Happy Birhday... Vinod (Music Director)

Tribute to Vinod, the famous music director of 1950's in Punjabi and Hindi Films on his 93rd birth anniversary today.
(credit to Imprints and Images of Indian Film Music for this article)
According to Sardul Kwatra, another Lahore-born music director who knew Vinod since his days in Lahore, as a child Vinod was fascinated by the band music played during Hindu weddings. Vinod also listened carefully to the rababi musicians performing shabad kirtan at Gurdwara Dehra Sahib, Lahore. According to Sardul, Vinod became a student of Lahore’s famous music director Pandit Amar Nath and learnt from him the fundamentals of ragas and composing tunes on a violin.
By 1944, most of the Lahore-based music directors like Khurshid Anwar, Shyam Sunder, Hans Raj Behl, Rashid Atre, Feroze Nizami, Ghulam Haider, Pandit Husna Lal Bhagat Ram had shifted to Bombay. Pandit Amar Nath and Pandit Gobind Ram were the only ones left in Lahore. After Pandit Amar Nath’s death in 1945, Vinod was asked to compose music for his mentor’s films Khamosh Nigahein, Paraye Bas Main and Kamini. However, none of the films did well at the box office.
Vinod got a good break when he composed music for Hindi film Ek Thi Ladki (1949). The film was a success and its song Lara lappa lara lappa layi rakhda, addi tappa addi tappa layi rakhda sung by Lata .
According to Sardul Kwatra, Vinod had no Godfather like Shankar and Jaikishan had in producer-actor Raj Kapoor and producer Amiya Chakravarty and Naushad had in producer Mehboob Khan. Roop K. Shori, for whose films Vinod composed many songs, did not belong to the big league. When Shori a film producer in Lahore moved to Bombay, he took his entire team with him which included music director Vinod and lyricist Aziz Kashmiri. Among some of Vinod’s best-known creations were the musical compositions of Anmol Rattan (1950), Wafaa(1950), Sabaz Bagh(1951), Aag ka Dariya(1953), Laadla(1954) and Makhi.
Vinod died penniless at 37 on December 25, 1959. Although Vinod composed music for 32 films, but most of these films were under small banners and the music of many was let down by the film’s poor showing at the box office. His last three films were released after his death. One of Vinod’s masterpiece creations is the music for the Punjabi film Mutiar (1951). One of its Urdu ghazals "Aye dil mujhe jaane de, jis raah pe jaata hoon" sung by Talat Mahmood simply stands out. Its Punjabi version was never recorded.
The lovers of Punjab and Punjabi language, bow their heads before Vinod for all the great musical compositions he has given to his mother-tongue. Choos(1956).

[@mlulovemyindialovemyindia1167]

Moti jee and Meena Shore jee have done Great acting 👍 enjoyed watching this Video. Dehradun Uttarakhand 🌹 Please upload more rare Songs.

[@CVPUSDEKAR]

ONE OF THE BEST DUETS OF LATA & RAFI, MUSIC-VINOD ! 👌👌👌👌

[@inayatkhan6797]

Kya zamana tha, kya naghme the. Khoobsurat naghma hai yeh Vinod ki mausiqi ka.

[@vijaygadkar3976]

saare gaane ek taraf aur yeh shokh sitaare aur seene mein sulagtey hai ek taraf.

[@saras.j468]

Many- many thanks to you Mirza ji for remembering Vinod ji on his Birthday. Though he died penniless , some of his good faithful friends from Industry helped mrs Vinod to stand on her own . She did good and raised her two daughters Veera didi and Veena didi well . They both got married to well settled boys . Veena didi lost her husband at young age but she too raised her beautiful children well and they too are married now.I know them because we belonged to the same church in Bombay.

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Sara S.J
Thank you for this important information. Please share more information if have about Vinod.

[@mlulovemyindialovemyindia1167]

Thanks Sara ke for your update 🙏 I appreciate faithful friends Of Vinod jee' great deed.

[@kanekarvilas12]

Thanks a lot for sharing this great song.Superb tune & beautifuly sung by Lata & Rafi.

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Thank You ALL

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Yeh Shokh Sitare . . .

[@rumahale]

Vinod and Ek Thi Ladki are synonymous; everyone of is familiar with popular song in the movie. The present song is also outstanding, having been played on illustrious star Meena Shorey, (with Motilal) and rendered by two legends of our own time. Wonderful tribute indeed. I have great liking for this song as well. Thank you for excellent presentation.

[@chandubhagat7731]

Music director Vinod is known as his evergreen song, Lara lappa... (Ek thi ladki ).
I like this song & its simple dance.

[@shahtanvir1]

Thankyou dear !