The fateful affair between R. D. Burman, Subhash Ghai & Laxmikant Pyarelal. (Did You Know - 18) |
It’s hard to write about the unfortunate affair between these three giants of Hindi film Industry, who also happen to be among those few personalities, I love and admire the most in Bollywood. But sadly the event did happen in the late eighty’s which was quite ill-timed in the career of the legendary R. D. Burman, who was facing a real tough time in those days.
12 Jan 2010 /
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Bobby Sing
To all like minded friends here,
Though the article was written here with the sole motive of sharing a valuable information related with the masters. But unfortunately the post went to an unwanted comparative zone, with some personal visions expressed towards the individual names in the comments sections, mentioning their much appreciated body of works in the past. Frankly for me it was indeed a matter of concern since reading them all might make an undesirable impact on the young minds even before they get to listen and be impressed by the gifted maestros and their precious tracks. Hence to avoid that serious concern, all the comments here have been compiled in a PDF format file, which is available just with a click at the link given below the post, if you really want to go through it all. Cheers! HIS BLESSINGS
Kamal Bhaatia
I saw some persons are calling RDB a copycat and according to them L-P have always given original music. Have you ever noticed background scoers? RD has always given excellent background music rather than lifting from music bank. he has used typical tune for Babu (Amitabh in 2nd role) in Satte pe satta. LP have blindly copid this tune for Vinod Khanna in Insaaf. (if you dont belive, watch both movies again).
Bobby Sing
Dear Kamal Bhaatia,
Abdullah Arif
I just dont understand how can Ghai deny RDB a project when 2 songs were already recorded. This is sheer unprofessionalism, and absolute dishonor to a great man like RDB.
On the other hand, L-P should have shown bit of decency, they have a history of backstabbing others. They did it to Hridaynath Mangeshkar when Satym Shivam Sundaram music was being done. Lata Jee had finalized HM for music with RK and left for USA. When she came back, HM was out, and L-P were in.
I like L-P music but this is absolute lack of ethics from their side. RD Burman took the punch then, but the legacy he has will be unmatched among all Bollywood music directors, including his own father.
Bobby Sing
Thanks for your detailed comment Abudulla Arif and it has got a lot of bitter facts in it indeed.
Abhinav
Lp remained in the shadow of rdb and kalyanji anandji till 80s. Lp had worked as music arrangers for the above two , and the old guard ( Sd burman ) . Seems like they got tired of staying in the shadow for too long. Shameless indeed , as they should have considered how the old guard helped them . Shankar jaikishan even changed their orchestration once as LPs sound was sounding like theirs. Great as they were, coming from poor backgrounds , but did a very shameless thing not once , now that I read about what u wrote for HM sir. Lataji was a big fan of Lakshmi sir hence she rooted for them . Wonder what she felt after that incident . The industry has suffered since RDB went prematurely ( Anu Malik , Nadeem shravan in most of their crass nos barring minority good ones ) to be rescued only when ARR came . The eery coincidence is his recording studio is also known as Panchathan studios .
Bobby Sing
(Sorry for the late reply as many comments got hidden due to a technical glitch.)
Adeel Ali
They both were amazing music directors, but the 80's didn't do many favours for Pancham Da. His compositions became fairly average and lacked the magic they had in the 60's and 70's. Laxmikant Pyarelals orchestration was always so grand and larger than life, you can just imagine 100's of musicians in the studio putting their heart and soul into the song. If we were to compare the two camps then Laxmikant Pyarelal wins hands down. With that said I do feel it was very wrong for Subhash Ghai to go back on his word, a Man's word should be his word, and he must live and die by it.
Bobby Sing
I completely agree to your thoughts Adeel Ali and yes Subhash Ghai certainly should have kept his word or could have handled the situation in a more respectable manner. |
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