About two weeks back Vividh Bharati broadcast the third, and last, part of the series of interviews with sons of late music director Madanmohan. Here are some of the memories they shared with the audience:
9. When music director Roshan passed away all of the songs of the movie 'Anokhi Raat' had already been recorded - except for one. His wife, Ira Roshan, decided that she will arrange to get this last song recorded. She wrote to all the music directors of that time and requested them to be present for this recording as a sign of their support. MadanmohanJi's son recalled being present in the studio along with his dad and said that he saw all the music directors of that time, without any exception, there that day. The song that was recorded was 'खुशी खुशी कर दो विदा, तुम्हारी बेटी राज करेगी'.
10. One of the sons recalled an event from his childhood. One morning he was getting ready for school when the doorbell rang. When he opened the door, he saw S.D. Burman standing there. Burmanda asked him to fetch his dad. The kid ran inside and woke up his father. MadanmohanJi came to the door and requested Burmanda to come inside but he remained where he was and simply said that he loved the songs from the movie 'Heer Ranzha'. Having said that he turned on his heel and left. He used to live in Khar back then and had driven all the way from there himself to the Kohalis' residence in Peddar Road - just to let MadanmohanJi know that he had liked his composition from the movie.
11. There is one incident related to the song 'सिमटीसी शरमायीसी किस दुनियासे तुम आयी हो'. During the last phase of MadanmohanJi's career the music directors who were doing a lot of films used to book the studios well in advance for more than a month or so - with the expectation that one or other of the songs that they are doing would be recorded there. MadanmohanJi was finding it a bit difficult to get the dates of the studios and singers at that time. The late singer Kishor Kumar was supposed to record one of his songs before leaving for the US later that night. But he didn't turn up for the recording as promised in the afternoon. MadanmohanJi knew that he was doing recording for R.D. Burman in a nearby studio. Phones were not much in use by then. So after waiting for a long time MadanmohanJi himself drove over there and told R.D. Burman about his pending recording. R.D. Burman didn't know about this and asked Kishor Kumar to return after completing MadanmohanJi's recording.
12. When MadanmohanJi passed away, Lata Mangeshkar was somewhere abroad. In a function someone mentioned to her that a well-known music director had passed away India. She realized that it was going to be someone she knew. But two full days passed before she could place a call home and learn about MadanmohanJi's death. The late singer Mohammad Rafi also was on tour at that time, somewhere in the middle east. He landed at the airport and was told of MadanmohanJi's death. He reached the crematorium just as MadanmohanJi's elder son was about to light the funeral pyre but managed to pay his last respects to his dear friend. MadanmohanJi's son remarked that they saw him cry for the first time in their lives.
9. When music director Roshan passed away all of the songs of the movie 'Anokhi Raat' had already been recorded - except for one. His wife, Ira Roshan, decided that she will arrange to get this last song recorded. She wrote to all the music directors of that time and requested them to be present for this recording as a sign of their support. MadanmohanJi's son recalled being present in the studio along with his dad and said that he saw all the music directors of that time, without any exception, there that day. The song that was recorded was 'खुशी खुशी कर दो विदा, तुम्हारी बेटी राज करेगी'.
10. One of the sons recalled an event from his childhood. One morning he was getting ready for school when the doorbell rang. When he opened the door, he saw S.D. Burman standing there. Burmanda asked him to fetch his dad. The kid ran inside and woke up his father. MadanmohanJi came to the door and requested Burmanda to come inside but he remained where he was and simply said that he loved the songs from the movie 'Heer Ranzha'. Having said that he turned on his heel and left. He used to live in Khar back then and had driven all the way from there himself to the Kohalis' residence in Peddar Road - just to let MadanmohanJi know that he had liked his composition from the movie.
11. There is one incident related to the song 'सिमटीसी शरमायीसी किस दुनियासे तुम आयी हो'. During the last phase of MadanmohanJi's career the music directors who were doing a lot of films used to book the studios well in advance for more than a month or so - with the expectation that one or other of the songs that they are doing would be recorded there. MadanmohanJi was finding it a bit difficult to get the dates of the studios and singers at that time. The late singer Kishor Kumar was supposed to record one of his songs before leaving for the US later that night. But he didn't turn up for the recording as promised in the afternoon. MadanmohanJi knew that he was doing recording for R.D. Burman in a nearby studio. Phones were not much in use by then. So after waiting for a long time MadanmohanJi himself drove over there and told R.D. Burman about his pending recording. R.D. Burman didn't know about this and asked Kishor Kumar to return after completing MadanmohanJi's recording.
12. When MadanmohanJi passed away, Lata Mangeshkar was somewhere abroad. In a function someone mentioned to her that a well-known music director had passed away India. She realized that it was going to be someone she knew. But two full days passed before she could place a call home and learn about MadanmohanJi's death. The late singer Mohammad Rafi also was on tour at that time, somewhere in the middle east. He landed at the airport and was told of MadanmohanJi's death. He reached the crematorium just as MadanmohanJi's elder son was about to light the funeral pyre but managed to pay his last respects to his dear friend. MadanmohanJi's son remarked that they saw him cry for the first time in their lives.
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