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Full Name
  
Jaidev Verma

Role
  
Music composer

Years active
  
1933-1987


Name
  
Jaidev Verma

Siblings
  
Ved Kumari

Died
  
January 6, 1987, Mumbai

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Born
  
3 August 1919 (
1919-08-03
)

Awards
  
National Film Award for Best Music DirectionReshma Aur Shera (1972)Gaman (1979)Ankahee (1985)

Movies
  
Marthanda Varma, The Princess and the Hunter, Miss Frontier Mail

Albums
  
Kinare Kinare, Jumbish, Ashtavakra Geeta, Ramnagri

Similar People
  
Sahir Ludhianvi, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Bhupinder Singh, Mohammed Rafi

Jaidev (Hindi: जयदेव वर्मा; 3 August 1919 – 6 January 1987; born Jaidev Verma) was a music composer in Hindi films, most known for his work in films: Hum Dono (1961), Reshma Aur Shera (1972), Prem Parbat (1973) and Gharonda (1977).

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He won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction, three times for Reshma Aur Shera (1972), Gaman (1979) and Ankahee (1985).

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Early life

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Jaidev was born in Nairobi and brought up in Ludhiana, India. In 1933, when he was 15 years old, he ran away to Bombay to become a film star. There, he acted in eight films as a child star for the Wadia Film Company. He was initiated into music at a young age in Ludhiana by Prof. Barkat Rai. Later, when he made it Bombay, he learnt music from Krishnarao Jaokar and Janardan Jaokar.

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Unfortunately, he had to leave his film career abruptly and return to Ludhiana, due to his father’s blindness, which thrust the sole responsibility of his family on his young shoulders.

After his father died, Jaidev took the responsibility of looking after his sister, Ved Kumari and later got her married to Sat-Paul Varma. After that in 1943, he left for Lucknow to study under the tutelage of music maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Career

Jaidev was the first music director to bag 3 National Award. Ali Akbar Khan took Jaidev as his music assistant, in 1951, when he composed music for Navketan Films's Aandhiyan (1952) and 'Hum Safar'. From film 'Taxi Driver' on, he became assistant to music composer, S. D. Burman.

His big break as a full-fledged music director came with Chetan Anand's film, Joru Ka Bhai, followed by Chetan Anand's next Anjali, both of these films became very popular.

Though it was with the film Navketan's Hum Dono (1961) that Jaidev true came into the limelight, with classic songs like, "Allah Tero Naam", 'Abhi Na Jao Chhodkar", "Main Zindagi Ka Saath" and "Kabhi khud pe Kabhi Halat pe". His other big success came with Sunil Dutt star, Mujhe Jeene Do (1963).

Though many of Jaidev's films failed at the box office, many of them, such as Alap, Kinare Kinare and Ankahee, are remembered for his imaginative musical scores. He had a unique capability to mix traditional and folk music into Hindi film situations, giving him a unique advantage to other music directors of his times.

He also known for his non-film album of the couplets of Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan's classic work Madhushala set to music and sung by singer Manna Dey.

He is one of the favourite composers of Lata Mangeshkar besides Salil Chowdhury and Madan Mohan. He also composed music for Nepali film Maitighar .

Jaidev never married, though he remained close to his sister's family, who later settled in the United Kingdom. He died on 6 January 1987, at the age of 68. His last work was for the television series Ramayan.

Other credits

  • Agneepath (1990) (composer: song "Raat Bhi Hai Kuch Bheegi Bheegi")
  • Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) (music assistant)
  • Lajwanti (1958) (music assistant)
  • As actor

  • Keemat (1973)
  • Miss Frontier Mail (1936)
  • Hunterwali (1935)
  • Martanda Varma (1933)
  • Awards

  • National Film Award for Best Music Direction:
  • Ankahee (1985)
  • Gaman (1979)
  • Reshma Aur Shera (1972)
  • Sur Singar Samsad Awards, four times
  • Lata Mangeshkar Award Madhya Pradesh Government.
  • References

    Jaidev Wikipedia


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