After his musical partner Laxmikant's demise in 1998, the composer had kept away from the limelight
The composer duo ruled the music charts from the mid-60s till the end-80s, eclipsing competition from Shankar-Jaikishan to RD Burman. However, after Laxmikant's demise in 1998, Pyarelal stayed away from the lime-light for 14-odd years, save for one song in Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om. Not because there were dearth of offers but there was none worth taking up. However, he is now all set to return with an album titled Awaaz Dil Se.
Elaborating on his come-back, Pyarelal said, "Eros International signed me five years ago. But nothing happened. Now, this talented singer Pankaj Chaturvedi wanted me to compose songs for him and I agreed. I haven't tried to keep up with the times in this album. I've done what my heart wished. Sameer Anjaan being, has written the lyrics. I've recorded five songs for Pankaj, where I've used 160 chorus singers. In two of mine and laxmikant's best-known songs, Ek pyaar ka nagma hai (Shor) and Main shayar to nahin (Bobby), I've eliminated all instrumentation and used chorus like an orchestra. In between the chorus, Pankaj has sung scattered lines."
Before this album though, Pyarelal did emerge from his voluntary exile for one brief endeavour - a song in Om Shanti Om but it wasn't a pleasant experience, he recalled. "When they came to me for the song, I asked them, 'Why the names of Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Vishal-Shekhar together? But Farah Khanji convinced me. She wanted a 1970-80s styled song for me. I accepted on my own terms and conditions. We recorded the song and then its mixing wasn't coming out right. So I went and did the track's mixing also. Farah thanked me profusely. Finally, they didn't credit me properly. Anyway, let it be. This incident really put me off any further association with the film industry," said Pyarelal.
The composer duo ruled the music charts from the mid-60s till the end-80s, eclipsing competition from Shankar-Jaikishan to RD Burman. However, after Laxmikant's demise in 1998, Pyarelal stayed away from the lime-light for 14-odd years, save for one song in Farah Khan's Om Shanti Om. Not because there were dearth of offers but there was none worth taking up. However, he is now all set to return with an album titled Awaaz Dil Se.
Before this album though, Pyarelal did emerge from his voluntary exile for one brief endeavour - a song in Om Shanti Om but it wasn't a pleasant experience, he recalled. "When they came to me for the song, I asked them, 'Why the names of Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Vishal-Shekhar together? But Farah Khanji convinced me. She wanted a 1970-80s styled song for me. I accepted on my own terms and conditions. We recorded the song and then its mixing wasn't coming out right. So I went and did the track's mixing also. Farah thanked me profusely. Finally, they didn't credit me properly. Anyway, let it be. This incident really put me off any further association with the film industry," said Pyarelal.
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