Kalyanji Virji Shah, Dead at 70
Sid Harth
http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/aug/24kalyan.htm
Music director Kalyanji is dead
Noted Hindi film music director Kalyanji of the famous composer duo
Kalyanji-Anandji, who took the Hindi film music to dizzy heights for
nearly three decades, died in Bombay Thursday evening at the Breach
Candy hospital following a prolonged illness.
He was 70. He is survived by his wife, five sons and musician brother
Anandji.
Kalyanji was suffering from acute asthma and was hospitalised on August
10. The music composer complained of breathlessness and passed away at
5 pm due to complications.
UNI
http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/aug/24kal.htm
'It's like losing a family member'
Lata Khubchandani
Music composer Kalyanji of Kalyanji-Anandji fame passed away in Bombay
after a prolonged battle with asthma.
Says a shocked Lata Mangeshkar: "Is that true? I was just talking about
him -- I don't believe it! I'd heard his wife was ill and had called to
inquire about her health just a week ago. He'd told me, 'I'm not too
well. My doctor wants me to get admitted into a hospital, but I felt
better, so I didn't go.'
"I'm extremely sorry -- we've worked together for so many years... I've
had a great relationship with his family -- his wife is such a fabulous
cook. Our relationship didn't stop at composer and singer. He was so
full of humour. He'd always joke and laugh and keep everybody in
splits. We never saw him unhappy.
"He was also philosophical towards life. He always said nothing will
remain forever. I remember the song Man dole mera tan dole which was
composed by Hemant Kumar (Nagin). For the first time, Kalyanjibhai
played the claviolin. He played the been on it. It became so famous.
"The songs of Saraswatichandra, too, were immensely popular. I sang for
him in Gujarati for Akhandsaubhagyavati. We did many stage shows
together, too.
"I just don't know what to say. It's like losing a family member."
Amitabh Bachchan, who rose to great heights of popularity as a stage
artiste with Kalyanji's stage shows, says: "Kalyanjibhai and his family
are like family members to me. We go back many, many many, many years --
he's been almost like a father figure to us.
"When we were struggling artistes, his music room was the one place we
would all get together at. He was always so generous, kind and
encouraging -- full of laughter and jokes. He was such an exciting
human being.
"The music sessions at his place were a delight -- he fed us, looked
after us... we'd spend hours singing songs and cracking jokes. What a
wonderful companion he was. He initiated me into stage shows, and since
1981, we've performed together. We've done some of the greatest shows
on stage -- some were marathon ones! We did Madison Square Gardens.
That was the first time an Indian show was held. Then at the Gaint
stadium in New Jersey -- another first. And at Wembley Stadium --
another first.
"I have so many, many memories of our world tour -- of America, UK,
Europe, West Indies, South Africa....
"He had this amazing ability to spot talent. He'd pick up young kids
and train them. He even took them along with us for stage shows. He's
done some great work. And the manifestation of his efforts was the
show, The Little Wonders, which was a platform for young talent.
"It's a huge loss for me personally. I really have no words to express
my grief."
Kavita Krishnamurthy says: "I didn't know... Oh God, I don't believe
it. He was such a wonderful man. I didn't sing for him much, but knew
him very well. Every time I went to his house, I've seen him with a
harmonium. He was so encouraging to newcomers, listening to them,
interacting with them, teaching them... He's one of the nicest people
I've seen in the industry. He truly loved music and was so
affectionate.
"I think his songs were very close to the Indian man's heart -- they
were simple melodies, had clean, simple lyrics. He chose good lyrics,
too. I love his composition, Chhod de saari duniya kisike liye, and all
the songs he composed for Manoj Kumar's films."
Manoj Kumar, who worked with Kalyanji for almost all his films,
says: "I find it difficult to swallow this news. I met him last at the
inaguration of the Laxmikant Chowk at Juhu. I don't believe he's no
more. You're not joking with me, are you? I've known him ever since I
came to Bombay. I've never met anyone more truthful and genuine. He was
a fabulous technician and so sincere to his work. He was a wonderful
friend, too.
"I first met him at Mehboob Studios, if I remember correctly. He was
recording for Hemant Kumar -- he was a musician then. We met often,
very often. Among the films we worked with, there's Upkar of course.
But before that, we did Himalay Ki God Mein, Purab Paschim, Yaadgaar.
"He gave me the best songs. Actually, he's given the best melodies to
the country. Take Mere desh ki dharti, Main to ik khwab hoon and Kasme
wade, to name but a few.
"He felt very strongly about our culture. He brought Govinda ala re and
garba in Saraswatichandra in the song Chhod chali babul ka desh.
