Dilip Dholakia (D. Dileep) No More?
Sanjeev Ramabhadran
Heard this from a friend today - I know a handful of his songs ("Taari
Aankh No Afini", Lata's "Roople Madhi Chhe", and a couple Hindi
numbers), but request any RMIMers acquainted with his larger anthology
to post about him.
Thanks in advance,
Sanjeev
surjit singh
More here
http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-116805.html
Modi condoles death of veteran musician Dilip Dholakia
Ahmedabad, Jan 2 : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today condoled
the death of veteran singer and musician of Gujarati and Hindi films
Dilip Dholakia.
Dholakia died today in Mumbai at the age of 90.
In his condolence message, Mr Modi said Dilipbhai has made an immense
contribution in making light and devotional music popular in Gujarat.
With his demise an era has ended in Gujarat music.
Meanwhile, leading Gujarati film music director Gaurang Vyas today
paid rich homage to late Dholakia. He said ''Dilibhai's demise has
created a vacuum in Gujarati music which can not be filled.'' Born on
October 15, 1921, Dilip Dholakia achieved great heights in the field
of music. Coming from a middle class family, he used to play the flute
and tabla right from his childhood.
He composed music for Gujarati films like ''Satyawam Savitri'',
''Kankoo'', ''Bhagwan Swaminarayan'' and ''Diva-Dandi''. He also sang
in the Hindi film ''Kismatwala'' (1944) with music of Ratanlal. He had
worked as an arranger with music directors such as Chitragupta from
1951 to 1972, S N Tripathi and finally from 1972 to 1988 with the
famous Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo.
His younger son Rajat Dholakia is also a known music composer in
Mumbai.
--UNI
surhall
surhall
Very sad news us
Music Department:
Dost Garibon Ka (1989) (assistant music)
Jaanoo (1985) (music assistant)
Teesri Aankh (1982) (music assistant) (as Dilip Bhai)
Chunaoti (1980) (music assistant) (as Dilip Dholkia)
Sargam (1979) (music assistant)
Naya Din Nai Raat (1974) (music assistant) (as D. Dilip)
Pyar Ka Sapna (1969) (assistant music)
Aulad (1968) (music assistant) (as D. Dilip)
Oonche Log (1965) (music assistant) (as D. Dileep)
Maain Bhi Ladki Hun (1964) (music assistant) (as D. Dileep)
Ganga Ki Lahren (1964) (music assistant) (as D. Dilip)
Burmah Road (1962) (assistant music) (as Dilip Dholaki)
Shaadi (1962) (music assistant) (as D. Dili
Tel Malish Boot Polish (1961) (music assistant) (as Dilip)
Maa Baap (1960) (music assistant)
Patang (1960) (music assistant) (as D. Dileep)
Barkha (1959) (music assistant) (as Dileep)
Guest House (1959) (music assistant) (as D. Dileep)
Kavi Kalidas (1959) (assistant music) (as Dilip)
Zimbo (1958) (music assistant) (as Dileep)
Actor:
Holiday in Bombay (1963) (as D. Dilip)
Composer:
Private Secretary (1962) (as D. Dilip)
dhall
Jay
Here is where BCSP steps IN for MD: Ratanlal and film : KISMETWALA
('44) !!
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Believe it or not ??
3/1
surjit singh
I have uploaded a song by him from Saakshii Gopal 1957 in group RMIM
http://groups.google.com/group/rmim/files?hl=en
Enjoy!
vrk
private secretary had some beautiful nos - mile nain gaya chain by
lata (used to play often on vividh bharati's bhoole bisre geet) and
another by manna dey 'ja re beimaan tujhe jaan liyaa' (again a
favourite on the same show). i used to hear the name of the music
director announced as g. dileep.
what was the reason for contracting his name to d dilip? was it
similar to that of bharat vyas' brother brij mohan vyas becoming bm
vyas? his producer told him that 'brij mohan vyas' will not fit on the
title screen!
strange that he did only 1 film in Hindi! surely more talented than
that.
may his soul rest in peace.
Archisman Mozumder
wrote:
I had a 5 cassette pack of Hindi film bhajans that a had a song by
him: 'raam rameti raam rameti raam'
Also, there is this beautiful Gujrati number by Lata Mangeshkar,
composed by Dilip Dholakia (I think).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81TpJHj9jg
Regards.
