Comments on: Laxmikant Pyarellal’s immortal relationship with Mohammad Rafi

By: R K VERMA

R K VERMA — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:58:02 +0000

Dear friends ,
As an avid listener I have great admire for all the musicians of the early time. Even if all the musicians of today work together they wont be able to create a single melody like Dil ke jharokhe me (SJ) , ye raatein (Julioe Rajesh Roshan), Ae mere watan ke logon (C Ramc),

By: Pijush Chatterjee

Pijush Chatterjee — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:05:06 +0000

I salute them who are alwayys trying to keep such history of these ever respected legends.Thanks

By: Hemant Tattu - Pune - India

Hemant Tattu - Pune - India — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:45:25 +0000

When discussing Hindi film music, the names most often mentioned are Anil Vishwas, C. Ramchandra, Naushad, Madan Mohan, Shankar Jaikishan, O.P.Naiyyar, Sachin Dev Burman, Roshan,etc.
L P duo entered the film industry at a time when most of the above composers were at their peak( barring a few).
But inspite of this situation, this duo ( L P ) slowly but surely crafted a definite place for themselves and lasted in the industry for almost three & half decades. (Though their later year compositions – after 1985 – were not as impressive).
I am a L P fan since my boyhood i.e. since about more than 45 years.
Rafi sahab recorded his first song for this duo for ” Parasmani ” The song was ROSHAN TUMHI SE DUNIYA – SALAMAT RAHO”. The song was so much liked & appreciated by Rafi Sahab that afterwards – whenever Rafi Sahab met this duo he always used to wish them as ” SALAMAT RAHO “.
My Name is Hemant Tattu, m 53 years of age, Residing at Pune – Maharashtra – India.
I m ardent fan of old hindi film music and have, in my collection, around 24000 + songs.
It was a real good feeling to see somebody have similar feelings about LP.
Thanks and with warm regards.
Hemant Tattu

By: binu nair

binu nair — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:23:51 +0000

When two great talents meet and work as a team, fireworks ought to be expected.
the team of laxmikant – pyarelal became the most durable music team in the hindi music scene. they were in thick and thin of hindi music for a span of 35 years .
laxmikant was the pro of the music team. he was a mandolin player par excellence. and pyarelal, the quieter of the two was the silent behind the scene player. he showed his his skills and delivered most in the music rooms.

pyarelal is said to be the best violinist in the country . he was chosen at age 17 to play the interlude by maestro madan mohan for the immortal song of haqueeqat : Mai ye soch kar unke dar se chala tha…………………, he could make the the violin cry!

he is the best arranger of the industry, a little short tempered but a great artisan. its said that : when pyarelal has a rage then no one will come near him, including laxmikant his partner.

like shankar jaikishan, the duo of l and p too had disagreements and fall-out was nipped in the bud. they also found favour with the nightingale who helped them in their career when the s.j team was seeing their downslide.

its said that the nightingale flew in to a rage with their favourite composers after the duo gave ssongs to three female singers : when the nightingale was on a three month long world – in the nineties.

its said that the duo recorded songs for over 400 movies . the total output was about one song – every third day of their career.

mohd rafi was their main singer and gave him – utmost respect like that given by shankar and jaikishan. ( all composers had a special place for mohd rafi ).

in short, laxmikant pyarelal composed all sorts of songs and in every decade they were a step ahead – of the competition.

too many songs and films meant compromises with quality – but the duo have great nuggets of songs to their credit – to last a lifetime.

binu nair, rafi foundation, mumbai

By: hitesh shah

hitesh shah — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:52:30 +0000

I like LP songs very much . This is No. 1 Music director in 70 & 80 decade . LP music full fill script demand as well as popular . LP and great Lyricist Anand Bakshi combination was super hit. Anand bakshi was behind of success of LP music . LP had great seance to understand all kind of music . I can’t forget of this kind of music . Whole world remember LP music forever. LP has not only music it was magic.
THanks

By: sangeetvishwa

sangeetvishwa — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:11:48 +0000

Dear All

Thanks pradeepji for providing info about my favourite jodi LP.

Regards
RAFI FAN

By: shashank chickermane

shashank chickermane — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:33:33 +0000

I like to thank Laxmikant-Pyarelal for giving us great songs with rafisahab, he sang many songs in L/P’s music, his last song was the film “Aas Pas”, recording before passing from this world.

shashank_72@rediffmail.com

By: adnansajid

adnansajid — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:14:25 +0000

gud effort keep it up

By: VIKAS SHARMA

VIKAS SHARMA — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:39:49 +0000

THAT is a great work i salute u for ur effort please try to post similar sort of unique posts with more high quality pictures of rafi sahib

By: vicky

vicky — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:53:08 +0000

pradeep sir,

wow what a post thnks for such a grt n informative post.i hope u wud keep enlightening us with other such posts

thnks again!!