Luckily for us the great composing genius Madan Mohan was never ‘unsung'. His muse and primary vocalist Lata Mangeshkar ensured an infinite status for the gems of Madan Mohan.
And the ones that got left behind due to the tyranny of budget and the vagaries of production are now going to be put together by his son 34 years after Madan Mohan passed away prematurely at the age of 51 leaving behind a treasury of released and unreleased songs.
Madan Mohan's son Sanjeev Kohli, former CEO of Yashraj Films is all set to release some of Madan Mohan's unreleased songs in an album entitled Tere Baghair.
Says Sanjeev, "My father would be creating and humming new tunes all the time His music sittings with Lataji were endless. As a child I'd often wonder how my father managed to create so many tunes in so little time. To my delight I discovered hundreds of unreleased tunes in our cupboard. That's how Tere Bahghair was born."
The 15 tracks that comprise the album are sung by Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Talat Mahmood and Kishore Kumar and were recorded between 1964 and 1972. To erase all signs of antiquity Sanjeev has added supportive music and digitally mastered sound to the original tunes.
Tere Baghair releases on June 25 on the occasion of Madan Mohan's 85th death anniversary on June 25.