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When it comes to the most famous and successful music composer duo in the history of Indian cinema, the name of Laxmikant-Pyarelal immediately comes to mind. This pair ruled Bollywood with their music for almost four decades.
Due to his music, the 1964 film “Dosti” established him in the film industry. Who can forget the songs “Chahunga main tujhe saanjh savere” and “Raahi manwa dukh ki chinta kyun satati hai” from this movie?
Laxmikant’s childhood was spent in poverty.
We are talking about late Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, who was born on November 3, 1937 in Mumbai. He worked as a composer and lyricist in more than 500 films, but he gained fame only after working together with music composer Pyarelal.
After the death of his father in his childhood, due to poverty and debt, the burden of managing the house fell on his shoulders at an early age. He left studies and started working as a child artist. He wanted to earn money for the family, so he thought of buying a musical instrument. Along with purchasing the instrument, he learned to play it from Hussain Ali for 2 years and while honing his skills, he created excellent music.
How Laxmikant-Pyarelal pair was formed
The story of the meeting of music composers Laxmikant and Pyarelal is also unique. Both of them met because of the famous Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar. Actually, Laxmikant saw Lata Mangeshkar for the first time in Colaba’s Radio Club. Laxmikant also impressed everyone with his presentation in the club.
Lata Mangeshkar was also very impressed by Laxmikant and she enrolled him in Suril Kala Kendra. Suril Kala Kendra was run by Lata ji’s family, which provides music education to poor children.
It was in this center that Laxmikant met Pyarelal for the first time. Laxmikant started composing music at the age of 12 and Pyarelal also joined him at the age of 10.
Both of them worked together from a young age and by the time they reached young age, both of them blessed Hindi cinema with many hit songs and melodious music. The hit duo composed music and also wrote lyrics for about 750 songs.
