Sunday, July 30, 2017

Lata’s been there, done that

Man Dole Mera Tan Dole, (Nag)inarguably one of the most popular Hindi film songs of all time, was penned by Rajinder Krishan and rendered by Lata Mangeshkar.

The music of the instrument played by snake-charmers – the song’s highlight – has been credited to Ravi Shankar Sharma (known mononymously as Ravi) and Kalyanji Virji Shah.

While the former played the harmonium, the latter played the clavioline.

The duo, who assisted composer Hemant Kumar then, went on to become well-known music directors in their own right.

Shah teamed up with his younger brother Anandji to embellish numerous potboilers.      

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