Joy Mukherjee died in 2012 in Mumbai.
Mumbai:
Late actor-director Joy Mukherjee's wife Neelam, who is set to release her husband's unreleased 1974 film Love In Bombay soon, says the music of the film will be enjoyed by all and sundry, as music lovers still enjoy old compositions.
"The golden era never went. It has always been there. The most popular radio programmes are the ones featuring the old music. Even music channels, they play more of old film songs. The golden era of music has been there. Even today, the maximum sales are of the old songs or their compilations," said Mrs Mukherjee.
She feels that old songs still enjoy a longer shelf life compared to the new songs.
"What is marvellous is that we still remember those old songs, their tunes and words. We still hum and sing them," she said and added that people hear new songs in the theatre, "enjoy them there... but once you are out of the theatre, you don't even remember them".
"This is not a personal offense to anyone," she said.
Composed by Shankar-Jaikishan and penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri, the music album of Love in Bombay offers a bouquet of songs sung by Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar.
"Shankar-Jaikishan's music is evergreen. Then they have teamed up with Majrooh Sultanpuri. Asha Bhosle has sung very well," she said.
"Rafi saab is my personal favourite singer and I don't think anyone can match him. Kishore Kumar was my husband's uncle, he used to make up things on his own during the recording and start singing... I am very sure people will enjoy it," she added.
The music of the film has been released by Saregama India Ltd. and has numbers such as Na main boli, Majha naav aahe Ganpatrao and Saiyan saiyan, among others.Mr Mukherjee had directed Love In Bombay and also acted in it along with Waheeda Rehman. His character is said to be inspired by funny Australian movie Crocodile Dundee.
Talking about the release date of the film, Mrs Mukherjee said they are "planning to release it by mid or end of July this year".
"The golden era never went. It has always been there. The most popular radio programmes are the ones featuring the old music. Even music channels, they play more of old film songs. The golden era of music has been there. Even today, the maximum sales are of the old songs or their compilations," said Mrs Mukherjee.
She feels that old songs still enjoy a longer shelf life compared to the new songs.
"What is marvellous is that we still remember those old songs, their tunes and words. We still hum and sing them," she said and added that people hear new songs in the theatre, "enjoy them there... but once you are out of the theatre, you don't even remember them".
"This is not a personal offense to anyone," she said.
Composed by Shankar-Jaikishan and penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri, the music album of Love in Bombay offers a bouquet of songs sung by Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar.
"Shankar-Jaikishan's music is evergreen. Then they have teamed up with Majrooh Sultanpuri. Asha Bhosle has sung very well," she said.
"Rafi saab is my personal favourite singer and I don't think anyone can match him. Kishore Kumar was my husband's uncle, he used to make up things on his own during the recording and start singing... I am very sure people will enjoy it," she added.
The music of the film has been released by Saregama India Ltd. and has numbers such as Na main boli, Majha naav aahe Ganpatrao and Saiyan saiyan, among others.Mr Mukherjee had directed Love In Bombay and also acted in it along with Waheeda Rehman. His character is said to be inspired by funny Australian movie Crocodile Dundee.
Talking about the release date of the film, Mrs Mukherjee said they are "planning to release it by mid or end of July this year".
