: The highest numbers of the TOP songs for 11 years. The Binaca Geet Mala records show that Laxmikant–Pyarelal have completely dominated this musical programme. In all, 174 songs of L-P appeared in Binaca Geet Mala finals. Lata Mangeshkar played a major role in shaping up the careers of Laxmikant–Pyarelal . She sang the highest number of songs for them. Lata Mangeshkar and Laxmikant–Pyarelal shared
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#17327903763374316-526: The main roles as well as Randhir's wife to be Babita . Randhir also made his directorial debut with this film. In 1973, he launched his middle son Rishi Kapoor 's career with the romantic comedy drama Bobby which also introduced Dimple Kapadia . In 1975, he starred opposite his son Randhir again in Dharam Karam , the second film to be directed by Randhir. In the latter half of the 1970s and early 1980s he produced and directed films that focused on
4399-596: The mandolin and his elder brother learned to play the tabla. He spent two years in the company of the well-known mandolin player Hussain Ali. He began organising and performing in Indian Classical instrumental music concerts to earn some money. Later, in the 1940s, he also learned mandolin from Bal Mukund Indorker and violin from Husnalal (of the Husanlal Bhagatram fame). Laxmikant began his film career as
4482-515: The most sought after singer of the 1970s with chart toppers like "Hungama Ho Gaya", "Dhal Gaya Din", "Koi Shahari Babu', "Ek Haseena Thi" etc. Singer Mohammed Rafi has sung as many as 379 songs under Laxmikant–Pyarelal. This is the highest number of songs sung by Mohammed Rafi with any of the music directors in Hindi film music. Songs from Dosti , Aaye Din Bahar Ke , Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke , Mere Hamdam Mere Dost , Jeene Ki Raah , Dharam Veer , Amar Akbar Anthony and Sargam etc. have
4565-563: The movie industry. Raj Kapoor suffered from asthma in his later years; he died of complications related to the disease in 1988 at the age of 63. He collapsed at the event where he was to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in New Delhi , and was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi for treatment. He was hospitalised for about a month before he succumbed to complications arising from his asthma. At
4648-554: The only composers who assembled the legendary singers Kishore Kumar , Mohammad Rafi , Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar together, for the song "Humko Tumse Ho Gaya Hai Pyar Kya Kare" in Amar Akbar Anthony . After Laxmikant's death, Pyarelal has done some work independently. Yet, Pyarelal always used the name 'Laxmikant–Pyarelal' for all the future compositions. When the playback singer Kumar Sanu turned music director, he approached Pyarelal to arrange music for him. Pyarelal
4731-640: The only instance of Hemant Kumar giving playback to Raj Kapoor, and did only one movie with O. P. Nayyar ( Do Ustad ). List of films with Shankar–Jaikishan: (18 Films) Raj Kapoor and Nargis worked together in 16 films including 6 of his own productions. Mukesh was Raj Kapoor's almost exclusive singing voice in almost all of his films. Also, when Mukesh died, Raj had said, Main ne apni aawaaz ko kho diya... (I have lost my voice...). However Manna Dey has also sung many notable and super-hit songs for Raj Kapoor, for instance in Shree 420 and Chori Chori . Examples of such Manna songs are best illustrated by
4814-568: The orders of the top 32 songs of every year. In this programme also, L-P had the upper hand. Not only that, on average, there used to be at least 15 songs from L-P, also about 50% of the songs between top to tenth position. Laxmikant–Pyarelal have 245 numbers of Binca Geetmala Final Songs...(The songs compiled at the end of every year, to measure the popularity)..The highest numbers of the songs by any music directors appeared in Binaca Geetmala Finals. Apart from Laxmikant–Pyarelal have
4897-588: The romantic musical drama Sangam , starring alongside Vyjayanthimala and Rajendra Kumar . This marked his first film to be shot in technicolour . It would be the highest grossing film in his career at that point and the last successful film to have Kapoor in the leading role. His later films as an actor such as Around the World (1966) and Sapnon Ka Saudagar (1968) were box office flops. In 1970, he directed and starred in Mera Naam Joker , which
4980-401: The second most songs with Asha Bhosle. In the years 1980–1986, most of their songs would be sung by Asha only. "Hungama Ho Gaya" from Anhonee was a chartbuster and Asha was nominated for a Filmfare Award in 1974. The song was later re-recorded for the 2014 film Queen , with additional voice by Arijit Singh , it again hit the top charts and became a superhit. "Man Kyun Behka Re" with Lata
5063-808: The set of Mother India (1957). In 2017, his second son Rishi confirmed his father's affair in his autobiography Khullam Khulla . Krishna Raj Kapoor died on 1 October 2018. Rajan Nanda, husband of Ritu Nanda, died on 5 August 2018. In January 2020, Ritu Nanda herself died. She was followed three months later by her younger brother Rishi , Kapoor's second son, who died in April 2020. Kapoor's third and youngest son, Rajiv , died in February 2021. Dilip Kumar , Mukesh , Shailendra , Hasrat Jaipuri , Dev Anand , Pran , Rajendra Kumar , Manna Dey , Shankar Jaikishan , Hrishikesh Mukherjee , Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Rajesh Khanna were among Kapoor's closest friends from
