Lata pays glowing tributie to Naushad

May 5: Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar paid glowing tributes to the legendry music composer Naushad who died at Mumbai hospital today.

"With Naushad sahib I did some of my most important work in the earlier phase of my career." His knowledge of classical and popular Indian music made him the most eligible candidate for composing immortality, Lata said.

Lata described Naushad's music a complete motion-picture experience designed and carved out of the choicest raw material available to musicians.

She recalled how Naushad made her run into the bathroom of the recording studio to sing a portion of the mythic melody "Pyar kiya to darna kya" in "Mughal-E-Azam".

"In those days there were no recording devices to create an echoic effect. So Naushad sahib devised this method of creating an echo in the song, she said, adding the maestro constantly experimented with sound and voices introduced western-style orchestras in the songs of the epic films of the era.

"I love "Uthaye ja unke situm" ("Andaz"), "Jaane wale se mulaqat" and "Na milta gham ("Amar"), "Mohe panghat pe nandlal", "Beqas pe karam" and of course "Pyar kiya to darna kya" in "Mughal-E-Azam". Then I like Naushad sahib's "Dhundo dhundo re sajna" in "Ganga Jumna".

Lata Mangeshkar

They don't make composers and songs like that any more," the Indian nightingale said.

Naushad's major hits included Mughal-e-Azam, Mother India and Baiju Bawra.

More on Naushad from Wikipedia

Naushad Ali (December 25, 1919 - May 5, 2006) was one of the foremost music composers of Bollywood.

Naushad moved to Bombay from Lucknow in the late 1930s to try his luck as a musician. After initial struggle, he enjoyed great success in the 1940s as a music director.

Naushad has the credit of introducing the famous Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi to Hindi filmi music. Naushad's professional training in Hindustani music enabled him in swift adaptations of the Hindustani ragas to filmi music. He is by and large regarded as the ONLY exponent of the usage of Hindustani music in Hindi films. Late in his career, Naushad lamented upon the decreasing use of Hindustani genre and so he dreamt of starting a music school which teaches that genre. He has been quite successful in both bringing up the school and breeding young talent in that school.

Songs for his music have been mostly penned down by Shakeel Badayuni. In a sense, their partnership can be compared to that of Rodgers & Hammerstein's.

His latest music composition was for the movie Taj Mahal�An Eternal Love Story, by Akhbar Khan in 2005.

Naushad was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 1981 for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.

He passed away on May 5, 2006 at his residence in Bandra, Mumbai.

Music director Naushad is dead

May 5:: One of Indian cinema�s greatest music composers Naushad Ali died in a Mumbai hospital today due to old age. He was 86.

Winner of Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest national award in culture, Naushad was not keeping well for some time. He was admitted to Nanavati Hospital on April 20 and his death came today at 9.15 am when he suffered a cardiac arrest.

Born on December 25, 1919, Naushad spent his early childhood in Lucknow. He moved to Mumbai in the late 1930s and got his first break as an independent music director in "Prem Nagar" (1940). There was no looking back after that.

The man who began his career 66 years ago continued working almost till the end with his last film being Akbar Khan�s recent release "Taj Mahal - The Eternal Love Story".

The 67 films for which he composed music includes greats like "Anmol Ghadi" (1946), "Andaaz" (1949), "Baiju Bawra" (1952) and "Mughal-e-Azam" (1960) and Mother India, all of which had achieved phenomenal commercial successes.

Colleagues remember Naushad as an icon of composite culture. "He was not just a music director, but a symbol of composite culture of the country, who brought dignity, class and refinement to the Indian film music, lyricist and noted script writer Javed Akhtar said.

He said Naushad's contribution to the film industry has been awesome. "For years Naushad was the name of Indian film music....We will always remember him with great respect and reverence," he added.

Renowned director Mahesh Bhatt said Naushad was a "symbol of secular India, a man who really lived out what the composite culture was all about in his daily life. His music has a resonance of that composite culture."

"When he composed Bhajans it seemed he was a devout Hindu. He had the depth of India and the great civilisation really ran through his veins," Bhatt said.

Bhatt recalled that Naushad was known for his aversion to the fast-catching 'remix culture' and used to say "we must change with the changing times, but should not lose connection with the roots."

The master composer used to take time out to indulge in his other love - angling, or the sport of fishing with a rod and line. Members of the Maharashtra State Angling Association recalled how Naushad, joined the body in 1959.

"When Naushad was younger, he used to fish at Mumbai's Powai Lake with lyricists Shakeel Badaiyuni and Majrooh Sultanpuri", a official said.

Members of the association also remember Naushad for his love of the beauty of nature. "It is in the beautiful setting of Powai Lake with its trees, birds and butterflies that I have often got my inspiration for some of my best works," the official quoted Naushad as saying.

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