Years back – in 1969, the whole India tuned to S. D. Burman’s magical tunes of Aradhana and Kishore Kumar’s melodious voice in a new flavour. The solo hits of Kishore – Mere sapnom ki rani and Roop tera mastana remained in the top of Binaca Geet Mala’s list for many weeks, bringing a ‘virtual end’ to Rafi’s magic and dominance for past 15 or 20 years. It was the most popular musical album of Indian film music till then which broke all records. The movie marked resurgence of the great singer Kishore Kumar and made him the new ‘Emperor of Bollywood music’. Yet to everyone’s surprise, when Filmfare awards for the year 1969 was announced in 1970, the best Music award went to Laxmikanth-Pyarelal for the songs of Jeene ki raah.

When nowadays when the Filmfare awards given purely based on popularity of stars and musicians and their impact of audience, and Critics’ awards given based on talents, a question definitely is significant. ‘Was Jeene ki raah the best music album of the year 1969? Doesn’t Aradhana deserve it?’ Last year in 2013, despite getting average reviews from critics except the compositions of Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari for the songs – Tum hi ho and Sun raha respectively, the award for best music went to the team of Aashique 2, beating Pritam’s wonderful compositions of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Amit Trivedi’s Lootera. Is it because Aashique was the most popular album of 2013? Have criteria to choose the best one changed over time? Does the right one getting the musical awards?

The next melodious album that captures my attention is of course, Madan Mohan’s Woh kaun thi? One of the most versatile music composers Indian music has ever witnessed, Madan Mohan has never received the status which he truly deserved. Good music never dies. That’s why his songs became popular after his death. No doubt, Woh Kaun Thi is one of the wonderful compositions of Madan Mohan sung in Lata’s voice. He was the strong contender for the award in 1964. But award went to Laxmikanth-Pyarelal’s compositions of Dosti. I can’t deny the fact that ‘Dost’ cemented the position of Laxmi-Pyare in Bollywood. Yet songs of Dost couldn’t retain its fragrance after 50 years, equal to the romantic ‘Lag ja gale’ or ‘Nayana barse’. Though Madan Mohan never earned a Filmfare, music lovers identified the music talent years later. It’s always better to be late than never, isn’t it?

‘Mughal-e-Azam’ or ‘Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai’ – which one mesmerizes music lovers even after 50 years? Definitely ‘Pyar kiya to darna kya’ is still loved by millions. Mera naam joker or Caravan, Pakeezah or Be-Iman – argument still continues. Among new age directors, Rahman has always won over Jatin-Lalit several times and unfortunately this successful combination duo has never managed to win a Filmfare award despite being popular. Rangeela or DDLJ, Dil se or Kuch kuch hota hai – which one was the best? A very difficult question. Truth is that both the directors deserved the award for the year and it could have given to both.

Ismail Durbar’s debut work - Hum dil de chuke sanam get better reviews than Taal, but it couldn’t win Filmfare. This director never received a Filmfare award after that.  ‘My Name Is Khan’ and ‘Ishaqzaade’ too truly deserved for the award, I feel so!

Article Posted By : Sandhya Rani  On September 21, 2014lView All Articles

Among all Aaradhana and Woh Kaun thi truly deserved it and surprisingly both the times scored by LP (Laxmi-Pyare)

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