Rakesh Bakshi On His Legendary Father Anand Bakshi

Anand Bakshi and Lata Mangeshkar

If  the great bade dinon ke bard  Anand Bakshi had lived, he would have been  91 on 21 July. 

Anand Bakshi ’s son Rakesh Bakshi  remembers his father as  a  man and a poet consumed by his art.

“He would often think  of the  words along with the tune,  which he would share with the  composer. Of course  he contributed to the tunes  . But he  never spoke about it. Nor did any one connected with the creative  process. So why should I? All I can tell you is that in those days  my father and  and the rest  of the music creators worked as a team. There  was  never any question of, Maine  kiye, nahin maine kiye. Whatever suggestions my father had to make  for the tunes ,he   did it  unconditionally. The  music composers were free to take his suggestions, or leave them. No  question asked,” says Rakesh as he  remembers his Dad fondly.

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