Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Shri M.V. Rajagopal (mvraj13@yahoo.com) writes about Songs in J. Om Prakash's Ankhon-Ankhon Mein which was the last film of Jaikishan

"DO BAATEIN........" is definitely composed by Shankar. This is an irrefutable fact since I personally attended the recording of this song by Kishore & Asha and conducted by Shankar at Shree Sound Studio at Prabhadevi. Dattaram was handling the rhythm and percussions and Shankar handled the violins and other instruments. In fact Dattaram was in a lungi cheering all the musicians and the playback singers. The recording took place much after Jaikishan's death. In fact except a couple of songs, all the songs of Aankhon Aankhon Mein were composed by Shankar. Those were troubled times for Shankar since Jai's death and RK camp leaving him came as a double shock. But the recording of this song was wonderful and it took around 4 hours to complete the same. BTW, Ankhon-Ankhon Mein was released in 1972.

"M.V. Rajagopal" <mvraj13@yahoo.com>

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