{"id":2315,"date":"2015-10-17T06:32:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T01:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/?p=2315"},"modified":"2019-04-12T17:34:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T12:04:58","slug":"jamal-sen-music-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/jamal-sen-music-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamal Sen and His Music Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lesser Known Luminaries\u00a0of Hindi Film\u00a0Music<\/h2>\n

 
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\"Jamal

Jamal Sen
(Pic courtesy: Hamara Forums<\/a>)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

In this series on lesser known music personalities of Hindi films, we intend to discuss and bring to remembrance some such film and music personalities who did not get the recognition and are forgotten for various reasons. One such talented music director was Jamal Sen.<\/p>\n

In a career spanning 28 years Jamal Sen provided music direction for only 14 Hindi language films. He hailed from Rajasthan and his music bore the pure impressions from his land.<\/p>\n

In August, 2006,\u00a0 I met one Anwar Hussain who was part of a performing troupe that was from Rajasthan with their leader Bilal Khan. Anwar informed me that Jamal Sen was his maternal grandfather\u2019s brother, Chachera Nana<\/em> as he addressed. There is this tradition in Rajasthan where families are dedicated to music, folk and classical, and this particular family had a 500 plus years\u2019 history in music. Jamal Sen\u2019s father and grandfather were court musicians. Bilal Khan\u2019s troupe were high class performers and I ended up sponsoring two of their shows around Greater Toronto Area in that year.<\/p>\n

Shokhiyan<\/em>, the spectacular debut<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Suraiya

Suraiya in Shokhiyan<\/p><\/div>\n

Jamal Sen landed in Bombay in search of livelihood and became part of orchestra with one Jhande Khan and then a few others. He got noticed by Kidar Sharma who always had an eye to spot talent. This was in the year 1951. Three years before this,\u00a0Kidar Sharma had introduced Roshan to the music world and registered a huge hit in the form of Bawre Nain<\/em>. Now was Jamal\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n

The film Shokhiyan<\/em>, starring the reigning queen of that era, Suraiya with Premnath was loosely based on a tribal uprising and knowing Jamal\u2019s knowledge of Rajasthan folk, Kidar decided to give Jamal the reins. In turn, Jamal did wonders with Shokhiyan<\/em>. Each and every composition was appreciated and the music was a hit. One may get tired watching that film, but not of listening to those songs.<\/p>\n

Raaton ki neend chheen li, ankhon ke intezar ne<\/strong><\/em> (Shokhiyan<\/em>, 1951) – Jamal Sen \/ Kidar Sharma \/ Suraiya<\/span><\/p>\n