Veer-Zaara Soundtrack: The Legacy Behind These Masterpieces!


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"The music for Veer-Zaara has a very interesting history. Could you recount what actually happened?"

"Madan Mohan ji had written about two hundred songs that were never recorded. And Yash ji knew about this material. When he started Veer-Zaara, Yash ji decided to use some of Madan Bhaiya's music and thought why not ask Sanjeev Kohli, Madan Mohan's son, to work on the idea? Sanjeev went through all the old tapes and selected some tunes and played them to Yash ji. Together, they decided on what would work best for the film, and then we all went into the recording studio. It was nice working on Madan Bhaiya's tunes again. Sanjeev cannot sing the song to explain the tune, but has a great ear for music. He is a perfectionist and understood exactly how to arrange the score with the right instrumentation and orchestration. Javed Akhtar Sahib wrote the lyrics. Sanjeev worked very hard and the music turned out very well."

Madan Mohan ji's son, Sanjeev Kohli ji, and the assistant, Vikas Bhatwadekar ji, together worked on the songs of Veer-Zaara, alongside the lyricist and the vocalists! The album turned out to be one of the most beautiful and popular albums in the history of Indian Film Music! It was revolutionary in its own appeal. Veer-Zaara is the final full Bollywood movie album of Lata ji.

(Disclaimer: All the content within quotes have been taken from an interview of Lata Mangeshkar ji that has been documented in an archival book!)

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