Sajid-Wajid duo also worked with Salman Khan for a range of films over the years giving many chartbuster hits. Himesh reserved some amazing and melodious compositions for his favourite actor as well. Read some of their best combination songs. In the late 1990s, Himesh Reshammiya marked his career debut composing a single for Salman Khan’s Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya in 1998 and in the past two decades, the composer has got opportunity to work with the actor for a handful of Bollywood hits. Now voices of younger generations are linked with Salman’s profile, and Salman too has showcased his talent as a singer in the recent past, ‘ Mein Tera Hero’ being one among the best instances.Īmong music composers, compositions of Raamlaxman, Anand-Milind and Nadeem-Shravan were frequently used during the initial phase of Salman’s career with melody at its high notch. Kamaal Khan’s voice is widely regarded synchronous to Salman Khan and they together have given some amazing songs. Yes, SPB – Salman combo has contributed to some sweet melodies of 1990s.
Balasubrahmanyam’s voice got permanently added to Salman Khan’s name during his initial days in Bollywood cinema till mid-1990s, before music directors experimented with the voices of Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Kamaal Khan, Sonu Nigam etc. That’s where Bollywood stays still now even after three decades, and a big thanks to both these films and its music for their contributions to the same.Ĭoming to details, with the debut film in a lead role, S. To add, Aamir Khan’s Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) was its predecessor and both these films brought back romantic musical era back to Bollywood. Definitely Bollywood was going through its worst times in terms of good films as well as good music, and Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) brought that monsoon to Bollywood after a long-time drought. A brief note on Salman’s Bollywood songsĪs a lead actor, Salman’s first film Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) had some of the finest songs of the decade. They are equally liked by people of all age groups, and the reason behind is – they were able to maintain the chemistry with audience, strike the right cord and provide them with entertainment in all means. Close to three decades, the trio has fully dominated world’s one of the biggest film industries – Bollywood, and it’s sure they will continue the reign for at least one more decade from here on. Bollywood without Khan-dan is just like Diwali without any sound or crackers, nothing else with which the trio can be compared.
This year I would like to do the same with yet another Khan of Bollywood – Salman Khan, who is celebrating his 53th birthday on the last week of December. Last year I wrote a special article on 100 of the best songs of Shah Rukh Khan and published as his birthday gift.
A local court issued a non-bailable warrant against both on 1 April, 2003. In November 1998, former vice-president of political party Bharatiya Janata Yava Morcha, Rakesh Sethi filed a case against Dev Kohli and singer Poornima for using vulgar language in the song "Ab Tak Hai Puri Azaadi" of the film Kudrat (1998). In the 1990s, He developed a remarkable collaboration with Anu Malik, for whom he wrote songs like "Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen" in Baazigar (1993), "Dekho Dekho Jaanam Hum" in Ishq (1997) etc. He again draw attention with Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989) when songs like Aate Jaate Hanste Gaate, Kabootar Ja Ja Ja, Aaja Shaam Hone Aayee, Maine Pyar Kiya and Kahe Toh Se Sajna became hits. He wrote lyrics for several films in the 1970s and 1980s, but went unnoticed. His first breakthrough came with "Geet Gaata Hoon Main" in the film Laal Patthar (1971). He started his career in 1969 with the film Gunda.
He studied in Shri Giri Nanak Dev Guru Maharaj College. After partition, his family moved to Dehradun, India. Kohli was born in a Sikh family in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.