12 September : The Day to pay homage to Jaikishan
              Dr Senani  pays homage to  Jaikishan on his death anniversary 

Dear fellow SJ fans,

On this day(12 Sept), let us pay our homages to the late Jaikishan, the `ladla' of the SJ-team, who-
`Aaye bahar ban ke
lubha kar chale gaye'.

Going down the memory lane, it can be easily said that one of his all-time classic-
'Teri pyari pyari surat ko
kisi ki nazar na lage, Chashm-e-baddur'
very aptly fitted on this `Prince-charming' himself.

 Jaikishan, a friend of friends (Yaaro ka yaar), always maintained-
   'Ehsaan mere dilpe tumhara hai dost
   ye dil tumhare pyaar ka mara hai doston.'

He woo-ed his beloved and life partner Pallavi with the creation of the musical gem- 
'Tu kamsin ho nadaan ho nazuk ho bholi ho'
Although Hasrat wrote a love letter to some girl as'
`Ye mera prem patra pdh kar
  ki tum naaraz nahona,
  ki tum meri zinndagi ho
  ki tum meri bandgai ho'
he could never muster the courage to deliver it to the girl concerned. Interestingly, it was Jaikishan who famously tuned the lines impromto into an all-time-classic song for Sangam.

Similarily, while Hasrat Jaipuri wrote the lines  'Baharon Phool Barsao, mera mehboob aya hai'
one day when his wife was serving him tea, the way it has been musically composed it also appears to be symbolising Pallavi's arrival in Jaikishan's life.

Jaikishan musically-expressed his feelings for his lady-love through his composition-
`Sau saal pehle mujhe tumse pyar tha
aaj bhi hai aur kal bhi rahega'.

Also, when he composed-
`Dekha hai teri aankhon mein
pyaar he pyaar beshumar'
or
`Ek tera sundar mukhda
ek tera pyar se bhara dil, milna mushkil'
it appeared he derived inspiration from his own beloved !

His song-
`Zindagi ek safar hai suhana,
yahaan kal kya ho kisne jana'
was almost prophetic of his sudden departure on September 12, 1971, at a very young age.

And lastly, how well he predicted, through his music, that-
`Tum mujhe yun bhula na paoge,
Jub bhi sunoge geet mere
sung-sung tum bhi gungunaoge'

Long live Jaikishan, long live the all-time-great `jodi' of `Shankar-Jaikishan' and their time-less, age-less and immortal melodies, which will be cherished years after years, generations after generations !

-Senani