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of a song all by himself.
Many people have told me over the years that although Shankar-Jaikishan signed their name jointly, they actually worked on different songs. Some people say, they never worked together on even one song, others say they composed all songs together, others have a position in between the two extremes.
Here from the book by Vishwas Nerurkar, Manna Dey writes,
"The first song recorded for Shree 420 was 'Dil Ka Hal Sune Dilwala'. Shailendra wrote it and the tune was made by Shankar"
Are there other examples where such a clear statement has been made by anybody actually involved with the work. I mean actually involved, not some other person like Raju or Rajiv.


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I was under the impression that he acted only in one film Awara (1951). Thanks to some nice detective work by N Ramaswamy, I was proved wrong. He was also in Ehsan (1954).

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in Anokha Pyar (1948) and Mangu Dada (1970).


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- Musing 1148. Shivraj. J 214
- Musing 1173. Yahudi 1958. J 236
- Musing 1278. Roopmala. New 334
- Musing 1233. Ashita. J 293.
- Musing 1295. Hukam Ka Ekka (1964). New 350.
- Musing 1191. Dev Kishan Ahuja. J 254
- Musing 1116. Jagdish Shrivastva. J 186
- Musing 1275. Nalini Chonkar. New 331
- Musing 1187. Baburao Pendharkar. J 250
- Musing 1158. Lata and Naushad. J 221
- Musing 1658: Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast V (1947-1949)
- RMIM Discussion about Pamposh Music Director
- Musing 1161. Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933). J 224
- Musing 1172. Kanhaiyalal. J 235
- Musing 1177. OP Nayyar on All India Radio. J 240

