In Bombay, Chetna Anand approached Ali Akbar Khan to compose music for his couple of films produced under the family banner Navketan – Aandhiyan (1952) and Humsafar (1953), starring Dev Anand. At the initial stage of his career Jaidev acted in 4-5 swashbuckling/mythological films, but soon realized that ‘acting’ was not his forte. When the Khan’s patron, the Maharaja, died in a plane crash, Ali Akbar Khan asked his young disciple Jaidev to pack up and accompany him to Bombay. While continuing his musical training, he also took up a job as a music teacher in a school.Īli Akbar Khan, the Sarod Maestro was the musician at the court of 28-year-old Maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of Jodhpur.
Outstanding Music Director Jaidev: A Mine of Talent that Remained Underexploitedīorn in Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa) on August 3, 1919, where his father worked as an official in the railways, Jaidev (Jai Dev Verma) moved with his family to Ludhiana in 1927 after the death of his father where he began learning vocal music.
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