Musical Heritage

The Staggering Musical Heritage Of Basu Chatterjee

Basu Chatterjee made eminently likable cinema. But it is his penchant for timeless music that puts him on a par with all-time great filmmakers of Hindi cinema like Raj Kapoor, Raj Khosla and Manoj Kumar. His first feature film Sara Akaash had no songs. But from his second film Piya Ka Ghar it was one musical milestone after another for Basuda. Piya Ka Ghar with music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal had Kishore Kumar’s imperishable Yeh jeevan hai in its soundtrack. Many years later the prolific Basuda was to collaborate again with Laxmi-Pyare in Prem Vivah and Chakrvayuha. Basuda’s t | Click Here...