Music composer S Mohinder breathes his last after suffering a heart attack at 95

By Rashita Sahni

on September 07, 2020

Film composer S Mohinder passed away on September 6 at 95. The composer, who received the National Award for best music director in the Punjabi blockbuster, Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai (1969) breathed his last after a heart attack at his Oshiwara residence in Mumbai on Sunday.

Lata Mangeshkar informed about the sad news on Twitter and wrote, "Aaj bahut acche sangeetkar S Mohinder Ji ka swargwas hua ye sunkar mujhe bahut dukh hua. Wo bahut shareef aur nek insan the.Ishwar unki aatma ko shaanti pradan karein."

Aaj bahut acche sangeetkar S Mohinder Ji ka swargwas hua ye sunkar mujhe bahut dukh hua. Wo bahut shareef aur nek insan the.Ishwar unki aatma ko shaanti pradan karein.

— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) September 6, 2020

His film career began with Sehra (1948) and lasted over three decades. “He was helped by several people such as Suraiya, K Asif, S Mukherjee, Madhubala. He was close to Madhubala’s family and Prithivraj Kapoor,” S Mohinder's daughter Nareen Chopra told a leading daily.

Asha Bhonsle had called him on phone a few days ago. Mohinder was sleeping then and they couldn’t talk. He was supposed to call back. Nareen said, “He was also to meet Lata-ji, who used to say, he gave me one of my finest songs (Gujra hua zamana). That also never happened."

(Source: TOI)