<img title="Anandji Shah" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/oct/18anandji.jpg" alt="Anandji Shah" /> Anandji Virji Shah
Considered one of Bollywood&rsquo;s finest, yet unsung, music arrangers and instrumentalists, Kersi Lord, 81, passed away on Sunday (October 16) morning. He was hospitalised for nearly a week. While tributes poured in from several members of the Indian music fraternity, a close associate, Anandji Shah of the legendary Kalyanji-Anandji duo is upset with Lord&rsquo;s demise.
&ldquo;We worked together on a lot of projects. He was a great musician. He was very sincere and disciplined. He was an accordion before he made the synthesiser popular in India. Since Kalyanji and I depended a lot on synthesisers for our songs, we got to work extensively with Kersi. We got him on board to handle the background score of Dharmatma (1975),&rdquo; says Anandji, as he praises the late musician. &ldquo;He was a great arranger. He was very lively, and the best thing about him was his punctuality. We also worked with his father,&rdquo; he adds.
Anandji mentions that Lord also worked with legends like RD Burman, SD Burman and Naushad. Reminiscing about his last interaction with Kersi, Anandji says, &ldquo;Since he was also a member of the Music Composers Association of India (MCAI), we would meet quite often. In fact, I met him around four months back. We had a long chat. He told me he had stopped playing any instrument.&rdquo;
Anandji hoped to meet Lord again. &ldquo;I never thought he will go away so soon. You tend to have an instinct when you meet someone for the last time. But when I met him, I never felt like that. I thought we would meet again. I was shocked when I learnt about his demise on Sunday,&rdquo; he says.

Anandji of the legendary Kalyanji-Anandji duo reminisces about his association with late Kersi Lord and meeting him four months back

Anandji Shah: I thought I would meet Kersi Lord again

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