Music director Sapan Sengupta, who formed half of Sapan-Jagmohan - the Bollywood composer duo of the 1960s and 70s - died on Saturday at their residence in Powai, Mumbai. He was 90 years old. Jagmohan Bakshi had passed away in 1999. In a career spanning over three decades, the duo composed music for Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi and Bhojpuri films and television serials, most of which were for small banners. Movies are forgotten but songs keep coming alive on retro radio shows. The inviting ‘Ulfat mein zamane ki’ (singer: Lata Mangeshkar/Kishore Kumar, film: ‘Call Girl’) and the melancholic 'Main toh har mod par' (singer: Mukesh, film: ‘Chetna’) to name a few.

'Main to har mod par' was the biggest hit of their career, finishing 23 rd in the 1971 annual countdown show of Binaca Geetmala. Both songs were written by Urdu poet Naksh Lyallpuri, with whom he collaborated most frequently. Manhar also recalled how both composers were extremely humble and generous. “Sapan da was a wonderful human being, very caring,” he said.