Chitragupt has been the most under-rated musician in the Hindi Film Industry of Mumbai. His creative process started in 1946 and continued up to 1989. In between he created music for more than 1000 songs mostly for Hindi films and some Bhojpuri, Punjabi, and Gujarati films. He also composed music of non-film songs. For Bhojpuri films he was considered the best in the country, having given music to the first Bhojpuri film ‘Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo’. A look at the names of the Hindi films in which he has given music conveys that he created music mostly for mythological, costume drama and action or stunt films. These films are branded as ‘B’, or ‘C’ grade films in the Mumbai film industry. But if you listen to these songs, and smell the fragrance of their melody, then you realize that whatever the category of the films or whatever their genre, these songs are ‘A’ grade songs ! At the end of each film that Chitragupt has given music for, he emerges as the He...