Music director duos are a singular Bollywood function, and plenty of have develop into iconic.

On this particular sequence, Dinesh Raheja explores distinguished music duos, and their dynamics.

IMAGE: Mumtaz within the tune Bindiya Chamkegi from the movie, Do Raaste.

Laxmikant-Pyarelal scored music for a record-shattering 450-plus movies. From Parasmani in 1963 until Khalnayak‘s Choli Ke Peeche in 1993, their tunes flooded the airwaves.

They started with B-grade movies however, in 1967, their hit scores for Aye Din Bahaar Ke, Milan, Farz and Shagird supplied the wind beneath their wings to assist them soar straight to the A league.

The childhood buddies by no means appeared again.

IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor and Zeenat Aman within the tune Chanchal Sheetal Nirmal Komal from Satyam Shivam Sundaram.

They common innumerable musical masterpieces embellished with classical raags and desi rhythms — the playful Bindiya Chamkegi, the religious Satyam Shivam Sundaram, the romantic Fundamental Shayar Toh Nahin and foot-tappers like Dafliwale.

Up-tempo chartbusters resembling My Title Is Anthony Gonzalves, Om Shanti Om and Ek Do Teen additionally affirmed the duo’s capacity to match beats with the altering temper of the instances.

IMAGE: Pyarelal and Laxmikant. {Photograph}: Form courtesy Movie Historical past Pics/Instagram

For a quick interval within the Nineties, their relationship was strained however L-P quickly reconciled and the strains of their musical jugalbandi continued to be heard.

They celebrated their re-entry into the RK banner with Prem Granth (1996), however sadly, it was to be amongst their final important scores.

Laxmikant handed away two years later, on the age of 60.

Subsequently, Pyarelal was supplied movies however he says he did not discover them worthwhile.

After a number of years, the maestro did return to work for a music album and for the Dhoom Taana tune in Om Shanti Om (2007) but it surely proved tough to recreate the L-P magic in a brand new period.

Pyarelal has since opted for voluntary retirement however it’s heartening to see him being deservedly felicitated on reverential tv music reveals.

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