"He was a producer's man. But he was also something of a daredevil. If
senior singers refused to sing for him, he didn't bother. He just
trained more singers.
"We'd sit in his music room for hours. There was always plenty of food
and laughter at his house. He was so large-hearted. He gave shelter to
a number of people like Johnny Lever, Dinesh Hingoo and other mimicry
artistes. He's trained so many young people -- his Little Wonders is
itself is a wonder."
http://www.highstreet.de/files/kalyanji-anandji.html
Realname: Kalyanji Veerji Shah & Anandji Veerji Shah
Family: Kalayanji is the elder of the two brothers
???? FALAK Rakhee, Jackie Shroff, Madhavi
HUM TUM AUR WOH Sunil Dutt
JOHAR MAHMOOD IN HONG KONG I.S. Johar, Mehmood, Sonia Sahani
NIRLAZ
RAAT KE BAAD Farouqe Sheikh, Priya Tendulkar, Rameshwari
SAHELI
VISHVAAS
1959 SATTA BAZAAR Meena Kumari, Balraj Sahni, Asit
Sen
1960 CHALLIA Nutan, Raj Kapoor, Rehman
DIL BHI TERA HUM BHI TERE Balraj Sahni, Usha Kiran, Kumkum
1963 BLUFF MASTER Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Pran
PHOOL BANE ANGAARE Raj Kumar, Mala Sinha
1964 DULHA DULHAN Raj Kapoor, Sadhana
MAJBOOR Biswajeet, Waheeda Rehman, Naaz
1965 JAB JAB PHOOL KHILE Shashi Kapoor, Nanda, Agha
POORNIMA Meena Kumari, Dharmendra
1967 DIL NE PUKARA Shashi Kapoor, Rajeshree, Mumtaz
UPKAAR Pran, Manoj Kumar, Asha Parekh
1968 HASEENA MAAN JAYEGI Shashi Kapoor, Babita, Johnny
Walker
SARASWATI CHANDRA Nutan, Manish, Ramesh Deo
1969 BANDHAN Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz, Achala
Sachdev
TAMANNA Mala Sinha, Biswajeet, Nazir
Hussain
1970 GEET Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Sujit
Kumar
GOPI Dev Anand, Mumtaz, Hema Malini
JOHNNY MERA NAAM Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Premnath
MERE HUMSAFAR Sharmila Tagore, Jeetendra, Balraj
Sahani
PURAB AUR PASCHIM Manoj Kumar, Saira Banu, Ashok
Kumar
SACHCHA JHUTHA Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz, Vinod Khanna
SAFAR Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore,
Feroz Khan
YAADGAR Nutan, Manoj Kumar, Pran
1971 MARYADA Mala Sinha, Raaj Kumar, Rajesh
Khanna
UPAASANA Feroz Khan, Sanjay Khan, Mumtaz
1973 BANARASI BABU Dev Anand
BLACKMAIL Dharmendra, Rakhee, Shatrughan
Sinha
KAHANI KISMAT KI Dharmendra, Rekha, (intr.) Shakti
Kapoor
SAMJHAUTA Anil Dhawan
ZANJEER Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri,
Ajit
1974 ALBELI Vinod Mehra, Sujit Kumar, Mehmood
CHATTAN SINGH Vinod Mehra, Yogita Bali, Premnath
KASAUTI Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Pran
KORA KAAGAZ Vijay Anand, Jaya Bhaduri, Deven
Verma
VARDAN Vinod Mehra, Narendranath, Reena
Roy
1975 DHARMATMA Feroz Khan, Hema Malini, Rekha
FARAAR Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore,
Amitabh Bachchan
HERA PHERI Amitabh Bachchan, Saira Banu,
Vinod Khanna
RAFOO CHAKKAR Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh,
Rajinder Nath
RAFTAR Vinod Mehra, Danny Denzongpa,
Moushmi Chatterjee
1976 BAIRAAG Dilip Kumar, Helen, Sujit Kumar
DO ANJAANE Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun
Chakraborty, Rekha
1977 ADAALAT Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman,
Neetu Singh
CHALU MERA NAAM Mahendra Sandhu, Vinod Mehra,
Vidya Sinha
KHEL KISMAT KA Vinod Mehra, Bindiya Goswami,
Sarika
KHOON PASINA Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna,
Rekha
1978 BESHARAM Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore
DON Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman,
Iftekhar
GANGA KI SAUGANDH Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Amjad Khan
MUQADDAR KA SIKANDER / MUKADD Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna,
Rekha
TRISHNA Sashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Rakhee
1979 JAANDAAR Vinod Mehra, Bindiya Goswami,
Birbal
1980 JWALAMUKHI Reena Roy, Vinod Khanna (?),
Waheeda Rehman
KASHISH Navin Nishol, Reena Roy, Vinod
Mehra
1981 LAWAARIS Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee, Zeenat
