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Madan Mohan (Madan Mohan Kohli) was born on 30 November, 1923 in Baghdad, Iraq, is a composer,soundtrack,music_department. Discover Madan Mohan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?

Popular As Madan Mohan Kohli
Occupation composer,soundtrack,music_department
Age 51 years old
Zodiac Sign
Born 30 November 1923
Birthday 30 November
Birthplace Baghdad, Iraq
Date of death 1975
Died Place 1975
Nationality Iraq

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1924

Madan Mohan was one of the most respected Hindi film composers. He was also one of the most overlooked - in a career spanning 25 years, he composed music for only over around 100 films, out of which only 25 became box-office hits. This was due to his extremely fastidious nature and the number of tunes he composed for his films that were never used. Born Madan Kohli in 1924, he was the son of Raj Bahadur Chunilal, who worked in famous studios like Bombay Talkies and Filmistan. From his childhood he was seen as musically inclined and talented. In fact, during his lifetime, he amassed an amazing record of compositions, the majority of which were either unutilized for lack of appropriate films or were alternate tunes composed for his films. He began working in Bollywood as an assistant to music director C.

1943

Madan originally wanted to do music composition after leaving school. At his father's insistence, however, he underwent a year at Colonel Brown's Military High School in Dehradun. He later joined the army in 1943 as a Second Lieutenant/artillery man, and was stationed in Bangalore for two years (till the end of World War II). He considered his service in the army as a fruitful period of his life as he learned personal traits like courtesy, endurance, discipline, physical fitness and punctuality.

1948

Originally, Madan planned on being an actor. Unfortunately, his first film as a hero got shelved after completing almost 8-9 reels of shooting, and his subsequent efforts at acting were no less a flop. However, he made appearances in the films Shaheed (1948), Aansoo (1953) and Munimji (1955).

1950

Ramchandra, and got his first major film with Aankhen (1950), a love triangle. The film was a success. Subsequently, a fair amount of work came to Mohan.

Then, in the late 1950s and the 1960s, things changed for the better.

1951

This legendary combination was established in 1951 with Adaa (1951) and continued right up to (and after) his death.

1952

Among his earlier films was a trilogy of movies with his childhood friend Raj Kapoor - _Aashiana (1952)_, _Dhoon (1952)_ and Papi (1953).

1955

But from then on, things got rough; Railway Platform (1955), Gateway of India (1957), while with excellent music, weren't huge hits. And to make matters worse, all of the top stars had already chosen a particular composer to work with (e. g. Dilip Kumar with Naushad the great composer), which left no room for a débutant, however talented.

1956

Unfortunately for Mohan, the films he chose to compose for did not create much impact, and it was only with Bhai Bhai (1956), which starred the legendary Kumar brothers, Ashok Kumar and Kishore Kumar, that he got some success.

1957

His scores for Dekh Kabira Roya (1957) and Adalat (1958) showed that.

1958

It was with this film that he became to be known as the Ghazal King, even though he had already established his reputation for gossamer melodies with Adalat (1958).

1960

And in the 1960s, he really began to be noticed with Anpadh (1962), with his songs becoming the rage all over India.

1961

Mohan had this special talent of bringing out the best in Lata's voice - she could sound seductive in Sanjog (1961), jaunty in Neela Akash (1965) and perky in Mera Saaya (1966). However, it was in sentimental songs that they were at their best.

1964

He acquired further commercial success with two films by Raj Khosla - _Woh Kaun Thi (1964)_ and Mera Saaya (1966).

He also began to work with filmmaker Chetan Anand, for which he produced his most outstanding score in Haqeeqat (1964), a war film. Although he brought out the best in his singers, special mention must be made of his work with Lata Mangeshkar, which showed both of them at their very best.

1970

In the 1970s, when Western songs from films like _Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971)_, Mohan still composed poetic melodies.

His strict aesthetic sense caused him to be in great demand with sensitive if not commercially successful filmmakers, and he collaborated with respected names like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Sampooran Singh Gulzar and Rajinder Singh Bedi, his collaboration with Bedi particularly standing out as it was with Dastak (1970) that he got the National Award for best music director - it was the only major award he got during his lifetime.

1975

In 1975, at the age of 51, Mohan died from cirrhosis of the liver.

Ironically, two films released soon afterwards - Mausam (1975) and _Laila Majnu (1975)_ - became resounding musical successes. However, three decades later, two films paid their tribute to Mohan.

2004

One was O Countrymen, We Entrust This Nation in You (2004), a war film which, interestingly, took its title from one of his songs from Haqeeqat (1964). The film, however, didn't do well at the box-office.

The other film, a romance called Veer Zaara (2004), paid a more fitting tribute for a composer - the director, Yash Chopra, took some of his unused compositions and used them in the film.