The
much acclaimed music director's racy tracks
have consistently topped charts and his hits
include such films as 'Mohra', 'Gupt' and 'Bade
Miyan Chotte Miyan'. We are taling about Viju
Shah the son of veteran composer Kalyanji's
son. He never considered any other profession
than music. Viju Shah learnt music from several
teachers firstly from his own father and others
like Pt. Chaturbhuj Rathod (late father of Shravan,
Roopkumar and Vinod Rathod), Pt. Ramprasad Sharma
(late father of veteran Pyarelal) and Pt. Satyanarayan
Mishra, who still guides him.
Gulshan Rai decided to introduce his son Rajiv
as director with his new film, Yudh that was
released in 1985. Rajiv and Viju Shah were already
great friends and their tuning was perfect.
So Viju “ unofficially “ contributed
a sizable chunk to the score of the film ˜Kya
Hua Kya Nahin and ˜Danke Pe Chot Lagi Hai.
The overwhelming success of ˜Tirchi Topiwale
from the film Tridev composed by Viju Shah unduly
diverted attention from the excellent and original
crafting of songs like ˜Gajar Ne Kiya Hai
Ishara, ˜Gali Gali Mein Phirta Hai and
˜Main Teri Mohabbat Mein. The fact that
Viju had included the Gloria Estefan hook line
˜Oye Oye branded him as a copycat even
before he had started. The fate of the music
of Muqaddar Ka Badshah (1990) further consolidated
this unfortunate conclusion, as none of Viju
Shahs songs made any popular impact.He scored
brilliant background music for Chaalbaaz and
Ladai (both 1989) and Zahreelay (1990) also
went unnoticed.Though his next release Vishwatma
had a successful number ˜Saat Samandar
sung by Sadhana Sargam , he did not get much
appreciation.
Viju continued his career as a musician. He
was signed for the background score of Venus
Main Khiladi Tu Anari' (1992) which was a hit
and its music was much appreciated .In 1994,
R. D. Burmans 1942 “ A Love Story was
a sensation that eliminated all musical competition.
The score from Mohra, ˜Tu Cheez Badi Hai
Mast Mast and ˜Na kajre ki dhaar set the
charts ablaze. Once again, Viju was on a high.Later
on he composed music for Pyar, Ishq Aur Mohabbat
and Gupt including hit songs ' . His latest
composition in Shikar drew lots of adulation.
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