Aditya
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Dilip Dholakiya did not do only one film in Hindi. Some of the films
that I am aware of, apart from Private Secretary are: Saugandh (1961),
Baghdad Ki Raaten (1962) and Teen Ustad (1962)
Aditya
vrk
AHMEDABAD: Dilip Dholakia, singer of the immortal number 'Taaro aankh
no afini' in 1950s, and composer of Bollywood song 'Ja ja re chanda ja
re,' sung by Lata Mangeshkar, died of a massive heart attack on Sunday
in Mumbai.
Dholakia, who shares his birth place, Junagadh, with poet Narsinh
Mehta, is known as a legendary singer and composer of Gujarati and
Hindi cinema. He accompanied his grandfather at the age of seven to
sing bhajans at Swaminarayan mandir in Junagadh and had learnt singing
from Pandurang Amberkar, a disciple of Khan Saheb Aman Ali Khan. It
was after recording the song 'Thukra rahi hai duniya,' with KL Saigal
in chorus for the film Bhanwara, in 1944 that he attained success.
"I have grown up listening to his music, which is immortal. My
concerts are not complete without songs composed and sung by him,"
says singer Manhar Udhas, who closely worked with him during the song
recording of Subhash Ghai-directed 'Hero'in 1980, which had Laxmikant-
Pyarelal as music composers, whom he assisted for more than 15 years.
Dholakia started his career in Mumbai as a clerk with Bombay
government's Home department where he served for two years. During
that period he was selected as an artist in All India Radio, Mumbai,
which operated from the same building.
Later, he went on to compose music for more than eight Hindi films and
made singers like Mohd Rafi, Manna Dey and Geeta Roy sing to his
tunes.
He has also composed music for 11 Gujarati films, including Satyawam
Savitri, Kankoo and Bhagwan Swaminarayan.
"His death is a big loss not just for the family but the music
industry as it is hard to have the spontaneity and creativeness that
he had with composition. He always believed that he didn't make music
but puts life into songs which is why he didn't have a particular song
as favourite; all his songs were favourites," says Rajat, Dholakia's
son and jingle music composer.
For friends, Dholakia remained to be a man who lived for music. "He
always said that take music out of my life and I am dead. Two days
back, when he was in the hospital, I had organised an event to honour
him on his 90th birthday which he wanted to attend; but as doctors
were against it, we recorded him singing on the hospital bed and
screened it during the show," says Dholakia's family friend and
composer Uday Majumdar.
Read more: Guj's 'Taaro aankh no afini' singer no more - The Times of
India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujs-Taaro-aankh-no-afini-singer-no-more/articleshow/7207328.cms#ixzz1A1fLrJ00
Kalyan
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It is indeed a sad news and may his soul rest in peace.
As much I like Private Secretary (haven't heard the rest), I feel a
far more significant contribution is his close association with two
HFM legends, Chitragupta and Pt. S.N. Tripathi. I hope more details of
that association and his contribution to their work has been
documented (googling doesn't provide much as a lot of such
information, if it exists, might not be in English).
Kalyan
Regards,
vrk
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>
> It is indeed a sad news and may his soul rest in peace.
>
> As much I like Private Secretary (haven't heard the rest), I feel a
> far more significant contribution is his close association with two
> HFM legends, Chitragupta and Pt. S.N. Tripathi. I hope more details of
> that association and his contribution to their work has been
> documented (googling doesn't provide much as a lot of such
> information, if it exists, might not be in English).
>
> Kalyan
>
> Regards,
this seems to be translated from gujarati - but one of the best
articles on dilip dholakiya so far.
http://kiratantani.blogspot.com/2011/01/all-about-legend-late-shri-dilip.html
All about the legend Late Shri Dilip Dholakia
Gujarat’s veteran singer/musician Shri Dilip Dholakia passed away in
Mumbai on 2nd Jan 2011. He was 90. He is survived by his son
Kandarpbhai and Rajatbhai.
Shri Dilip Dholakia was into music at the age of seven, when he used
to accompany his grandfather Manishankar Dholakia to the Swaminarayan
mandir in Junagadh to sing bhajans and play pakhawaj. Later he learnt
classical singing from Pandurang Amberkar, a disciple of Khan Saheb
Aman Ali Khan, who was also the guru of Lata Mangeshkar. After he was
selected as an artist on All India Radio, in Mumbai, he got the offer
to sing a song for the film Kismatwala produced by P.B. Zaveri. The
composer was Ratanlal, younger brother of composer Khemchand Prakash,
and he made Dholakia sing three songs.
