Hum chod chale hain mahfil ko, yaad aye kabhi to mat rona...

- Goodbye, Kalyanji-Anandji!

- Anandjibhai is very active today. At the age of 90, grooms new artists, accepts invitations from various TV channels and serves as a judge and makes everyone laugh there too.

Every Friday in 'Chitralok' of 'Gujarat Samachar', Ajit Papat wrote a series of articles about Shankar-Jaikisan's creative journey from 2017 to 2019, which has now been published as a book called 'Shankar Jaikisan's Musical Journey'. It includes some rare information about the musical duo, memorable memorabilia associated with the songs, as well as a list of Shayya raga-ragini based Soek songs.

Imagine that scene. Kalyanjibhai in a white khadi robe lengha is sitting on the bed of his bedroom. A portable machine delivers oxygen through a very fine tube into both nostrils. He is short of breath, but has the same smile on his face and the same familiar smile. Bright students like Sapna Mukherjee, Sunidhi Chauhan, Nisha Upadhyay (now Kapadia), Sonali Vajpayee, Sanjay Popat (now Omkar) are performing Riyaz in the balcony. After learning that Kalyanji-Anandji have taken voluntary retirement, few filmmakers are trying to convince them. These two brothers are turning down offers of new films with funny answers.

This has never happened before in the entire history of Hindi films. It may or may not happen in the future. Why would anyone say goodbye to a brilliant film maker after leaving a tumultuous career? These two brothers give tea and breakfast to their fellow filmmakers. 'Ab Jawan Musicians Ko Mauka Do...' he says. Kalyanjibhai's health is now demanding an answer. Worked day and night without seeing for years. While providing music in films, Sunil Dutt and Nargis have done programs to save borders. To support educational, social and health related works, he has collected a significant amount of Rs.25 crores by doing charity shows. Have done hundreds of shows.

Osho has composed music for friends like Rajneesh and Jain Samaj's Ghamak festivals. Programs have been made for the festivals of Bandhu Triputi and Swaminarayan Sampradaya. Has composed music for top filmmakers like Manmohan Desai, Vijay Bhatt, Subhash Ghai, Arjun Hingorani, Feroze Khan and Prakash Mehra. Top actors of the 1950s and 1960s, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand, as well as a selection of hit films by new generation actors, have worked hard for it. A number of songs of Bollywood's first superstar Rajesh Khanna and his successor mega star Amitabh Bachchan have become super hits. Now that's it. To prepare a new generation of actors and thereby do a symbolic act of thanking Bollywood and society for what it has given us.

However, not all the children who were with him in the end sang film songs. Sapna Mukherjee and Sunidhi Chauhan went on to become playback singers in Bollywood. However, Sunidhi refrained from mentioning Kalyanji-Anandji in public. Nisha married Soli Kapadia and adopted Gujarati Sugam Sangeet. Sanjay Omkar chose the same path. thus,

In film language, Bichde Sabhi Bari Bari....

But Kalyanji-Anandji kept smiling. After the departure of Kalyanjibhai, Anandjibhai is still very active. At the age of 90, grooms new actors, accepts invitations from various TV channels and serves as a judge and even there makes everyone laugh, corrects a child actor's missteps with a smile, sometimes sings himself - 'Mera Jeevan Kora Kagaj Kora Hi' left...'

Even in the 1960s, Kalyanji-Anandji gave songs that could be presented as swaranjali. Remembering Muhammad Rafi, like Tum muze yun ghola na paoge... the song is remembered. The first, sung in Sada Suhagin Ragini Bhairavi 'Tumhen Yaad Hoga Kabhi Hum Mile The...' (Film: 'Satta Bazaar') and the second, sung in Raag Kafi 'Hum chod chale hain mahfil ko yad aye kabhi to mat rona... ' (Film: 'Jee Chahta Hai').

(Kalyanji-Anandji article series complete)