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#17327903763375146-501: The songs of the film became immensely popular, esp. "Hansta Hua Nurani Chehara", "Wo Jab Yaad Aaye" and "Mere Dil Main Halki Si". Throughout their tenure as music directors, Laxmikant–Pyarelal only used A-grade singers. Their mentors, Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi agreed to sing for them in spite of low budgets, and Laxmikant–Pyarelal always remained indebted to them. In fact, all three, Lata, Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhosle have sung
5229-476: The streets singing sad songs. Sharma Ji suddenly dies, leaving Ramu devastated. Ramu decides not to take the final exam as he is unable to pay the fees. Mohan hears about it and decides to raise the money by singing in the streets in spite of his ill health. He successfully earns the money and pays the fees without Ramu's knowledge before falling ill and being admitted to the hospital. Without telling him, Meena cares for Mohan as he recuperates. Ramu places first in
5312-424: The then top actress Suraiya , respectively. Kapoor had only one release in 1951 which was his own directional, the crime drama Awaara co-starring Prithviraj Kapoor and Nargis. The film opened to highly positive response from critics as well as the audience and proved to be another mega blockbuster for the actor. Its soundtrack composed by Shankar–Jaikishan was the best selling Hindi film music album of
5395-581: The three best-known symbols of Indian culture in the Soviet Union, along with Shiva and yoga . He was called "the Clark Gable of the Indian film industry". In 2022, he was placed in Outlook India ' s "75 Best Bollywood Actors" list. Kapoor had received many awards throughout his career, including 3 National Film Awards , 11 Filmfare Awards and 21 nominations. His films Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954) were nominated for
5478-751: The time of his death, he was working on the movie Henna (an Indo-Pakistan based love story). The film was later completed by his sons Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor and was released in 1991. His and his parents' samadhi is at their family farm "Rajbaugh", meaning the "gardens of king". Located inside the MIT Art Design and Technology University (MIT ADTU), Rajbaugh lies on the banks of Mula-Mutha River in Loni Kalbhor village 30 km east of Pune in Maharashtra. The Kapoor family sold part of 125 acres Rajbaugh to MIT ADTU which built
5561-475: The village after his caretaker died. Ramu is good at playing the harmonica while Mohan is good at singing. They collaborate and sing songs on the road to earn money from pedestrians. Ramu wants to finish his studies, and they both befriend a small girl, Manjula ( Baby Farida ), who is the sister of a rich man, Ashok ( Sanjay Khan ). Manjula suffers from rheumatic heart disease and both the boys hope she would help them out. Ramu and Mohan visit Manjula and ask for
5644-530: The voice of Talat Mahmood so they specially composed a very melodious song "Mohabbat Ki Kahaniyan" in 1971 for the film Wo Din Yaad Karo in which Lata accompanied Talat. On 7 May 2011, the event house Kakas Entertainment arranged a show called Maestros, by Pyarelal, in which they revived old songs with singers such as, Anuradha Paudwal , Sonu Nigam , Alka Yagnik , Kavita Krishnamurthy , Sudesh Bhosle and many other Bollywood singers. Laxmikant–Pyarelal are
5727-399: The world, save for his friend Ramu. Soon after, Ramu gets in trouble with some ruffians and is mistakenly arrested by police during a burglary. Sharma Ji goes to the police station and bails out Ramu, on the condition that he will live with Sharma Ji and cut off contact with Mohan. Mohan is heartbroken and decides to visit him. But Sharma Ji doesn't allow him to talk to Mohan. Sad, Mohan roams
5810-419: Was a box office disaster and almost bankrupted his film production studio. The film would later gain a cult following and was acknowledged as a misunderstood film. His studio recovered the following year when he launched his son Randhir Kapoor 's career with the family drama Kal Aaj Aur Kal . This film brought together three generations of the Kapoor family, with Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor and Randhir in
5893-488: Was a canny judge of filmi music and lyrics. Many of the songs he commissioned are evergreen hits. He introduced the music directors Shankar–Jaikishan and the lyricists Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra . He is also remembered for his strong sense of visual style. He used striking visual compositions, elaborate sets, and dramatic lighting to complete the mood set by the music. He introduced the actresses Nimmi , Dimple Kapadia , and Mandakini , as well as launching and reviving
5976-544: Was also a hit and several blockbusters by L-P had Asha as lead voice in films such as Suhaag , Vakil Babu , Dostana , Adha Din Adhi Raat , Loha and Anhonee etc. to name a few. L-P scored for a Nagarjuna (actor) "Telugu" Film Majnu (1987 film) which remained a musical hit. Mohammed Rafi, till his death remained their preferred male singer although many others such as Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, manna Dey and Mahender Kapoor have sung for them whilst Shailder singh
