To put the statistics in perspective, while Naushad and C Ramchandra composed about 60 songs for Shamshad Begum, OPN accounts for 35 songs (including 21 duets and 14 solos). OPN also has the credit for composing her last memorable song Kajra mohbbatwala, a duet with Asha Bhosle from Kismat (1968) – a song which spawned numerous remix versions, bringing Shamshad Begum again in focus among the music lovers. But suffice it to say that OPN gave some immortal songs for Shamshad Begum.
It is largely a matter of personal preference. As for the comparison, it goes without saying that it is impossible to rank between three sets of outstanding songs. With so much of OPN readily available with me courtesy these three readers, I felt it necessary to write a post on his best songs for Shamshad Begum to complete the picture. While there was general agreement with my observation that Naushad gave the best songs for her, our OPN-expert Ravindra Kelkar felt that OPN’s best ten would be as good if not better than Naushad’s or CR’s. The three-way conversation between Ravindra Kelkar, Hans and Arunji was very enlightening on statistics, some popular anecdotes about them and analysis and inferences. In fact the discussion on C Ramchandra-Shamshad Begum post was wholly dominated by OP Nayyar.
When I did two back-to-back posts on Shamshad Begum’s songs by Naushad and C Ramchandra last year there was inevitably a reference to OP Nayyar as he is the third member of the trinity which made the greatest contribution to her. A tribute to Shamshad Begum (14 April 1919 – 23 April 2013) on her 97th birth anniversary
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