Sad to report that one of Bollywood's greatest music composers, Naushad Ali, has died aged 86. I think I mentioned earlier in another post how the likes of Wilson Pickett and Motown was on heavy rotation at our house in Leyton during the 70's.

Well Ali was equally a favourite. Personally, I didn't care for the films that much, but the music totally got me. Couple his compositions with the vocals of say Lata Mangheskhar and you had musical storytelling on an epic scale. If there's one essential piece I had to choose, it would be his work for the ambitious and groundbreaking film 'Mother India'. Itself a landmark in Indian cinema, he perfectly provided a monumentous soundtrack.

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