For no particular reason I some how remember music baron Gulshan Kumar....
Gulshan Kumar made music available to common folks...whatever may be his ways....prior to his T-series, audio casettes were the monopoly of companies like HMV etc...
This, once fruit juice seller from Delhi, stormed into music world with all sort of manupulations...be it having famous singers mimicked to using underwolrd for his own ends....
When T-series came into prominence, cassettes started becoming available for Rs. 20 in 1986...even 10th std student like me could afford 1 or 2 caseettes per month using the pocket money and enjoy all music on our then famous walkmans.....
Gulshan Kumar also promoted Anuradha Paudwal and made her a famous singer....theere are many stories....to add to the gossip somehow Anuradha's first husband died under so called mysterious circumstances in Kumar's farm house......
But, Gulshan Kuamr's means did not serve his ends...his mafia connections spelled his end....he fell on the wrong side of Abu Salem and was killed in 1987......
But, he will be remembered as the one who made music available to comman man and promoted many singers like Vandana Bajpai, Babla Mehta etc.
May his soul rest in peace!
Posted by Mahesh
at 9:28 PM EST
