studio but he did not turn up. The next day, Bhosle read the news of Shankar's death. Unfortunately, family members with whom Shankar was staying did not inform Bhosle, Raj Kapoor or anybody from the film fraternity about Shankar's death. It was Mr. Gokhale, who was once a cook in Shankarji's house, who later became Pujari in Gora Ram Mandir at Thakurdwar, Mumbai, who informed people that Shankarji was cremated hastily on the day of his death, without the knowledge of others Achievements Their regular lyricists were Shailendra, Hasrat Jaipuri. They wrote maximum number of songs for them. They also worked with lyricists like Anand Bakshi, Indeevar, Neeraj, Anjaan, Varma Malik, Ramesh Shastri, Jalal Malihabadi, Gulzar, Prem Dhawan, VisheshwAr Sharma, Vitthal Bhai Patel, MG Hashmat, Singer, Virendra Mishra, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Bharat vyas, Kaifi Azmi, Rajendra Krishna, Farooq Kaiser, Nida Faili. They were regular composers for Raj Kapoor's banner, RK Films from the start of their career till 1971 (Jaikishan's death). Barsaat has been rated the best soundtrack ever by Planet Bollywood on their "100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks". Other soundtrack in the list include Awaara (3), Sangam (8), Shree 420 (15) Junglee (18), Chori Chori (19), Mera Naam Joker (48), Suraj (86), Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (88), Anari (92). Discography See also Dattaram Wadkar References and further reading Further reading External links Shankar-Jaikishan Emperors of Music Tribute to SJ Shankar Jaikishan Biography, music database and blog Authentic information, features and collection of features Library of photos of Shankar-Jaikishan, Shailendra-Hasrat Filmfare Awards winners Indian jazz musicians Indian musical duos Harmonium players Hindi film score composers Telugu film score composers 20th-century Indian composers Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts