Sapan Jagmohan

Sapan Sen Gupta and Jagmohan Bakshi, popularly known as Sapan Jagmohan, are members of a famous music composer duo of the 1970s. Jagmohan Bakshi was born on 29 July 1929 in Murrie, Punjab, whereas Sapan Sen Gupta was born on 17 July 1932 in Sylhet in Dhaka, Bangladesh and grew up in Kolkata. Both came to Mumbai with a dream of being playback singers in the film industry and met each other at the Salil Chowdhury's Bombay Youth Choir in 1957. After realizing that the music industry is highly competitive for singers, Sapan and Jagmohan teamed up as a music composer duo. After a lot of struggle, they finally got a chance to work with SD Burman, a renowned music director. In 1954, SD Burman gave chance to Jagmohan Bakshi for a duet with Asha Bhosle Asha is considered to be the second greatest femal >> Read More... in the film Taxi Driver. The song, Dekho Maane Nahi Roothi Haseena, became a hit track.

Later, the composer duo assisted SD Burman in directing and composing music for Hindi films. Jagmohan Bakshi sang only three songs in his lifetime, among which there were no singles. In Hamlet-54, he sang a duo with MD Rafi and a trio with Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had >> Read More... and Usha Mangeshkar Born on December 15, 1935, Usha Mangeshkar is an I >> Read More... in 1958 for the film Piya Milan. Sapan and Jagmohan gave music scores for the songs in Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi and Bhojpuri films and Tv series. Most of the music compositions by Sapan Jagmohan were based on the lyrics of Naqsh Lyallpuri Naksh Lyallpuri was born on February 24, 1928, and >> Read More... , a famous Urdu poet. They worked with other popular lyricists like Indeevar, Shailendra and M.G. Hashmat. As Sapan Jagmohan composed several songs, their music style seems similar to RD Burman's. Begaana is the first film on which they worked as a music director, directed by Sadashiv J. Row Kavi and released in 1963.

The other popular movies by Sapan Jagmohan as composer and music director are Zimbo Finds A Son (1966), Man Tera Tan Mera (1971), Nachdi Jawani (1977), Ganga Dham (1980), Polladhavan (1980), Josh Jawani Da (1981), Geet Ganga (1982), Ek Aur Sangraam (1982), Prem Yudh (1985), Maa Ki Saugandh (1986), Munda Naram Te Kudi Garam (1986), Pyaari Dulhaniya (1989), Tara Rani Ki Amar Katha (1994), Ghar Ka Kanoon (1995), Jiban Youban (1997), and many more. They were also active in the composition of Tv original scores of Kujh Khatta Kujh Mittha (1990), Chunauti (1987), and Woh Chokri (1994). They composed several Bengali songs like Chotta Ekta Bhalobasa, Ebar Ami Jai Je Chole, Aaj Mon Agoon Ke, etc. Jagmohan Bakshi died on 26 February 1999, and Sapan Sen Gupta took his last breath on 15 October 2022 at the age of 90.