After
the stupendous success of JULIE, the doors of stardom were thrown open to
Rajesh Roshan and he gave a row of hits. Dev Anand gave him break in DES PARDES
and continued in MAN PASAND and LOOTMAAR.
He
established a great rapport with superstar Amitabh Bachchan in MR. NATWARLAL in
which he skillfully used Amitabh Bachchan to sing his debut song as playback
singer. Remember the hit song Mere paasaao mere dosto ek kissa suno…. Later the two gelled so well that Rajesh
Roshan gave music in many of his movies like Mach gaya shor sari nagri re…. (KHUD-DAAR),
Chukar mere man ko…( YAARANA), Tune mujhe pehchana nahi… (DO AUR DO PAANCH), Dhoom Mache Dhoom … (KALA PATHER).
Speaking
about his closeness to Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Roshan in an interview said, “I
and Amitabh Bachchan became great friends after our first movie (Mr. Natwarlal). In fact initially he
was reluctant to sing the song but as the song was a good connection with the
children, he obliged.”
He
added, “However singing the song was a hard nut to crack for Bachchan sahib
because number one it was his debut song hence he wanted to rehearse the song
thoroughly so as to avoid bewilderment during the recording. Secondly since he
was the superstar he was extremely busy. He was tied up with umpteen movies.”
Rajesh Roshan shared an interesting anecdote highlighting the pains and trails that
Amitabh Bachchan underwent to record the song. He recalled, “As Bachchan Sahib
was very busy with his shootings he told me that he wouldn’t be able to give me
much time for rehearsal. Nevertheless he assured me that he will rehearse the
song during the break-up time while shootings. However one day when he as
practicing the song during the break up time for Prakash Mehra’s MUQADDAR KASIKANDAR, Mehra was a bit disappointed as he feared his movie will be in
trouble. Interestingly Mehra himself minted money by exploring Amitabh’s
singing ability in his next movie LAWAARIS. The song Mere Angane Mere Tumhara Kya kaam hai
… became the biggest asset for the movie.”
NOTE: In the next issue read about Rajesh Roshana and his association
with his brother Rakesh Roshan and nephew Hrithik Roshan
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