Remembering MADAN MOHAN on the centenary of his birth.
Born on 25 June 1924, in Iraq. He joined Army as 2nd lieutenant in 1943. Served for 2yrs until end of World War II & returned to Bombay to pursue music. He worked in All India Radio, assisted SD Burman, before his first film as indepedent composer in 1950.
“ On the day that S.D. Burman had booked the studio to record this song for Dev Anand's Tere Mere Sapne in 1970, Bombay's transportation network was shut down because of overnight torrential rains.
None of the musicians could make it to the studio. Only SD Burman, Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar and a tabla player were present.
Instead of cancelling the recording, Burman da called Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma & Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia and requested them to help him out with the recording.
Here is the magic created by the santoor, flute, tabla, Lata, Kishore and the genius SD”
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Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma on the recording of this song which wasn’t cancelled because of rains.
Hariprasad Chaurasia on his collaboration with SD Burman