Sometime later, Dholakia joined Chitragupta as an assistant and also
sung a song for him in Bhakta Pundalik. He then started composing
independently and among the Hindi films he composed for were Baghdad
Ki Raatein, Teen ustad and Private Secretary. He did a lot of Gujarati
films like Diwadandi, Satyawan Savitri (which had songs sung by Lata
Mangeshkar and Mohd. Rafi), Mota Ghar Ni Dikri, Kanku, Sat Na Parkhe
and Jalam Sang Jadeja.
Among his popular Hindi and Gujarati film songs are: ‘Ja ja re chanda
ja re…’ (written by Prem Dhavan and sung by Lata Mangeshkar for
Private Secretary); ‘Mile nain gaya chain…’ (written by Prem Dhavan
and sung by Lata Mangeshkar for Private Secretary); ‘Milan na dipak
sahu bujai gaya chhe…’ (ghazal written by Befam and sung by Mohd. Rafi
for Snehbandhan; ‘Eklaj aavya manva…’ (written by Befam and sung by
Bhupinder for Jalam Sang Jadeja).
Dholakia also worked on Sugam Sangeet and devotional songs. He co-
ordinated with Hridaynath Mangeshkar to record his compositions viz.
Meera Bhajan Part-I, Bhagwat Geeta (in Sanskrit), Gyaneshwari Geeta
(in Marathi), an labum of Urdu ghazals by Ghalib, and compositions for
HMV records sung by Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishori Amonkar and
Hridaynath Mangeshkar. The singer-composer has organised music
programmes for ‘Festival of India’ in United Kingdom with renowned
artistes like Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ustad Zakir
Hussain, Nikhil Banarjee, Manna Dey and Anup Jalota. His private
albums in Gujarati are all popular.
Music Department:
A rare photo of all the singers together in the early years of their
singing careers ! Can you spot
( front row) Zohra Jan, Rajkumari, Amirbai Karnatki, Hamida Banu,
Geeta Roy (later Geeta Dutt), Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Kapoor, (and
standing behind) Sailesh Mukherjee, Talat Mahmood, Dilip Dholakia,
Mohd. Rafi, Shiv Dayal Batish, G.M. Durrani, Kishore Ganguli (later
Kishore Kumar), and Mukesh.
High lite of his life and works
-Gujarati film Divaddandi was released in year 1950. Though the film
was not superhit, its one song written by Venibhai Purohit, composed
by Ajit Merchent and sung by Dilip Dholakia is superhit even today.
The song is: Tari ankh no afini… Initially people misunderstood that
this song was sung by Mukeshji.
-His father used to play flute while his grandfather Manishankar used
to sing Kirtan and Bhajan in Swaminarayan Mandir.
-Shri Dholakia came to Mumbai in 1982 and passed B.A
-He worked in Bombay government’s Home department for two years as
clarck and acountant general. While his office was located on first
floor, the third floor in same building was occupied by All India
Radio.
-Born in 15 October 1921 in Junagadh, Shri Dilipbhai received
education in Bahadurkhanji high school and Bahauddin College.
-His father’s name was Bhogilal.
-He loved songs on classical base.
-In 1944, musician Khemchand Prakash’s brother Ratanlal gave him
chance to sing in Kismatwala film. His songs were ‘Gori chalo na sina
ubharke” and ‘Dekho hamse na ankhe ladaya karo’.
-In 1946 he sung a song ‘Dukh ki is nagri mein baba koi na puchhe
baat’ in ‘Laj’ film under Ramchandra Pal’s music composition
arrangement.
-He sung Saigal’s 1944 song of film Bhanvra’s song Thukra rahi hai
duniya in chorus. He was introducted to musician Snehal Bhatkar in HMV
studio with whose help a record of songs ‘Bhint fadi ne piplo ugyo’,
and ‘Aadha tel aur aadhaa paani’ was made. In this record Dilipbhai
was singer and Venibhai Purohit was writer.
-In 1948 Avinash Vyas gave chance to Dilipbhai for two duet songs in
film ‘Sati son’. A name on record printed was Dilipkumar. When Dilip
Dholakia started his career as musician, he choose D.Dilip as his
identity. In 1960 he gave music in K.Shankar Directed Bhaktamahima
film under this new name.
-From 1951 he became assistant of musician Chitragupt and worked with
him till 1972. In this course the films that were worked out were
Insaf, Kismat, Jindagi ke mele, Bhabhi(Chal ud ja re panchhi ki ab ye
desh huva begana, and Chali chali re patang meri chali re), Kali topi
lal rumal(Lagi chhute na ab to sanam, Daga daga vai vai, Divana admi
ko banati hai rotiya) etc.
