Dil ki salaami le le - Naushad...

Dil ki salaami le le

Who's who of Mumbai's film industry turns up to bid adieu to legendary music director Naushad

M S M Desai

Thespian Dilip Kumar wept as he hugged the five daughters of veteran music director Naushad, who died on Friday morning. The actor, a close friend of the maestro, rushed to Naushad's house after hearing the news of his demise.

Naushad, aged 86, passed away on Friday morning at Nanavati Hospital after doctors found it impossible to do bypass surgery on the ailing legend who had recently developed cardiac problems. He was brought home by his sons and son-in-laws.

After consoling Naushad's daughters and sons, Dilip Kumar, bent and kissed Naushad on his shoulders and head. The body was placed on the floor in the middle of the drawing room, while Naushad's eldest son Rehman lay on a cot in the music room as he had recently undergone an operation in both knees.

For the next two hours Dilip Kumar fondly recalled his long association with the maestro. He recounted various incidents and sound recordings that stood out in his memory.

The duo had worked together on 14 films, for which Naushad had written haunting and everlasting music. However, the actor did not wish to talk to the electronic media that stood outside the house pleading for a quote.

Scores of relatives and film industry personalities came to pay their last respects to the virtuoso. They included Nimmi, Asha Parekh, Tabassum, Raza Murad, Dharmendra, Govinda, Khayyam, his wife Jagjit Kaur, Ravindra Jain, Ismail Darbar, Javed Siddiqi, Mahesh Bhatt and Majid Memon.

"Naushad is the only music director who used a combination of the flute and clarinet. All his songs were either based on classical or folk music from Uttar Pradesh from where he hailed. But he made classical music so simple to hear and easy for the common man hum, whether it was from Baiju Bawra, Kohinooor, Mughal-e-Azam or any other film for which he composed music," said music director Khayyam. He cited Naushad as his inspiration and said his wife Jagjit Kaur had even sung one of his songs.

R K Munir, former head of ETV channel and a close friend of Naushad's said only three days ago the composer had expressed his inability to attend the Taj Mahal premiere in Pakistan due to his ill health.

It was only after Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh arrived at 6 pm and paid homage, that the body was taken to Santa Cruz Kabarastan for a late evening burial.


• His music has a stamp of its own. It is eternal and everlasting. He may have died but his music will linger on.
— Khayyam, music director

• Naushad elevated music. He belonged to the golden era of Hindi films and created golden music
— Ravindra Jain, music director

• Dilip Kumar a close friend of the maestro, rushed to Naushad's house. He wept as he hugged the maestro's children. He then bent and kissed Naushad on his shoulders and head. For the next two hours Dilip Kumar fondly recalled his long association with the maestro. He recounted various incidents and sound recordings that stood out in his memory. The duo had worked together on 14 films.
-Dilip Kumar

Khayyam, Ravindra Jain

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