Shanka rRaghuvanshi's Birth Anniversary

 

Shankar Singh Ram Singh Raghuvanshi, born on 15 October 1922, in Hyderabad Deccan, Hyderabad State (present-day Telengana), was a legendary composer and conductor of Hindi cinema.

Together with Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal, he was one half of the duo Shankar-Jaikishan, a leading music director pair in the 1950s and 1960s. They won the Filmfare Best Music Award a record nine times.

During his formative years, he played the table and learned the art properly from Baba Nasir Khansahib and Khwaja Khurshid Anwar.

Shankar started his career with a theatre group run by Satyanarayana and Hemavati. Later, he joins Prithvi Theatre where he learned to play and mastered several other instruments like Sitar, Accordion and Piano, etc.

Shankar-Jaikishan together gave a number of hits like Mera Joota Hai Japani, Teri Pyari Pyari Surat Ko, Ehsaan Tera Hoga Mujh Par, Bol Radha Bol, Baharon Phool Barsaao, and Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana.