Twitterati mourn the passing of 'Lord of Indian film music'

Kersi LordKersi Lord son of percussionist Cawas who introduced the unique percussion instrument glockenspiel and also the synthesizer in Bollywood passed away at the age of 81 on Sunday morningHe was being treated for agerelated illnesses at Mumbais Lilavati HospitalA instrumentallist par excellence he could play the bongo piano drums and the accordion He introduced the glockenspiel in Main Zindagi ka Saath music director Jaidevs 1961 masterpiece in the Dev Anandstarrer Hum Dono and is said to have been the first in India to import the synthesizer A close associate of RD Burman he was famous for playing the accordion on SD Burmanrsquos lsquoRoop Tera Mastanarsquo in AradhanaKersi Lord who was not just a popular multiinstrumentalist but alsoa part of RDs navratnas which included Manohari Singh Basudev Chakraborti and Marutirao KeerAs one of RDBs closest associates he even contributed in evergreen tracks like Dum maaro dum and Chura liya hai tumneA brilliant music arranger he also composed music for theatre personality Alyque Padamseersquos play TughlaqLord received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2010 for his contribution to Hindi cinemaBorn in Mumbai on February 14 1935 Lord came from a family of musicians from his father to younger sister Hilla who played the piano and brother Buji who was also a topnotch percussionistKersi is survived by his daughters Jasmin Perizad and ZarineVarious celebs took to Twitter to mourn his demiseToday we lost a great musician music director music arranger and a wonderful human being Kersi Lord may his soul rest in eternal peace pictwittercomKGZmiHIAedmdash Pankaj Udhas Pankajkudhas October 16 2016RIPAdios Kersi Lord You and Pancham regaled us with your innovative synthesiser in many films Earlier your dadCawasji on bongos Thanks pictwittercomZBgVvsT9Irmdash Rishi Kapoor chintskap October 17 2016KersiLord introduced the synth to Indian film music Played the glockenspiel in Jaidevs masterpiece Main Zindagi ka Saath Played themdash Kaushal S Inamdar ksinamdar October 16 2016Saddened by Maestro Kersi Lords demise Made a dedication 2 him in d concert AurangabadRIP Clip is belowhttpstcoivOXYzizkRmdash Adnan Sami AdnanSamiLive October 17 201650 Years of service to music and cinema The work of music arranger Kersi Lord is immortal and will live on even as he passed awaymdash ashish shelar ShelarAshish October 17 2016RIP KersiLord you were an inspiration to lots of musicians in Indiamdash Ehsaan Noorani EhsaanNoorani October 16 2016kersi lord RIPThank you for the music that will live onmdash shishir hattangadi shishhattangadi October 16 2016Rspctd Kersi Lord one of the greatest musician and arranger of this world breathed his last Prayers for you Sir Say Hi to my Mother pictwittercomdcVinQcOV7mdash Sonu Nigam sonunigam October 17 2016RIP KersiLord you were an inspiration to lots of musicians in Indiamdash Ehsaan Noorani EhsaanNoorani October 16 2016What a loss He was a genuine pioneer and responsible for so much of the film music we all grew up to UnsungHero KersiLord RIP httpstcoNOiOeNgDlAmdash VISHAL DADLANI VishalDadlani October 16 2016Weve lost one of finest musicians of our indian film industry Mr Kersi Lord Ji He was amp will always be an inspirationRIP Kersi babamdash salim merchant salim_merchant October 16 2016Another of Panchams Navratnas versatile musician Kersi Lord passes on RIP KersiLord pictwittercomlFkYH57Tyzmdash PanchammagicPune panchammagic October 16 2016Another of the Masters of Mumbai music departs Thank you for everything KersiLordmdash Nilanjan MyMove October 17 2016My heart sinks to hear a great legend passed away A strong link with old glorious era of Bollywood broken KersiLord No one can replace umdash Sandhya Rani meerasandhya October 16 2016