Shankar Jaikishan Emperors of Music

By Ashwini Kumar Rath

Shankar Jaikishan music,

synonym of Indian Film music,
has far reaching impact in India
and outside. The duo moulded
music and musical mood of
masses since 1949, and are still
considered to be the best
music composers from India.

The duo also contributed

outside movie industry with
their much celebrated album
Raga in Jazz Style, and
background music for
documentary Everest
expedition among many
others. If we look at the
popular impact by any
personalities in the field of music during the post-independence period in India, the obvious choice is
Shankar Jaikishan.
Shankar, the more versatile of the two, was a prolific musician with mastery over dozens of
instruments, Indian classical music and dance forms. He was primarily responsible for building
Shankar Jaikishan team with dedicated lyricists, music assistants, and jumbo-sized 60-pieces
orchestra, and was the lead composer. On the other hand, Jaikishan was incredibly creative and
legendary composer himself. He was genius of background music and romantic tunes though he too
could compose songs in other genres. While Shankar's musical jhankar propels divine dwellers to
zoom in unison with ecstasy, romantic effervescence of Jaikishan music brings divine feelings on to
earth.
During initial years, all decisions about musical engagements were made by Shankar; but both
started taking up assignments separately in the late sixties.
They had sharp contrasts in personalities and physical appearances. Shankar was gym-savvy, nondrinker, and was a strict disciplinarian. On the other hand, Jaikishan was party-man and was very
social. In fact, Jaikishan was mostly the point of contact for producers, directors and actors to
incorporate their requests due to his friendly nature. Of course, both were great human beings, and
were incredibly simple in spite of fame and richness.

Shankar the Greatest Composer and Musician

Shankar, born on Oct 5, 1922, was basically from Punjab, but his initial years were spent in
Hyderabad. His full name was Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi, and he was an accomplished tabla player

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and dancer when he came to Mumbai. Later he assisted Husnlal Bhagatram for composing music,
and took up music and stage performance assignments at Prithivi Theatre. His proficiency in music
and dedication was highly appreciated by his peers and seniors alike.
Shankar was entirely dedicated for musical innovations during his whole life; it was his diwanapan.
He created diverse tunes and musical edifices beyond human imagination during his career spanning
from 1949 to 1987.
Shankar's music has a zing that makes the listener shiver with divine thrill. His music is mostly filled
with strange patterns and is difficult to copy without being identified. Some example scores ascribed
to Shankar are Awara Hoon (album: Awara), Mera Joota Hi Japani (album: Shree 420), Geet Gata
Hun Mein (album: Lal Patthar), Yahoo! Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe (album: Junglee), Tera Jana (album:
anari), etc.
Shankar used to give importance to all aspects of a song - its tune, prelude, interludes and entire
orchestra accompanying the song. He used to emphasise on the deployment of particular
instruments and the way it is done.
Shankar's day used to start early in the morning and to continue until midnight. He is known to
create tunes for a song instantly and is regarded as the fastest composer until today.

Jaikishan the Best Composer of Romantic Tunes

Jaikishan, born on November 4, 1929, whose full name was Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal, was from a
royal musicians family of Gujurat. He was initially trained in classical music by his mother. He
achieved proficiency in playing harmonium. Later he came to Mumbai, and pursued his musical
interests apart from working in a factory to meet his basic needs.
Jaikishan can safely be termed as the best ever composer of romantic tunes. His ability of composing
background music is considered unparalleled even by his contemporaries.
The example scores ascribed to Jaikishan are Teri Pyari Pyari Soorat Ko (album: Sasural), Bedardi
Balma Tujhko (album: Arzoo), Yeh mera prem patra (album: Sangam), etc. He gives major emphasis
to tunes in the whole composition. He understood the taste of masses and struck right chord.
Jaikishan was very social and used to spend his major off-time with friends and partying. However,
he was very particular when it comes to work and sticking to timelines of assignments.