Moreover he worked as assistant of S.N.Tripathi. The tasks was
assistant were very technical, such as writting notations, editing,
providing creative inputs while composition of new creations.
-Dilipbhai composed 16 song that were sung by Lataji, Ushaji, Mannade,
Suman Kalyanpur, S.Janki. In 1961 he gave music in Saugandh film which
was acted by famous actress Rekhaji’s father Jemini Ganeshan and
Anjalidevi. This film’s one song ‘Apne liye jiye to jamane me kya
jiye’ was sung by Rafiji, and ‘Chali havaye matvari’ was sung by Lata
and Talatji. He also composed six songs in Nanabhai Bhatt directed
film ‘Tin Ustad’.
-In 1962 he gave music in film Bagdad ki rate. While two songs of this
film were sung by Gita Dutt, one was by Shmshad Begam-Rafi.
Dilipbhai’s favorite writer for songs in those days was Premdhavan.
-Dilipbhai made Mannade and Rafi singing his song of film Private
Secretary. The song was ‘Pyar ka maara hu mein Juli’. After this He
gave music in film Dagabaj in 1970 with name of Dilip Roy. In this
film one song was sung by Mukeshji. One song sung by Mahendra Kapoor
‘Chand bhi sitare bhi hai bazama mein, jane kya raz hai kyun ujala
nahi’ was written by Kaifi Azmi. Dilipbhai gave music of Vir
Ghatotkach and Mata Vaishnavi Devi with name as ‘Dilip Roy’.
Thus Dilipbhai gave music in eight Hindi films.
-He started giving music in Gujarati films from 11963 in film
‘Satyavan Savitri’. He has given music in 11 Gujaati films. Some
famous songs from these films are: Milan na dipak sau(Mota ghar ni
dikri), ‘Mane andhara bolave’, and ‘Paglu paglama atvanu,’ ‘Sathiya
puravo dvare’, ‘Dhanna dhatudi patudi’, ‘Bole milan no mor’ etc.
-He joined with Lakshmikant Pyarelal as assistant in 1972 and worked
on this position for next 16 years.
-Dilipbhai’s last recording happened on 15 February 1988.
Shri Dilip Dholakia's last appearance at Munshi sanman!
Source: http://deshgujarat.com/2011/01/02/veteran-gujarati-singermusician-shri-dilip-dholakia-passes-away/
POSTED BY KIRAT ANTANI AT 11:25 AM
1 COMMENTS:
Kalyan
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> > It is indeed a sad news and may his soul rest in peace.
>
> > As much I like Private Secretary (haven't heard the rest), I feel a
> > far more significant contribution is his close association with two
> > HFM legends, Chitragupta and Pt. S.N. Tripathi. I hope more details of
> > that association and his contribution to their work has been
> > documented (googling doesn't provide much as a lot of such
> > information, if it exists, might not be in English).
>
> > Kalyan
>
> > Regards,
>
> this seems to be translated from gujarati - but one of the best
> articles on dilip dholakiya so far.
>
>
> POSTED BY KIRAT ANTANI AT 11:25 AM
> 1 COMMENTS:
Thanks, VRK, for the link. It is by far the most informative and
detailed write-up on Dilip Dholakia that I have come across.
Kalyan
Jay
Hey Kalyan:
Have u heard any Hindi film song(s) sung by Dilip Dholakia even by
mistake ?
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Try to be honest to yourself
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Kalyan
Yes, quite a few. They are not as rare as you think. You will find
quite a few in youtube.
Kalyan
Jay
It means ignorance prevails in identifying 'rare from 'not rare'. My
words are emphasised.
RARE songs cannot gain entry into YT - you have been witnessing that .
Remember - not a single guy will be able to identify even with the
help of refce material
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over2u
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Sukesh
> > Kalyan
What are you trying to prove? If it is not YT or anywhere else on the
Internet and not a single guy (you forgot to exclude yourself) can
identify it, so be it. However, if you can, makes you feel superior to
other mere mortals like the rest of us and satisfies your ego, we have
no complaints, it is your life.
Regards
Sukesh
PSCB87
Keep your rare stuff rare. We don't miss it.
6/1
surjit singh
You are simply and provably wrong. I have seen lots of rare stuff on
YT. In fact, I made DVDs out of it, which I will soon send to my
friends.
surjit singh
OTOH you might come back and say that no truly rare stuff can even
make to youtube. If so, you would be guilty of the "No true Scotsman"
logical fallacy:
Kalyan
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Profji, another take is that once it is on Youtube, it is no longer
rare (same could be said of HMV rare gems). That's one reason why
collectors like Mr. Jayaraman are so negative about YT as it makes
most of their collection commonly available.
