Cinemaazi remembers Jagmohan Sursagar on his death anniversary

Padma Shri award-winning singer and music composer Jagmohan Sursagar was active in the field of music for approximately six decades, between 1938 and 1999. A proponent Indian classical music, he had immense dedication for the craft, which is demonstrated through his immortal songs. He had a great gift of voice and voice control, with most of his songs evoking sentimental emotions and pathos. In the realm of film music, he composed the music of Sardar (1955) directed by Gyan Mukherjee; he is perhaps most renowned for his composition, Pyar ki yeh talkhiyan rendered by Lata Mangeshkar in the film. He also lent his voice to many film and non-film songs for the well-known Bengali music composer Kamal Dasgupta, of which O varsha ke pahale badal from Meghdoot (1945) is perhaps most popular.