Thursday 31 May 2012

Anand and Milind

Anand and Milind are an Indian music directors duo consisting of Anand Shrivastav and his younger brother Milind. They have composed music for over 200 Bollywood films and are the sons of 60s music director, Chitragupta.  Anand-Milind debuted in Ab Aayega Mazaa (1984) and rose to fame after the success of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). The film's successful songs include "Papa Kehte Hain","Ghazab Ka Hai Din", and "Akele Hai To Kya Gham Hai". Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka stormed the music stands in 1989 and the music of this telefilm proved to be a classic, staying popular even today. The film also strengthened their work-relationship with music baron Gulshan Kumar of T-Series. The duo then composed the songs for Salman Khan's film, Baaghi: A Rebel for LoveBaaghi was followed by a series of box office hits like DilBeta (1992). Love (1991), starring Salman Khan and Revathy, boasted of chartbusting-music, popular even today. Towards the end of the 90's they composed music for many Mithun Chakraborty films with little success. They have also composed music for a few Bhojpuri films. Anand-Milind played a role in launching many Bollywood stars, including Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak; Salman Khan and Naghma in Baaghi; Akshay Kumar in Saugandh and Karisma Kapoor in Prem Qaidi.They also played god-fathers to singers Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Poornima, Gayatri Iyer, and Parvez.

- An article by vishAwish.com

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