![]() It is a sad way to start the series with an obituary for a composer I hugely admired. Daan Singh would have surely figured some time down the line, but now I am advancing it and making him the first in my series. The news of his passing away reminded me of my planned series on Forgotten Composers, Unforgotten Melodies, which I mentioned in my last post. His special talent with Mukesh got further acclaim with two iconic songs of Shashi Kapoor- Sharmila Tagore starrer My Love (1970) It is amazing that not only this song but several more from this film survive. Much later I came to know that it was from a film titled Bhool Na Jana, which never got released and its music director was Daan Singh. There was a time when I was a Mukesh-obsessed fan and one particular song which whirled inside me again and again like a record stuck in its groove was Gham-e-dl kisse kahun, without knowing its composer or film. ![]() The paper also quotes Nitin Mukesh offering profuse praise for him. He was one of the most neglected music directors of Hindi films, yet he composed some everlasting melodies for Mukesh. ![]() ![]() If you are not a keen reader or aware of Daan Singh’s music you are quite likely to have missed the news item. I saw a small news item tucked away deep inside the Times of India’s today’s edition stating that music director Daan Singh passed away at his Jaipur home of liver ailment at the age of 78 on Saturday June 18.
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