Jaidev

I am talking about Jaidev, the talended music director, well known for hum dono (main zindagi ka saath nibhataa, allah tero naam, abhi na jao chhodkar) and gharonda (do deewane shehar mein, ek akela is shahar mein).

Jaidev was a brilliant Sarod player. He was disciple of ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He entered the hindi film industry as an assistant for S. D. Burman. Later he started composing on his own. He became famous because of hum dono in 1961. Though he doesn't have a large number of films to his name, his works are really beautiful; a class apart.

In 1963 he composed music for the movie kinare kinare. The songs jab game ishq satataa hain and dekh li teri khudai can be found on musicindiaonline.com. On the same site, all the songs from the movie gaman are available. Raat bhar aapaki yaad aati rahee sung by Chhaaya Ganguly is a personal favourite. Missing on the site is the beautiful song raat bhi hai kuchh madhdham madhdham sung by Lata (don't know movie name). Jaidev was a true genious and remains one of my all time favourite composers.