Aman
NASTIK Amitabh Bachchan, Deven Verma
YEH RISHTA NA TOOTAY Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Vinod
Mehra
1983 KALAKAAR Sridevi, Kunal Goswami
1986 IMAANDAAR Sunjay Dutt, Farah
JAANBAAZ Sridevi, Anil Kapoor, Dimple
SULTANAT Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Sridevi
1988 GHAR GHAR KI KAHANI Rishi Kapoor, Govinda, Jaya Prada
MOHABBAT KE DUSHMAN Raaj Kumar, Hema Malini, Sunjay
Dutt
SAAZISH Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple
Kapadia, Raaj Kumar
1989 JADUGAR Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Prada,
Aditya Panscholi
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http://www.chalocinema.com/musicdirector/Kalyanji.htm
Kalyanji-Anandji
1959 SATTA BAZAAR Meena Kumari, Balraj Sahni
1960 CHALLIA Nutan, Raj Kapoor, Rehman
1960 DIL BHI TERA HUM BHI TERE Balraj Sahni, Usha Kiran, Kumkum
1963 BLUFF MASTER Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Pran
1963 PHOOL BANE ANGAARE Raj Kumar, Mala Sinha
1964 DULHA DULHAN Raj Kapoor, Sadhana
1964 MAJBOOR Biswajeet, Waheeda Rehman, Naaz
1965 JAB JAB PHOOL KHILE Shashi Kapoor, Nanda, Agha
1965 POORNIMA Meena Kumari, Dharmendra
1967 DIL NE PUKARA Shashi Kapoor, Rajeshree, Mumtaz
1967 UPKAAR Pran, Manoj Kumar, Asha Parekh
1968 HASEENA MAAN JAYEGI Shashi Kapoor, Babita
1968 SARASWATI CHANDRA Nutan, Manish, Ramesh Deo
1969 BANDHAN Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz
1969 TAMANNA Mala Sinha, Biswajeet, Nazir Hussain
1970 GOPI Dev Anand, Mumtaz, Hema Malini
1970 JOHNNY MERA NAAM Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Premnath
1970 MERE HUMSAFAR Sharmila Tagore, Jeetendra
1970 PURAB AUR PASCHIM Manoj Kumar, Saira Banu
1970 SACHCHA JHUTHA Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz
1970 SAFAR Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore
1970 YAADGAR Nutan, Manoj Kumar, Pran
1971 MARYADA Mala Sinha, Raaj Kumar
1971 UPAASANA Feroz Khan, Sanjay Khan, Mumtaz
1973 BANARASI BABU Dev Anand
1973 BLACKMAIL Dharmendra, Rakhee
1973 KAHANI KISMAT KI Dharmendra, Rekha
1973 SAMJHAUTA Anil Dhawan
1973 ZANJEER Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Ajit
1974 KASAUTI Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan, Pran
1974 KORA KAAGAZ Vijay Anand, Jaya Bhaduri
1975 DHARMATMA Feroz Khan, Hema Malini, Rekha
1975 FARAAR Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore
1975 HERA PHERI Amitabh Bachchan, Saira Banu
1975 RAFOO CHAKKAR Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh
1976 BAIRAAG Dilip Kumar, Helen
1976 DO ANJAANE Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun, Rekha
1977 ADAALAT Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman
1977 KHOON PASINA Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna
1978 BESHARAM Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore
1978 DON Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman
1978 GANGA KI SAUGANDH Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha
1978 MUQADDAR KA SIKANDER Amitabh , Vinod Khanna, Rekha
1978 TRISHNA Sashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar
1981 LAWAARIS Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee
1981 NASTIK Amitabh Bachchan
1981 YEH RISHTA NA TOOTAY Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Vinod
1983 KALAKAAR Sridevi, Kunal Goswami
1986 IMAANDAAR Sunjay Dutt, Farah
1986 JAANBAAZ Sridevi, Anil Kapoor, Dimple
1986 SULTANAT Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Sridevi
1988 GHAR GHAR KI KAHANI Rishi Kapoor, Govinda, Jaya Pradha
1988 MOHABBAT KE DUSHMAN Raaj Kumar, Hema Malini
1988 SAAZISH Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple Kapadia
1989 JADUGAR Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Pradha
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/indexes/music/kalyanji_
_anandji.html
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/07.08.99/hip-hop-9927.html
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