In Hindi cinema, the music duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal created magic with their compositions. They first worked on Raj Kapoor's film 'Bobby' after Shankar-Jaikishan. In a late '90s interview with Lehren, Pyarelal mentioned he never composed a second tune for Kapoor and reflected on his final meeting with Laxmikant.
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00:00I don't like what Lakshmi says, I like what she says. Done.
00:07Whatever I say, he's there.
00:09I met a man named Raj Kapoor, for whom I never made a second tune.
00:16My song used to come in 7th, then 5th, then 6th.
00:20When it used to come in 1st, Damu Anna used to present Lakshmi a tobacco paan.
00:25The happiness I used to get, if you give me 1 crore today, I won't get that happiness.
00:30God is there.
00:32He said, you two friends have worked so much in life,
00:36today you both sit and drink whisky, because who doesn't have faith in tomorrow.
00:45To our music lovers, from Lakshmi Kant Pyarelal, Pyarelal's Sangeet Bhara Namaskar.
00:53Today, I will tell you about our childhood, from 1952 to 1998.
01:06I won't bore you.
01:09Lakshmi ji and I met as musicians.
01:14Lakshmi ji learned Indian classical music,
01:19I learned western classical.
01:22We both started working together, as musicians.
01:27Lakshmi ji used to play mandolin, I used to play violin.
01:31After that, in 1957, Lakshmi ji and I became assistants,
01:39with our Kalanji bhai, Ananji bhai.
01:43We used to work with other people as assistants,
01:48like we did two films of R. D. Verma.
01:51After that, in 1960, Lakshmi ji and I thought,
01:59why don't we compose music.
02:01Lakshmi ji was in charge.
02:08So, from 1960 to 1963, we signed 3-4 films, but they didn't get made.
02:16In 1963, our film Parasmani was released.
02:22With parents' blessings, people liked us.
02:33After that, in 1964, we became friends.
02:39We got a film for our friendship.
02:42And from there, Lakshmi ji and I,
02:46our lives went together.
02:49How? We earned together.
02:52We got married in 1968.
02:56I got married on May 22nd.
03:02Lakshmi ji got married on May 28th.
03:04My sister's name is Vijaya Lakshmi.
03:08Lakshmi ji's sister's name is Vijaya Lakshmi.
03:11I have two children, a daughter and a son.
03:18Lakshmi ji has two children, a son and a daughter.
03:21I have two grandsons.
03:23One is Karan and the other is Shreya.
03:28Lakshmi ji has two granddaughters.
03:34We did everything together and earned together.
03:37But I will say one thing.
03:39We don't value what we have.
03:44We remember what we don't have.
03:48I would like to tell you some good and honest things about Lakshmi ji and me.
03:54For example, in 1963,
03:58when our film Parasmani was released,
04:04Mahipal was the hero,
04:07and there was a South Indian heroine,
04:09Shiva's heroine,
04:11directed by Mr. Babubhai Mistry.
04:17Lyrics by Indivar Asad Bhopali and Farooq Kaisar.
04:28I think this was yesterday.
04:31At that time, I used to live in Echal,
04:34in front of Kirti College, in Ahmed Mansion.
04:38Lakshmi ji was fond of eating betel leaves.
04:43She used to eat betel leaves.
04:49When we used to go out,
04:53our friends were watching us.
04:56There was a betel leaf seller called Damod.
04:58He had a small transistor.
05:03He used to listen to Binaka on Wednesdays.
05:09Our song used to come on the 7th,
05:12then on the 5th,
05:14then on the 6th,
05:16then on the 3rd,
05:18and then on the 1st.
05:19When it used to come on the 1st,
05:21Damod used to present a betel leaf to Lakshmi ji.
05:26The happiness we used to get,
05:29if you give us 1 crore today,
05:32we won't get that happiness.
05:34These are good memories of ours.
05:38The name we signed was Bobby.
05:42Lakshmi ji, Bakshi ji,
05:45we thought that Bobby is the name of a hero.
05:49Bob to Bobby.
05:52So we made a song.
05:54We made the cover of the song.
05:57The cover of the song was on Bobby.
06:00It was on the mail.
06:02When we went to Raj sir,
06:04he said,
06:06my heroine's name is Bobby.
06:09We used this keyword later.
06:12I don't remember what it was,
06:15but we made a tune and went.
06:17I will tell you one thing,
06:19to all of you,
06:21that we met a man named Raj Kapoor,
06:26for whom we never made a second tune.
06:30We made a tune for him.
06:33We used to respect him a lot.
06:36We worked so hard,
06:38but still,
06:40I saw him,
06:42when we played the tune,
06:44he said okay.
06:46There was no second thought.
06:48We have good friends,
06:50but when they come,
06:52they say,
06:54Lakshmi ji,
06:56it would have been better
06:58if you made this tune.
07:00But I tell you the truth,
07:02in front of God,
07:04for Raj sir,
07:06we never made a tune.
07:08Okay.
07:10From Bobby,
07:12Satyam Shivam Sundaram,
07:14Prem Rog.
07:16As a person,
07:18I didn't know him.
07:20Because he was close to me.
07:22You don't know the value
07:24of what is close to you.
