"Ab kya misaal doon" and "Kabhi to milegi, kahi to milegi" ( Aarti, 1962), "Jo vada kiya vo nibhana padega", "Paao chhoon lene do", "Jo baat tujhmein hai" and "Jurm-e-ulfat pe" ( Taj Mahal, 1963), "Nigahen milane ko jee chahata hai" and "Laaga chunari mein daag" ( Dil Hi To Hai, 1963), "Sansaar se bhaage phirte ho" and "Man re tu kaahe" ( Chitralekha, 1964), and "Oh re taal mile" and "Khushi khushi kar do vida" ( Anokhi Raat, 1968). Barsaat Ki Raat also was a "super hit" film of 1960s. During this time, Roshan gave hits such as "Na to karavan ki talaash hai from Barsat Ki Raat" and "Zindagi bhar nahi bhoolegi woh barsaat ki raat" ( Barsaat Ki Raat, 1960).
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His ability to mould folk music with Hindustani classical music became his trademark and resulted in successful movie musicals. The 1960s proved to be the golden age for Roshan and his music. Together, Anand Bakshi and Roshan made a super hit musical film Devar (1966).
Bhala Aadmi was released in 1958 after some delay. Roshan gave Bakshi the film CID Girl (1959), after Anand Bakshi wrote the four songs of Bhala Aadmi in 1956. Later, they became two of the most sought-after songwriters in Mumbai from the late 1960s onwards.Īnand Bakshi was given his first break in 1956 by the music director Nisar Bazmi in his film Bhala Aadmi (1956). He gave Indeewar and Anand Bakshi their first breaks in the Indian film industry as lyricists. He was not always commercially successful. During this time, he also composed the Meera bhajan which became a run-away hit, "Aeiri main to prem diwani mera dard na jane koyi" sung by Lata Mangeshkar for the movie Naubahar (1952). Malhar (1951), Shisham, and Anhonee (1952 film) were some of the movies that he scored during the 1950s. In the early 1950s, Roshan worked with singers Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh and Talat Mahmood.
Roshan emerged as a player on the Hindi film music scene with Baawre Nain (1950) which became a big musical hit. While it was a flop, Kidar Sharma gave him another chance in his next film. He somewhat struggled until he met the then famous producer-director Kidar Sharma, who gave him the job of composing for his film Neki aur Badi (1949). In 1948, Roshan came to Bombay to find work as a Hindi film music director and became assistant of music composer Khawaja Khurshid Anwar in film Singaar (1949). He gave up this job in 1948 to seek fame and fortune in Bombay. In 1940, Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, programme producer/music, All India Radio Delhi, hired Roshan as staff artist for esraj, the instrument he used to play.
Roshan became an accomplished sarod player under the guidance of Allauddin Khan, the renowned sarod player from Maihar. He began music lessons at a young age and later attended Marris College in Lucknow, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh under the training of Pandit S N Ratanjankar (principal of the institute). Roshan was born in Gujranwala, Punjab Province, British India into a Punjabi Hindu Mohyal Brahmin family.