Doesn’t matter if it is the 20th century or the 21st, music is a basic part of our life. Everything around us consists of music in it and when we are talking about Bollywood music then how can we forget about the legendary music composers of the industry. The Bollywood Music industry has produced many amazing music producers to date.
Some Musical duos gained more recognition than solo composers and here are 3 of the top composer Jodi’s in the music industry to date.
1) Shankar-Jaikishan
The Duo of Shankar-Jaikishan consists of Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi and Jaikishan Jayabhai Panchal. The duo dominated the industry in the 1950s and even after the death of Jaikishan in 1970s Shankar continued the composition without changing the name of the duo. Some of the top compositions of this duo are Yahoo, Tumne Pukara, Badan Pe Sitare, and many more.
2) Laxmikanth-Pyarelal
The duo consisted of Laxmikant Shantaram Kudakar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma. This is the most famous duo of the Bollywood music industry to date. From the1960s to the 90s it was this duo that ruled the Hindi music industry. The duo has composed music for movies like Karz, Mr. India, Dream Girl, Tezaab, Prem Rog, and the list goes on for many other movies.
3) Kalyanji-Anandji
The Brothers Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah made up of this amazing duo. This duo rose to fame in the 1970s. The most romantic melody from the movie Blackmail ‘Pal Pal Dil Ke Pass’ was the contribution of this duo to the industry. The Jodi worked on the music of movies like Don, Laawaris, Haseena Maan Jayegi, Sachaa Juthaa, and many others.
Some other honorable mentions to musical duos are:
a) Nadeem-Shravan
b) Jatin-Lalit
c) Shiv-Hari
d) Anand-Milind