The eldest son of Shailendra, he is credited with many hit songs in Bollywood like “Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan” (“Mera Naam Joker”, 1970), “Hum Jab Honge” (“Kal Aak Aur Kal”, 1971) and “Bambai Se Aaya Mera Dost” (“Aap Ke Khatir”, 1977). He has extensively worked with music directors Bappi Lahiri and Shankar Jaikishan.
His lines have been sung by soulful voices like Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and Dilraj Kaur. He passed away on 8 March 2007 after fighting a losing battle against liver cancer. He has two daughters, of whom Priyanka is a singer songwriter in Bollywood.

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