Formation of Duo
Shankar and Jaikishan first met when both were waiting for a director outside his office seeking
some musical assignment. They developed an instant bond due to similar musical interests and
ambitions.
In their meeting Shankar disclosed about a requirement of harmonium player at Prithivi Theatre.
Jaikishan expressed his interest, and Shankar recommended his name back at Theatre. Both then
became colleagues, and collaborated for music assignments at Prithivi Theatre.

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When showman Raj Kapoor, eldest son of Prithviraj Kapoor (owner of Prithvi Theatre), made his first
movie Aag, Shankar Jaikishan assisted Ram Ganguly, who was heading the music division of Theatre
and was the obvious choice as music composer of the film.
While assisting Ram Ganguly in music compositions, Shankar was ambitious. He had managed to
show his ability in composing music independently to Raj Kapoor. Meanwhile, the showman was
looking for a new creative team for his upcoming film Barsaat, and proposed to Shankar to become
its music composer. It was a great opportunity, and Shankar and Jaikishan wanted to go together for
the assignment.
The music of Barsaat was a rage across India. The music was fresh accompanied by melodious tunes;
and broke all barriers of music compositions for a movie. Their favourite lyricists Hasrat Jaipuri and
Shailendra got associated with them from the first assignment. They used the then struggling singer
Lata Mangeshkar for eight songs in Barsaat, a surprise to everybody, and also for different
characters in the film, another surprise!
The Shankar Jaikishan duo had formed.

Ascent of Musical Geniuses

Riding over huge success in their first movie, Shankar Jaikishan needed more assignments to prove
that they were not just one-time phenomenon. They started taking assignments apart from those
from R. K. Films. Their albums of Awara, Nagina and Poonam among others established them as the
leading composers-duo.
Later, music scores of Awara and Shree 420 among others became very popular abroad. Shankar
Jaikishan magic spread across globe.
With each movie Shankar Jaikishan brought an ever fresh blend to contemporary music. They
concentrated in building unique orchestra form through great exploitation of Indian, oriental and
western music, and with marathon practice hours with dedicated musicians. Shankar-jaikishani
Orchestra was born with Sebastian De'Souza in charge thereof. Rhyme section was being looked
after by Dattaram, an independent and successful music composer himself. The stage was now set
for a big showdown in music scene.
Shankar Jaikishan went on creating albums like New Delhi, Chori Chori, Basant Bahar, Dil Apna Aur
Preet Paraye, Yahudi and Anari among others. With the sheer versatility of tunes, accompanying
orchestra and perfection in subtle musical orientation, Shankar Jaikishan established their
supremacy. Indian music started being identified with film music in general, and with Shankar
Jaikishan music in particular.
Early sixties saw Jaikishan contributing almost equal number of scores as Shankar. Both released
batteries of scores and surpassed all musical norms.
Shankar-jaikishani orchestra started increasing to a jumbo size, and varieties of movies provided
suitable platform to unleash their creativity to its climax. Their music studio became a sacred place
for all musicians and young composers.

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Fame and Fate

Shankar Jaikishan started taking more assignments, but the quality remained intact. The series of
albums with fast dance scores and slow romantic melodies became saleable pattern and successmovie-formula.
Shankar Jaikishan became highest paid music directors of their time. Movies attracted people to
movie halls due to a mere mention of Shankar Jaikishan as its music directors.
With increasing work pressure, Shankar and Jaikishan started giving music independently. Lyricist
Shailendra (for the next few years until his untimely death) mostly worked with Shankar and lyricist
Hasrat Jaipuri with Jaikishan.
Jaikishan was then a married man and started composing music from his home whereas Shankar was
working from their music studio. However, there was give-and-take in a great way, and collaboration
continued.
With achievement of incredible fame and signing for numerous movies (see Shankar Jaikishan
Numerology towards late sixties Figure 1 and Figure 2), the music quality deteriorated with respect
to their own standard. Non-musical phenomenon entered into their musical pursuit. To add, a series
of their movies crashed at box-office. Movie producers started associating with other composers as
they were charging much lesser fees and could strike an acceptance among popular masses. This
saw the beginning of decline of Shankar Jaikishan brand and triggered the end of Golden Era of Hindi
film music. In fact, some young composers like Kalyanji-Anandji, Laxmikant Pyarelal, and R D Burman
had started getting popular attention and approval with their music being moulded in the line of
Shankar Jaikishan music.