6059-491: Was amongst the top ten highest grossing films of 1964, declared a "Super Hit" at the box office, and entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival . In 1977, the film was remade in Malayalam and Telugu as Sneham . Dosti won six Filmfare Awards out of seven nominated categories. Ramnath "Ramu" Gupta’s (Somaya) father, a factory worker, dies in an accident. When the factory refuses to pay compensation that
6142-741: Was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema . He is considered one of the greatest and most influential actors and filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema , and has been referred to as The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema and as the Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema . Born in Peshawar as the eldest son of Prithviraj Kapoor of the Kapoor family , Raj Kapoor starred in and produced many films for which he received multiple accolades , including three National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards in India. He
6225-599: Was approached to assist in the music of Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om song "Dhoom Tana". In 2009 Pyarelal won the Sachin Dev Burman International Award for Creative Sound and Music at the Pune Film Festival. Pyarelal has done a show with Kakas Entertainment called Maestros: A musical Journey of Laxmikant–Pyarelal. After Laxmikant–Pyarelalji made their debut as a music director duo in 1963, they were nominated for Best Music at
6308-495: Was born on the day of Laxmi Pujan , Dipawali on 3 November 1937. Probably, because of the day of his birth, his parents named him Laxmikant, which is a name of Lord Vishnu , consort of Goddess Laxmi . His father died when he was a child. Because of the poor financial condition of the family he could not complete his academic education either. Laxmikant's father's friend, a musician himself, advised Laxmikant and his elder brother to learn music. Accordingly, Laxmikant learned to play
6391-616: Was inspired by Charlie Chaplin and played characters based on The Tramp in films such as Awaara (1951) and Shree 420 (1955). His performance in Awaara was ranked as one of the "Top-Ten Greatest Performances of All Time in World Cinema" by Time magazine in 2005. His films Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954) competed for the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951 and 1955's editions respectively. His films were global commercial successes in parts of Asia,
6474-502: Was introduced in the Movie "Bobby" Laxmikant–Pyarelal composed Indian classical music as well as Western music; they were most popular for their folk tunes and semi-classical music. For Shagird , they composed Rock-n-Roll -style melodies, and in Karz the music is closer to disco . For this film they wrote a Westernised version of a Ghazal, "Dard-e-dil Dard-e- jigar", and they received
6557-579: Was married to industrialist Rajan Nanda (scion of the family which promoted and controls the Escorts group ), and they had two children: daughter Nitasha Nanda and son, Nikhil Nanda , married to Shweta, daughter of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan . Raj Kapoor's younger daughter, Rima Jain, is married to investment banker Manoj Jain and is the mother of Armaan Jain and Aadar Jain. Both of Kapoor's brothers, all three of Kapoor's sons, two of Kapoor's daughters-in-law, three of Kapoor's grandchildren and
6640-784: Was recorded on 31 July 1980 in Mahboob studio at 10:00 PM. Shortly afterwards Mohd. Rafi died at 10:25 PM. Laxmikant–Pyarelal also produced some memorable songs rendered by Kishore Kumar , 402 songs, the second highest numbers of songs sung by Kishore Kumar under any of the music directors in Hindi film. Namely "Mere Mehboob Qayamat Hogi", "Pyar Batate Chalo", Mere Naseeb Main", "Ye Dard Bhara Afsana", Vaada Tera Vaada", "Yeh Jeevan Hai", "Mere Dil Main Aaj Kya Hai", "Mere Diwane Pan Ki", "My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves", "Aap Ke Anurodh Pe", "Ik Ritu Aaye", "Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai", "Ruk Jaana Nahin", "Om Shanti Om" and many more hits. Laxmikant–Pyarelal kept
6723-507: Was the lyricist who wrote the maximum number of texts Laxmikant–Pyarelal gave music to. He was actually the lyricist for all the films for which Laxmikant–Pyarelal won Filmfare Awards , except their first award. Actor Rajesh Khanna kept Laxmikant–Pyarelal as music director for 26 of his films. Another great collaboration was with Mohammed Rafi . He has sung many hits under their baton. "Dhal Gaya Din" (with Asha) in Humjoli (1970) became
6806-613: Was unveiled at Walk of the Stars at Bandra Bandstand in Mumbai in March 2012. Many of Raj Kapoor's movies had a patriotic theme. His films Aag , Shree 420 and Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (In the country where the Ganges flows) celebrated the newly independent India, and encouraged film-goers to be patriots. Raj Kapoor commissioned these famous lyrics for Mera Joota Hai Japani ,
6889-412: Was very similar to Shankar–Jaikishan 's music, as Laxmikant was a great fan of theirs. Once Shankar even changed his orchestration to make sure that his music did not sound like Laxmikant–Pyarelal's. Laxmikant–Pyarelal's first film as music directors was not released. The first released movie which featured them as music directors was Babubhai Mistry 's Parasmani (1963), which was a costume drama. All
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