<span class=normal>Jaanewalon Zaraa, one of the six all hit songs from the 1964 Golden Jubilee musical Dosti, the film that made Laxmikant-Pyarelal take off in a big way after Roshan turned it down<BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>That all five mammoth talents eminently succeeded in this is part of music lore. K-A and L-P outgrew the S-J influence after a dozen songs or so (except for K-As twin films with actor Raj Kapoor in Chhalia and Dulha Dulhan) while R.D. Burman opted for freshness as he had to establish his identity even vis-Ã -vis his illustrious father. Yet he broadly followed the same S-J parameters. <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>While Laxmikant admitted that In the beginning, we even tried to emulate the way S-J dressed and walked, and I was especially fond of Jai kishan. Pyarelal confidently told S. Mukerji when they went to the baron to ask for a film in 1966 and Mukerji asked them why he should sing them when 25 music directors led by S-J were ahead of them, We will become number one within five years! It took them just three! <BR><BR><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>Author: Rajiv Vijayakar</span><br><p class=clear>&nbsp;</p>