(Figure 1: Number of Shankar Jaikishan Music Albums Released Year-wise)

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(Figure 2: Number of Shankar Jaikishan Music Scores Released Year-wise)
With Shankar and Jaikishan working separately, critics found it an opportunity to create an
atmosphere of mistrust as both had then become the primary media attention and were susceptible
then. Some of their sycophants and wrong friends started playing spoil-sport. Moreover, Shankar
and Jaikishan started signing a large number of movies beyond their capacity, and made ways for
their decline. However, they could hold their fort intact as the top music directors until Jaikishan's
death and desertion of their native R. K. Films banner.
Jaikishan fell ill and died in the year 1971. With Jaikishan's untimely death, the Shankar Jaikishan
brand received the fatal blow, and was not the same again.

Post-Jaikishan Era
Shankar kept the brand name intact by retaining the name Shankar Jaikishan even after Jaikishan's
death. But situation was quite different for genius Shankar then. The year 1971 saw release of
maximum number of albums by Shankar Jaikishan that were mostly done by Jaikishan. But majority
of them crashed at box-office, and Shankar were in terrible pressure professionally too after loosing
Jaikishan.
Shankar started completing the unfinished albums signed by Jaikishan and himself. After failed
albums in 1971, Shankar was not given the 60-piece orchestra for their new albums by producers
citing cost reasons. The quality of music was affected in the process. Shankar too could not reconcile
with the changed scenario, and many top banners including R. K. Films distanced themselves from
him due to past box-office failures.
Shankar was in dilemma.
In spite of all odds, Shankar continued his music pursuit single-handedly and produced some highly
popular albums like Beimaan (the last film awarded by Filmfare to Shankar Jaikishan), Naina, Lal
Patthar, Seema (new), Vachan, and Do Jhoot among others. By then, commercial viability of Shankar
Jaikishan brand was almost at stake, and Shankar's most trusted leiutants were about to leave for
greener pasture. Shankar undertook creating album of Sanyasi as entrusted by producer and
director Sohanlal Kunwar.
For all technical reasons, Sanyasi remains the last major album of Shankar Jaikishan. Its scores were
so popular that everybody believed that Shankar Jaikishan brand was again going to dominate
Bollywood. But it did not happen - reasons were, of course, non-musical - Shankar (Jaikishan) already
had their time.
Even after Sanyasi, Shankar continued providing music for movies though he also associated himself
with TV programs in early eighties. These years also saw some novel scores being created. Notable
albums during this era are Atmaram, Garam Khoon, Chorni, and Eent Ka Jawab Patther among
others. But Shankar Jaikishan brand had already gone into oblivion.
Shankar died in the night of April 26, 1987 due to a massive heart attack as known from his family
source. The world came to know about his death a day after the cremation was over.

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As their public tributes, the showman Raj Kapoor attributed the musical success of his movies to
Shankar Jaikishan, and singer Lata Mangeshkar termed him as the best of the best composers. But
Shankar was no more.

