Vinod ER

Vinod

Born	Eric Roberts May 28, 1922(1922-05-28) Lahore, Pakistan, British India
Died	December 25, 1959(1959-12-25) (aged 37) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Residence	Mumbai, India
Years active	1946-1962
Spouse	Sheela Betty
Children	Veena Solomon Veera Mistry
Relatives	Sarah Iyer (Grand daughter) Rakesh Solomon(Grand Son) Carl Mistry(Grand Son) Dr. Jacqueline Tawade(Grand Daughter) Eric Solomon (Grand Son who’s been named after him) Rhea Solomon (Great Grand Daughter) Mithila Iyer (Great Grand Daughter) Shaun Solomon (Great Grand Son) Rania Solomon (Great Grand Daughter)

Vinod was a famous Music Director of 1950's. In 1949, he gave a popular Music score Lara Lappa Lara Lappa sung by Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar, in the film Ek Thi Ladki.

Real name of Vinod is Eric Robert, Vinod was popular name given by Bombay Film Industry.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
5 References
6 External links

Early life

When Vinod was a child, he was fascinated by music played at Hindu weddings. Vinod was a student of Pandit Amar Nath, a musical director from Lahore.^[1] At a young age of 17yrs, his first official record composition was released, Samne Aaga Koi Jalwa Dikha gaya koi.

Career

Vinod started composing songs for films in 1946. He composed music for the 1949 film Ek Thi Ladki, which, along with the song Lara lappa lara lappa layi rakhda, addi tappa addi tappa layi rakhda, became successful. He moved to Bombay when Roop Shori, a producer for who Vinod had previously composed songs, brought his team there. Vinod composed music for 32 films.^[1]

Personal life

Vinod married in Lahore to Sheela Betty and then moved to Delhi. Composed a lot of Punjabi film music like Saari Raat teri tak lena nam. Has two daughters Veena and Veera and grand and great grand children. Presently Veena Solomon widow of Late Newton Solomon and Veera Mistry married to Kelly Mistry.

Grand children Sarah Iyer, Rakesh Solomon, Dr. Jacqueline Tawade, Carl Mistry and Eric Solomon (who’s been named after him)

Great grand children Rhea Solomon, Mithila Iyer, Shaun Solomon and Rania Solomon.

Filmography

KHAMOSH NIGAHEIN (1946)
PARAYE BUS MAIN (1946) (with Niaz Husain)
KAMINI (1946)
CHAMAN (1948) (Punjabi)
EK THI LADKI (1949)
TAARA (1949)
ANMOL RATTAN (1950)
BHAIYA JI (1950) (Punjabi)
WAFFA (1950) (with Bulo C. Rani)
MUTIAR (1950) (Punjabi)
FOR LADIES ONLY (1951)
MUKHRHA (1951)
SABZ BAGH (1951) (with Gulshan Sufi)
AAG KA DARYA (1953)
EK DO TEEN (1953)
ASHTALLI (1954) (Punjabi)
LAADLA (1954)
RAMMAN (1954)
HAA HAA HII HII HOO HOO (1954)
JALWA (1955)
OOT PATANG (1955)
SHRI NAQAD NARAIN (1955)
MAKHI CHOOS (1956)
AMAR SHAHEED (YEAR UN-KNOWN) (with Vasant Desai)
SHEIKH CHILLI (1956)
GARMA GARAM (1957)
MUMTAZ MAHAL (1957)
NIKKI (1958) (Punjabi)
MISS HUNTERWALI (1959)
DEKHI TERI BUMBAI (1961)
EK LADKI SAAT LADKE (1961) (with S. Mohinder)
RANG RALIYAN (1962) (with Lachhi Ram and Mukherjee)

Note: Last three films were released after his death at the age of thirty seven in 1959.

References

^ ^a ^b Harjap Singh Aujla (15 June 2008). "Vinod never got his due". The Tribune. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080615/spectrum/main6.htm. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

"Vinod – The brilliant music director". South Asia Post. November 15, 2009. http://www.southasiapost.org/2009/20091115/literature.htm. Retrieved July 23, 2011.

External links

Vinod at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Vinod
Alternative names
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Date of birth	May 28, 1922
Place of birth	Lahore, Pakistan, British India
Date of death	December 25, 1959
Place of death	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India