07:26As a person,
07:28till now I thought,
07:30we are friends,
07:32we make money,
07:34everything is fine.
07:36Lakshmi ji never said no to me.
07:38In his life.
07:40Whatever I say,
07:42Lakshmi,
07:44I don't like it.
07:46Done.
07:48Whatever I say,
07:50he is there.
07:52He is,
07:54not he was.
07:58I will tell you one more thing.
08:00This is my last thing.
08:02Lakshmi ji and I
08:04decided that
08:06in 1991 or 1992,
08:08we did a show.
08:10We didn't do a show in
08:12America and Europe.
08:14We were only
08:16touring in Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai.
08:18We got an offer from there.
08:20So Lakshmi ji and I
08:22decided to do this show.
08:24I am telling you this
08:26in October.
08:28In the third week,
08:30at the end of the second week.
08:32So we fixed the show.
08:34Everything happened.
08:38Suddenly Lakshmi ji was
08:40not that well.
08:42So we had to go
08:44in April.
08:46On April 15th.
08:48So when we
08:50fixed the show,
08:52I told Lakshmi ji to do this.
08:54You don't go. I will talk to him.
08:56We will postpone this show.
08:58We will do it later.
09:00Or we don't do it.
09:02What difference does it make?
09:04He will get angry.
09:06Then after 3-4 days,
09:08we spoke.
09:10Our promoter, Mr. Mayur,
09:12he told me
09:14that it is like this.
09:16We have taken so much money.
09:18So do something.
09:20He said that without Lakshmi ji
09:22or without Parry ji,
09:24we have never done a show.
09:26That is not possible.
09:28So
09:30he said that we have to do this
09:32and that.
09:34Then I don't know what Lakshmi ji
09:36had in mind.
09:38He said that let's do this.
09:40We will do this show.
09:42Because our good friends,
09:44our well-wishers,
09:46cannot do this show.
09:48Lakshmi is not well.
09:50Parry ji has difficulty walking.
09:52Okay. God bless you.
09:54After that,
09:56it was fixed.
09:58Lakshmi ji said that
10:00I will do this. You go.
10:02And I will come
10:04in 2-3 weeks.
10:06Our program was for 6 weeks.
10:08I will come in 2nd or 3rd week.
10:10I will come slowly. I will meet you.
10:12I understood.
10:14After so many years,
10:16I understood that he was lying
10:18that he will come.
10:20Because I will go.
10:22And after that,
10:24believe me,
10:26Lakshmi said that I will come at the airport.
10:28I said that where will you come?
10:30The flight is at 5.30 am.
10:32And I am sitting at home.
10:34At 10.15 am,
10:36Lakshmi ji,
10:38his wife Jaya ji,
10:40his daughter,
10:42Rajeshwari,
10:44came to my house.
10:46Lakshmi ji and I
10:48never said hello
10:50or gave bouquet.
10:52That day, Lakshmi ji
10:54brought bouquet in his hand.
10:58He sat.
11:00I took the bouquet.
11:02He said, why did you come?
11:04I said, I will drink whisky.
11:08I will drink one pack of whisky.
11:10He said, I have my red label.
11:12Some driver
11:14or some man said,
11:16sir, your car has black label.
11:18I said, shut up.
11:20I want this red label.
11:22Give me red label.
11:24Lakshmi ji gave red label.
11:26I took red label
11:28and drinks.
11:30We drank.
11:32After that, we discussed
11:34what to do in the show.
11:36We made a list.
11:38He guided me
11:40in everything.
11:42After that,
11:44at 11 or 10,
11:46I said, I am feeling sleepy
11:48and tired.
11:50Okay.
11:52He left.
11:54I didn't know.
11:56If God had whispered in my ears,
11:58I would have left Lakshmi.
12:00But God didn't tell me.
12:02That was the last
12:04meeting
12:06with Lakshmi.
12:08I drank whisky with Lakshmi.
12:10We enjoyed.
12:12He left.
12:14Today, I see
12:16that God is there.
12:18You have worked
12:20so much in your life.
12:22Today, you drink whisky.
12:24Who doesn't believe in tomorrow?
12:26We drank whisky.
12:28If I knew, I wouldn't have known.
12:30Now, I feel
12:32that we met.
12:34I think
12:36God has kept us well.
12:38After that, I used to call Lakshmi
12:40every Friday and Sunday.
12:42I used to call her.
12:44When the 10th show happened,
12:46I told her
12:48that it was a good show.
12:50Everything went well.
12:52She told me
12:54that I called her
12:56at 2.20 in the night.
13:00I asked her
13:02what time it was.
13:04She told me that it was 10.40.
13:06I told her
13:08that the show went well.
13:10Lakshmi asked me
13:12how I was feeling.
13:14I told her that I was fine.
13:16She asked me how my leg was.
13:18I told her that it was painful,
13:20but it was fine.
13:22She told me that I was not feeling well.
13:24I told her that I was not feeling well.
13:26I met her
13:28on April 15.
13:30I don't remember the date.
13:32It was Sunday.
13:34She told me about the dead body.
13:36She told me where it came from.
13:38She told me that God is there.
13:40I was with her
13:42till the end.
13:44She is still with me.