Innovations and Versatility

Shankar Jaikishan music has a distinct character. People easily recognise a score to be of Shankar
Jaikishan if it is melodious accompanied by soothing but high octave orchestra. Their music varies
from fast-paced ones to very slow ones, but each one blends with orchestra well and creates an
immediate bond with music lovers.
Any singer, any lyricist - a hit score!
It is always very surprising to know that Shankar Jaikishan experimented with 90-plus singers and 60plus lyricists. Inspite of successful music albums with particular singers or lyricists, they used to use
different people every time successfully. For example, they had successfully experimented with
Manna Dey in Chori Chori and with Mukesh in Yahudi. They also used to bring newcomers and could
produce amazing results like Lata Mangeshkar in Barsaat, C. H. Atma in Nagina, Subir Sen in
Kathputli, Sharda in Suraj, and Vishweshwar Sharma in Sanyasi among others.
When asked, Shankar had once told that their learning started with Indian classical music, and they
went ahead for other clans of music later. However, the ease of use of both Indian classical and
western music, and the depth of exploitation of both to create the Shankar Jaikishani flavour is
magnificent and incredible. In fact, Shankar Jaikishan were the first to successfully experiment and
blend Western, Arabian, and Latin American music into Indian musical sects.
They also had a rare ability to visualize the movie picturisation to cast the playback music into
appropriate mould and frequency. Jaikishan had an unparalleled acumen in background music with
his best scores being Sangam and Mera Naam Joker; and he was primarily responsible for
background scores of Shankar Jaikishan movies till his death. Shankar was also no less in producing
background music and his notable score is Sanyasi. Both used to take just three days to complete
the background score of a movie.
Shankar Jaikishan gave birth to distinct persona for each actor in their movies. They created a
Chaplin-like tramp image for Raj Kapoor, aggressive romantic image for Shammi Kapoor, and gentle
and around-the-tree persona for Rajendra Kumar among others. The movies of respective actors
carried music appropriate to their screen persona invariably.
When Shankar and Jaikishan started as a team, it was a strategic decision that changed the musical
history of India later. Though nobody knows the reason of going together for such an assignment as
it is first-time ever in India, they perhaps understood the level of quality and effort required to
convert a film into a master musical piece. They were aware of contemporary process of music
compositions and settings, and wanted to bring a radical change to it. They were later successful in
this and went on being the greatest.
The duo started building an enviable team of large number of musicians, two proficient lyricists like
Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri, a rhyme assistant like Dattaram, an orchestra arranger like Sebastian
De'Souza. These people were great in their own faculty and knew their jobs well and exactly.

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However, credit of entire team management and consequent success goes mostly to Shankar
Jaikishan as these team members could not create the same magic with other composers when they
worked outside. It is always a point of discussion about how they could bring out such perfect scores
with such a huge team when they themselves and most of their musicians had not gone through
systematic study of western music schools.
Shankar Jaikishan team can be compared to any professional corporate house. Their deliveries were
in time and to the perfection. Team members were also paid well.

Inspirations for next generations of composers

Shankar Jaikishan exploited and extended musical horizon in the twentieth century, and gave young
Indian Republic an expression and an identity in the field of music. They became source of
inspiration to almost all young composers from sixties until today. Metamorphic forms of their
scores are being represented by other composers throughout the world - title song of Hollywood
blockbuster Ghost World in the year 1993, a popular album in UK, and background score of a movie
by legendary movie director Satyajit Ray are the notable ones among many others. The leading
Indian composers-duo in seventies, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, had set the goal of being another Shankar
Jaikishan throughout their career. The album Teesri Manzil by the music composer R D Burman, cast
exactly in Shankar Jaikishani mould, is still considered to be his best; in fact, he had earned direct
compliments from Jaikishan for those scores.

Conclusion
Today, Shankar Jaikishan music is popular in India and abroad due to its sheer quality. However,
many of their albums are not being made available by the copyright owners. Unfortunately, many of
their scores are being re-packaged in the name of actors or singers without the mention of the music
composers. This commercial piracy must end, and there should be genuine and consistent effort
from everybody involved to keep the treasure intact and available for music lovers.

(Shankar Jaikishan directing singer Mohd. Rafi for a live show Photo was gifted by Shankar
himself to Dr. Chander Mehta)

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Table 1: Shankar Jaikishan Albums: Year-wise

