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   2 hours ago · 0. Madan Mohan June 25, 1924 - July 14, 1975. Brijeshwar Singh. Every aspiring singer still wants to sing his songs. Contemporary music directors from Pritam to MM Kreem to AR Rahman study his ...

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   Who was Madan Mohan?

   • He was an ex-Army officer with little formal musical training. His father was a movie magnate, Rai Bahadur Chunnilal, founder of Bombay Talkies and Filmistan, who cut him off when he left the Army. Madan Mohan worked in All India Radio for three years. He then struggled, sleeping hungry on Bombay’s footpaths, as a chorus singer.

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   How did Madan Mohan try improvisation?

   • Bhupinder Singh (whom he introduced as a singer) described how Madan Mohan would try improvisation on almost every note he composed. But then he would give only the bare melody, the lyrics and the song situation to the singer and let them work out their own expressions.

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   Should you hear Lata Mangeshkar singing Madan Mohan?

   • Shreya Ghoshal says that if a singer wants to learn when to be loud or soft and how to end a line, then hear Lata Mangeshkar singing Madan Mohan’s compositions. We are celebrating his birth centenary this year.

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   Was Madan Mohan a good musician?

   • In fact, Madan Mohan had the worst of both worlds. He was regarded with suspicion by the traditional musicians who thought he was an upstart; and movie producers noted that his father never supported him. After leaving the Army, he joined AIR-Lucknow and this was his real music school.

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