The events of the past few days have unfolded in a curiously overlapping sequence which make one lapse into a melancholic realization of the cycle of life (Shilpa Shetty's career) and death (OP Nayyar).
Picture acknowledgement - Rediff
Both in his personal and professional life, OP Nayyar , in the opinion of a humble fan was truly revolutionary, a true individualist in a world where kow-towing to the people who are responsible for your success is a way of life. Professionally, he was one of the few (probably the only one) who dared to stand against the Lata juggernaut ... even though later in life his own protege, Asha Bhosle, deserted him. Personally too, his own family deserted him (and according to the wiki, did not even attend his funeral), but OP-saab, while he was alive, was too proud and did not hesitate to depend on the kindness of strangers.
His contemporaries, Asha Bhosle, Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Gurudutt and and host of artistes gives us an idea of the fertile grounds that OP Nayyar thrived in. But he was the prima donna incarnate and was reputed to be one of the first music composers to command a lakh for a movie.
His contemporaries, Asha Bhosle, Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Gurudutt and and host of artistes gives us an idea of the fertile grounds that OP Nayyar thrived in. But he was the prima donna incarnate and was reputed to be one of the first music composers to command a lakh for a movie.
Picture acknowledgement - Screenindia
OP will be missed by his legions of fans.
An excellent interview with the maestro can be see here. Amusing in parts - for example, his frank admission that he was a womaniser (we can now sympathize with his family for leaving him), a friend of the drink and that he did not suffer fools ... and even wise men for that matter !
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