Year Album
Banner
1949 Barsaat
R. K. Films
1951 Awara
R. K. Films
Badal
Verma Films
Kali Ghata
Hindustan Chitra
1952 Daag
Mars And Movies
Parbat
Verma Films
Poonam
Kay Arts
Nagina
Pancholi Productions
1953 Aah
R.K.Films
Aas
Goel Cine Corporation
Boot Polish
R.K.Films
Mayur Pankh
Sahu Films Ltd
Naya Ghar
Kashyap Productions
Patita
Mars And Movies
Shikast
Asha Deep
Avan (Aah - Tamil)
R.K.Films
Badshah
Mars And Movies
Aurat
Verma Films
Premalekhalu (Aah -Telugu)
R.K.Films
1954 Pooja
Verma Films
1955 Seema
Mars And Movies
Shree 420
R.K.Films
1956 Basant Bahar
Shree Vishwa Bharati Films P.Ltd
Chori Chori
AVM Productions, Chennai
Halaku
All India Pictures
Kismat Ka Khel
Sahu Films Ltd
New Delhi
Delux Films
Patrani
Prakash Pictures
Rajhath
Minerva Movietone
1957 Begunah
Roop Kamal Chitra
Kathputli
Shrirangam Productions
1958 Baaghi Sipaahi
V.P. Productions
Yahudi
Bombay Films
1959 Anari
L.B. Films
Chhoti Bahen
Prasad Productions, Chennai
Kanhaiya
S.P. Pictures
Love Marriage
Subodh Mukherjee Productions
Shararat
Roshni Films
Main Nashe Mein Hoon
Verma Pictures
Ujala
Eagle Films
1960 College Girl
Rawal Films
Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
Mahal Pictures
Ek Phol Char Kaante
Parbat Films
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti
R.K.Films
Hain
Singapore
Eagle Films
1961 Aas Ka Panchhi
Filmyug
Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hain
Nasir Hussain Films
Junglee
Subodh Mukherjee Productions
Krorepati
Saigal Brothers

Director
Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor
Amiya Chakravarty
Kishore Sahu
Amiya Chakravarty
O.P.Dutta
M.Sadiq
Ravindra Dave
Raja Nawathe
Devendra Goel
Prakash Arora
Kishore Sahu
D.D.Kashyap
Amiya Chakravarty
Ramesh Saigal
Raja Nawathe
Amiya Chakravarty
Bhagwandas Verma
Raja Nawathe
Bhagwandas Verma
Amiya Chakravarty
Raj Kapoor
Raja Nawathe
Anant Thakur
D.D.Kashyap
Kishore Sahu
Mohan Saigal
Vijay Bhatt
Sohrab Modi
Narindra Suri
Amiya Chakravarty
Bhagwandas Verma
Bimal Roy
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
L.V.Prasad
Om Prakash
Subodh Mukherjee
H.S.Rawail
Naresh Saigal
Naresh Saigal
T.Prakash Rao
Kishore Sahu
Bhaapi Sonie
Radhu Karmakar
Shakti Samanta
Mohan Kumar
Nasir Hussain
Subodh Mukherjee
Mohan Saigal

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Table 1: Shankar Jaikishan Albums: Year-wise
Year Album
Banner
Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja
H.S.Rawail
Sasural
Prasad Productions, Chennai
Aashiq
Rueben - Dube Productions
Boy Friend
N.S. Films
1962 Asli Naqli
L.B. Films
Dil Tera Diwana
Padmini Pictures, Chennai
Hariyali Aur Rasta
Shri Prakash Pictures
Professor
Eagle Films
Rungoli
R.S.B. Films
1963 Dil Ek Mandir
Chitralaya, Chennai
Ek Dil Sau Afsane
Talwar Films
Hamrahi
Prasad Productions, Chennai
1964 Apne Huye Paraye
Mars And Movies
April Fool
Subodh Mukherjee Productions
Ayee Milan Ki Bela
Filmyug
Beti Bete
Prasad Productions, Chennai
Rajkumar
Sravana Films, Chennai
Sanjh Aur Savera
S.J. Films
Sangam
R.K.Films
Zindagi
Gemini Pictures and N.N.Sippy
Productions, Chennai
1965 Arzoo
Sagar Art Corporation
Gumnaam
Prithvi Pictures
Janwar
Ruhi Films
1966 Amrapali
Eagle Films
Budtameez
Verma Brothers
Gaban
B.J. Productions

