tabla, bass etc. Awards During their career, S-J won Filmfare Best Music Director Awards nine times. The last three awards were won in three successive years, thereby making S-J the first composers to score a hat trick of these awards. S-J also came out tops in Binaca Geetmala, the legendary countdown radio program on Hindi film music, where their compositions were declared the most popular on six occasions (a record later equalled by Laxmikant Pyarelal). These songs were "Mera Joota Hai Japani" in 1955 (Shree 420), "Teri Pyari Pyari Surat Ko" in 1961 (Sasural), "Ehsaan Tera Hoga Mujh Par" in 1962 (Junglee), "Bol Radha Bol" in 1964 (Sangam), "Baharon Phool Barsaao" in 1966 (Suraj), and "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana" in 1971 (Andaaz). In 1959, seven of the top ten songs for the year were composed by S-J, a sort of record that stands perhaps to this date, though the top honours for that year went to SD Burman. Government recognitions 1968 – Shankar-Jaikishan was honoured with the Padmashri by the Government of India. 2013 – A postage stamp, bearing their face, was released by India Post to honour them on 3 May 2013. Filmfare Awards FILMFARE AWARD STARTED DURING 1954 FOR BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR Winner Nominated The Sur-Singar Awards Winner 1968 – For the song "Jhanak Jhanak Toree Baje Payaliya" of the film Mere Huzoor 1971 – For the song "Re Man Sur Mein Ga"of the film Lal Patthar Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Winner 1968 – Best Music Director for the film Brahmachari 1971 – Best Music Director for the film Andaz Alleged disputes between Shankar and Jaikishan In a signed article in Filmfare, Jaikishan identified unwittingly the song "Yeh Mera Prem Patra Padh Kar" (Sangam) as his composition. This led to a lot of bitterness between the two, as Shankar considered it a violation of the unwritten agreement between them. At about the same time, Shankar gave a break to singer Sharda and started promoting her as the new singing sensation in preference over Lata Mangeshkar. Jaikishan, however, stuck to Lata Mangeshkar for his compositions. In this period, Shankar and Jaikishan started taking individual contracts for films though every such film continued to show them together as the composers. Mohd. Rafi intervened and helped them settle their differences; however, it is conjectured that their relationship was not the same as earlier and this impacted the quality of