Kalyan
surjit singh
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> Profji, another take is that once it is on Youtube, it is no longer
> rare (same could be said of HMV rare gems). That's one reason why
> collectors like Mr. Jayaraman are so negative about YT as it makes
> most of their collection commonly available.
>
> Kalyan
True. In any case, whatever the definition, the number of songs one
can call rare is shrinking fast. Hence the panic :)
Jay
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> Profji, another take is that once it is on Youtube, it is no longer
> rare (same could be said of HMV rare gems). That's one reason why
> collectors like Mr. Jayaraman are so negative about YT as it makes
> most of their collection commonly available.
>
> Kalyan
Whar does RARE mean to the average rmimer?
Does Profji's site have any rare songs ? If so, kindly enumerate any
five/5 songs that are rare. and available ONLY on Prtof's site. On the
other hand, you all will see sson some very, very rare songs - neither
available, nor heard , nor even mentioned accidently in the GKs.
What would you term the above situation?
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Deepak
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> > Profji, another take is that once it is on Youtube, it is no longer
> > rare (same could be said of HMV rare gems). That's one reason why
> > collectors like Mr. Jayaraman are so negative about YT as it makes
> > most of their collection commonly available.
>
> > Kalyan
>
> Whar does RARE mean to the average rmimer?
>
> Does Profji's site have any rare songs ? If so, kindly enumerate any
> five/5 songs that are rare. and available ONLY on Prtof's site. On the
> other hand, you all will see sson some very, very rare songs - neither
> available, nor heard , nor even mentioned accidently in the GKs.
>
> What would you term the above situation?
>
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> 6/1
Songs that used to be rare are fast becoming not so rare, thanks to
You Tube and efforts of people like Surjit Singh. However, IMHO many
of these rare songs don't turn out to be that great and that may
explain why they became rare in the first place. Other reason for some
songs becoming rare is that those who produced them did not preserve
them.
It is important to try and bring as many of these rare songs to the
public from the point of view of preserving the historical heritage.
Same applies to books, magzines and all forms of art.
Jay
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> > > Profji, another take is that once it is on Youtube, it is no longer
> > > rare (same could be said of HMV rare gems). That's one reason why
> > > collectors like Mr. Jayaraman are so negative about YT as it makes
> > > most of their collection commonly available.
>
> > > Kalyan
>
> > Whar does RARE mean to the average rmimer?
>
> > Does Profji's site have any rare songs ? If so, kindly enumerate any
> > five/5 songs that are rare. and available ONLY on Prtof's site. On the
> > other hand, you all will see sson some very, very rare songs - neither
> > available, nor heard , nor even mentioned accidently in the GKs.
>
> > What would you term the above situation?
>
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
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> > 6/1
>
> Songs that used to be rare are fast becoming not so rare, thanks to
> You Tube and efforts of people like Surjit Singh. However, IMHO many
> of these rare songs don't turn out to be that great and that may
> explain why they became rare in the first place. Other reason for some
> songs becoming rare is that those who produced them did not preserve
> them.
>
> It is important to try and bring as many of these rare songs to the
> public from the point of view of preserving the historical heritage.
> Same applies to books, magzines and all forms of art.
The last last para ...has justice...but NOT on the ideologies of
Profji orf his stooges. P|rofji has YET TO EXPLAIN his coined tag, " a
diehard fan" as he perceives hiimself on the forum.
Bringing on to YT is very easy since for BCSP now and thats precisely
is the objective / aim & before I commence anything by way of posts or
uploads of any type,viz: audio clips of 2.15 mins (irrevocable ) as
well as STUNNING IMAGES / Pictures of the like unparalleled.
One of the rarest NON-FILM GEET from a Music Composer from NEW
THEATERS / Kolkatta:
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Jaano, pehchano, preet karo to jaano...by Ms xxxxx MD : xxxxx
If the Rmimers feel that they have heard this song before earlier or
even have it on Profji's site or ANY damn site;
you are totally free to provide additional inputs onto the 'space
marked xxxxx
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surjit singh
Will you cut off images also at about 68%? Please leave the eyes
alone. TIA.
Jay
I am really pleased to observe PROFJI ( whatever he may be..) finally
break his 'moun -vrath' to my posts & all credit goes to....... umm !
Images would be clear as far as practicable.
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surjit singh
Thanks.