1967

1968

1969

Love in Tokyo
Pyar Mohabbat
Street Singer
Suraj
Teesari Kasam
Aman
An Evening in Paris
Around The World
Chhoti Si Mulaqat
Diwana
Gunahon Ka Devta
Hare Kaanch Ki Choodiyan
Laat Saheb
Raat Aur Din
Brahmachari
Duniya
Jhuk Gaya Aasman
Kahin Aur Chal
Kanyadaan
Mere Huzoor
Sapnon Ka Saudagar
Shikar
Everest (Documentary)
Bhai Bahen

Pramod Films
Alankar Chitra
Bhavdeep Films
Venus Pictures
Image Makers
Emkay Productions
Shakti Films
P.S.Pictures
Our Movies, Calcutta
Anupam Chitra
Janta Chitra
Kishore Sahu Productions (P) Ltd
International Enterprises
A.A.N.Productions
Sippy Films
Time Films
R.D.Bansal Productions
J.M.Films
Kiron Productions
Movie Mughal
Screen Gems
Guru Dutt Films Combine
Films Division
Vikram Productions, Chennai

Director
H.S.Rawail
L.V.Prasad
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Naresh Saigal
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
B.R.Panthalu
Vijay Bhatt
Lekh Tandon
Amar Kumar
Sridhar
R.C.Talwar
T.Prakash Rao
Ajit Kumar Chakravarty
Subodh Mukherjee
Mohan Kumar
L.V.Prasad
K.Shankar
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Raj Kapoor
Ramanand Sagar
Ramanand Sagar
Raja Nawathe
Bhaapi Sonie
Lekh Tandon
Manmohan Desai
Krishan Chopra, Hrishikesh
Mukherjee
Pramod Chakravarty
Shanker Mukherjee
Chandrashekhar
T.Prakash Rao
Basu Bhattacharya
Mohan Kumar
Shakti Samanta
Pachhi
Alo Sircar
Mahesh Kaul
Devi Sharma
Kishore Sahu
Hari Valia
Satyen Bose
Bhaapi Sonie
T.Prakash Rao
Lekh Tandon
Vijay Anand
Mohan Saigal
Vinod Kumar
Mahesh Kaul
Atma Ram
N.S.Thapa
A.Bhimsingh

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Table 1: Shankar Jaikishan Albums: Year-wise
Year Album
Banner
Chanda Aur Bijli
Guru Dutt Films Combine
Jahan Pyar Miley
L.R.T. Films
Prince
Eagle Films
Pyar Hi Pyar
R.S.Productions
Sachaai
EM.CE.R. Films, Chennai
Shatranj
Gemini Pictures, Chennai
Tumse Achcha Kaun Hain
Pramod Films
Yakeen
Navratna Films
Baalak
Kala Mandal
1970 Bhai Bhai
R.M.Art Productions
Dharti
Chitralaya, Chennai
Jwala
Raman Productions, Chennai
Mera Naam Joker
R.K.Films
Pagla Kahin Ka
Mars And Movies
Pehchan
Filmnagar
Tum Haseen Main Jawan
Bhappi Sonie Productions
Umang
Guru Dutt Films Combine
Tee Mee Navhech
Jai Shankar Films
1971 Albela
Shreeji Films
Andaz
Sippy Films
Balidaan
Verma Films
Duniya Kya Jaane
Chitralaya, Chennai
Ek Nari Ek Brahmachari
Jothee Navshakti Combines, Chennai
Elaan
Eagle Films
Jaane Anjaane
Shakti Films
Jawan Mohabbat
Roopanjali
Kal Aaj Aur Kal
R.K.Films
Lal Patthar
Eagle Films
Main Sundar Hoon
A.V.M.Studios (P) Ltd., Chennai
Nadaan
Navratna Films
Parde Ke Peechey
EM.CE.R. Films, Chennai
Patanga
K.R. Films
Preetam
Bhappi Sonie Productions
Yaar Mera
R.S.Productions
Bombay Talkie
Merchant Ivory Productions
Aan-Baan
Movie Mughal
Seema (New)
Filmnagar
Jeevitha Chakram (Telugu)
Navashakthee Productions
1972 Aankh Micholi
E.V.R.Pictures, Chennai
Aankhon Aankhon Mein
Filmyug
Beimaan
Filmnagar
Dil Daulat Duniya
All India Pictures
Jangal Mein Mangal
Kiron Productions
Rivaaj
Sona Films, Chennai
Bandagi
EM.CE.R. Films, Chennai
1973 Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar
Kiron Productions
Archana
Vikram Pictures, Mumbai
Chori Chori (New)
K.P.K Movies
Daman Aur Aag
Kalyug
Dur Naheen Manzil
International Enterprises
Naina
Shakti International
Pyar Ka Rishta
Golden Films

