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A lot has been written about the Naushad-          (Yahudi, 1958) and the Raat Aur Din title
         Shakeel combination, and how they tossed           track in 1967. In most cases, lyrics were by
         ideas together. Their first hit with Rafi was      Shailendra or Hasrat Jaipuri.cv
         ‘Suhani Raat Dhal Chuki’ from the 1949 film        Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar and
         Dulari, but it was the raag Malkauns bhajan        sarod great Ustad Ali Akbar Khan played
         ‘Man Tadapat’ in Baiju Bawra (1952) that put       a major role in popularising Indian music
         the trio on a higher pedestal. Naushad later       in the West from the mid-1950s onwards.
         used Rafi’s voice for a lot of songs filmed        In most concerts, they were joined by tabla
         on Dilip Kumar, including classics like            genius Ustad Allarakha. Their most popular
         ‘Insaaf Ka Mandir’ (Amar, 1954), ‘Mohabbat         recording as a trio was In Concert 1972,
         Ki Raahon Mein’ (Uran Khatola, 1955),              dedicated to the legendary Baba Alauddin
         ‘Madhuban Mein Radhika’ (Kohinoor, 1960)           Khan. Held in New York, it featured raags
         and ‘Koi Saagar Dil Ko Behlata Nahin’ (Dil         Hem Bihag, Maanj Khamaj and Sindhi
         Diya Dard Liya, 1966).                             Bhairavi.  As a bonus, there is an audio
                                                            recording of their 1982 concert at the
         2 Shankar, Jaikishan and Mukesh                    Carnegie Hall, New York, where they were
                                                            joined by Zakir Hussain on raag Mishra Piloo.


                                                            4 Lata Mangeshkar, Madan Mohan and
                                                            Raja Mehdi Ali Khan












         Of course, Shankar Raghuvanshi and                 Courtesy – Left apnaarchive
         Jaikishan Panchal always worked as a team,         Right autarmota.blogspot
         but combined with Mukesh Chand Mathur,             On her own, Lata could be included in
         they became a trio. Everyone knows the             numerous trio combinations of music
         magic they created in films starring Raj           director and lyricist, but one that stood out
         Kapoor. These included ‘Awara Hoon’                was her work with Madan Mohan and Raja
         (Awara, 1951), ‘Mera Joota Hai Japani’ (Shree      Mehdi Ali Khan. The three tasted early
         420, 1955), ‘Sab Kuch Seekha’ (Anari, 1959),       success in the 1951 film Madhosh, but one
         the Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai title            of their biggest hits came in 1962 with ‘Aap
         track in 1960, ‘Dost Dost Na Raha’ (Sangam,        Ki Nazron Ne Samjha’ in Anpadh. This was
         1964), ‘Sajan Re Jhooth Mat Bolo’ (Teesri          followed by ‘Agar Mujhse Mohabbat Hai’
         Kasam, 1966) and the Mera Naam Joker hits          (Aap Ki Parchaiyyan, 1964) and the superhit
         ‘Jaane Kahaan’ and ‘Jeena Yahaan Marna             soundtrack of Woh Kaun Thi?, which
         Yahaan’ in 1970. In films not associated           had ‘Lag Ja Gale’, ‘Jab Humne Dastaan
         with Raj Kapoor, Shankar-Jaikishan worked          Apni Sunayee’ and ‘Naina Barse Rimjhim
         more with Rafi but had some big hits with          Rimjhim’. In 1966, they worked on the Mera
         Mukesh, like ‘Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hai’             Saaya songs ‘Tu Jahan Jahan Chalega’ and


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