Guest article by DP Rangan to pay tribute to Sajjad Hussain on his 23rd death anniversary (15 June 1917 – 21 July 1995)
(Sajjad Hussain has been acknowledged as an undisputed genius by all the stalwarts of film music. His name also became a byword for his short temper and his spats with his colleagues. This came in the way of a ‘successful’ career. But whatever he composed – about a hundred songs in 14 films – has achieved everlasting fame. DP Rangan has done some very in-depth research to come up with a worthy tribute to a composer, who was ‘difficult’ in more ways than one. Thank you Mr Rangan. – AK)
The title was chosen to emphasize what invaluable contributions of film music of a genius was lost to film goers by the negative attitude of the industry towards a music director who refused to compromise on his principles and to kowtow to the directives of bigwigs in the industry and insisted his own ideas of music composition should prevail.