Jatin-Lalit

Jatin-Lalit
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Jatin-Lalit
Birth name	Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit
Also known as	Jatin-Lalit
Occupation(s)	Film composer
Years active	1992 – 2006 (they work independently after 2006)

Jatin-Lalit are a Bollywood film composer duo consisting of Jatin Pandit and his younger brother Lalit. They have written the scores for such films as Khiladi, Khamoshi, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Jatin-Lalit is their professional name and appears on the covers of their music CDs and DVDs. In 2006, the brothers ended their professional relationship, citing personal problems.

1 Early life
2 Musical career
- 2.1 Plagiarism
3 Acting career
4 Television career
5 The separation
6 Solo careers
7 Awards and Recognition
8 Discography
9 External links
10 References

Early life

Jatin and Lalit were born into the Mewati gharana, and are nephews of classical exponent Pandit Jasraj. They received their musical education primarily from their father, Pratap Narayan. They were also taught guitar and piano by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, the father of Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.¹

Bollywood actresses Sulakshana Pandit and Vijeta Pandit are their sisters, and music director Aadesh Shrivastava is their brother-in-law, being married to the younger of the two sisters, Vijeta.²

Musical career

They began their career in 1992, composing music for the Hindi movie Yaara Dildara. They were first noticed for their work on the soundtrack of the movie Khiladi and for "Pehla Nasha", a romantic song from the movie Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander. Their compositions are strongly influenced by R. D. Burman's style of music making. Towards the second half of the nineties, they were among the most sought after music directors in the Indian film industry.^{citation needed}

The duo has worked with a variety of lyricists and singers including Javed Akhtar, Anand Bakshi, Udit Narayan, and Kumar Sanu. During the last few years of their joint career, their music albums contained several songs composed by other musicians. This practice was not liked by Jatin-Lalit; however, the producer and director insisted on it.^{citation needed} In Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham two of the tracks were composed by Sandesh Shandilya. In Chalte Chalte, Aadesh Shrivastava composed several songs. Also in Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, one song was composed by Himesh Reshammiya and Sajid-Wajid.

They were also some of the first composers to write songs performed by Bollywood film stars rather than playback singers. They specially composed "Ae kya bolti tu" in the film Ghulam for the lead actor Aamir Khan. They also composed a song for Sanjay Dutt to sing in the movie Khoobsurat.

Plagiarism

Jatin and Lalit have borrowed extensively from other musical artists in writing their compositions. In a 2007 interview with the Times of India, Lalit stated that "A producer or a director will hand us a CD and ask us to produce similar music. We as composers don't have a choice but to put in our best creative talent in it. Composing music is very tedious today."³

Acting career

Jatin appeared in the movie Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar during the song "Diwane Hum Pyar Ke". He also performed the song, "Ruth Ke Hamse Kabhi" in the film.

Television career

Jatin-Lalit are generally reclusive: they rarely attend industry parties or conduct interviews with the media.^{citation needed} Jatin-Lalit were appointed as judges in the Zee Television musical show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. They were also judges on another musical show, Star Voice of India.

The separation

After working for almost 16 years together, they announced that they would be parting ways due to some personal problems.⁴ Reasons for the separation are unknown, but entertainment writers have speculated that the split is because of financial matters.⁵ Recently, the duo composed a few songs together for the film, Mr. White Mr. Black.

Solo careers

Lalit and Jatin have both continued to compose separately. Lalit scored the 2007 film, Life Mein Kabhie Kabhiee, Showbiz, and Horn Ok Pleassss.

Jatin composed the score for Saurav Shukla's upcoming film, Raat Gayi Baat Gayi, starring Neha Dhupia and Rajat Kapoor.

He also composed for filmmaker Raja Sen's filmKrishnakanter Will. "I am working on the number. I am trying to make it in such a way that it goes along with the novel written by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay. The song will be melody based," says Jatin.^{citation needed} He also recorded an album for the president of the Indian Business and Professional Council, Abbas Ali Mirza.

Awards and Recognition

In 2006, the duo won a Filmfare Award for their song "Chand Sifarish" from the film Fanaa. Their soundtrack of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge was judged the top Hindi soundtrack of all time by on-line voters on the BBC Asian Network. The number two and three positions also went to Jatin-Lalit for their compositions from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.⁶