10

Director
Atma Ram
Lekh Tandon
Lekh Tandon
Bhaapi Sonie
K.Shankar
S.S.Vasan
Pramod Chakravarty
Brij Sadanah
Adarsh
Raja Nawathe
Sridhar
M.V.Raman
Raj Kapoor
Ajit Kumar Chakravarty
Sohanlal Kanwar
Bhaapi Sonie
Atma Ram
Madhukar Bawdekar
A.Shamsheer
Ramesh Sippy
Ravi Tandon
Sridhar
K.P.Atma
K.Raman Lal
Shakti Samanta
Bhaapi Sonie
Randhir Kapoor
Sushil Majumdar
Krishnan- Panju
Deven Verma
K.Shankar
Kedar Kapoor
Bhaapi Sonie
Atma Ram
James Ivory
Prakash Mehra
Surendra Mohan
Unknown
Ramanna
Raghunath Jhalani
Sohanlal Kanwar
P.N.Arora
Rajendra Bhatia
T.Prakash Rao
K.Shankar
Rajendra Bhatia
Satpal
Kewal P. Kashyap
Vinod Kumar
Hari Valia
Kanak Mishra
Sultan Ahmed

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Table 1: Shankar Jaikishan Albums: Year-wise
Year Album
Banner
1974 Chhote Sarkar
Pinky Films
Insaaniyat
J.V.Films Corporation
International Crook
Pachhi
Mera Vachan Geeta Ki Kasam M.M.R Films
Resham Ki Dori
Modern Pictures
Tarzan Mera Saathi
Jaimini Dewan Productions
Vachan
Zar Films Organisation
1975 Do Jhoot
Filmnagar
Love in Bombay
Mukherji Enterprises
Neelma
A.A.N.Productions
Saazish
Maya Movietone
Sanyasi
Filmnagar
1976 Dhoop Chhaon
Trishul
Duniyadari
Filmnagar
1978 Mahfil
Geeta Productions
1979 Atmaram
Filmnagar
Ganga Aur Geeta
Vikrant International
The Gold Medal
Time Films
1980 Garam Khoon
Zar Films Organisation
1981 Chorni
Kesar Films
Naari
Filmnagar
1982 Eent Ka Jawab Patthar
P.S.Pictures
1983 Film Hi Film
Shadab International Production
Associates
1984 Papi Pet Ka Sawal Hain
Filmnagar
1986 Inteqaam Ki Aag
Sushma Kala Mandir
Kaanch Ki Deewar
Ace Movie Makers
Krishna Krishna
Upendra Films
1991 Gori
V.M.K.Films

Director
K.Shankar
Prayag Raj
Pachhi
Vinod Kumar
Atma Ram
John Gullermin & Anand
Suraj Prakash
Jitu Thakur
Joy Mukherji
Pushparaj
Kalidas
Sohanlal Kanwar
Prahlad Sharma
Ram Kelkar
Amar Kumar
Sohanlal Kanwar
Manmohan Behl
Ravee Nagaich
A.Salam
Jyoti Swarup
Sharan K.Chand
Pachhi
Hiren Nag
Sohanlal Kanwar
Shiv Kumar
M.N.Yasin
Chandrakant
Sudhakar Sharma

NOTE: For more information on Shankar Jaikishan music, please visit http://www.sjmusic.org

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