Laxmikant-Pyarelal were assistant to Kalyanji-Anandji before they independently took on as music directors. Their first break came with the film Parasmani.

For quite a while Shankar-Jaikishan, S.D. Burman, R.D. Burman, and Kalyanji-Anandji dominated Hindi film music. But towards the late sixties, Laxmikant-Pyarelal started started to pick up the popularity unassumingly. Steadily the displaced Shankar -Jaikishan.

Laxmikant-Pyarelal rose high with compositions like ‘Hum tum yug yug se’ from Milan or ‘Manchi Chal’ from Aaya Sawan Jhoom Ke but personally are simple and down to earth . Their commitment and sincerity towards their work resulted in beautiful compositions as follows:

They have been around for 32 years and composed music for some 500 films. Their talent actually lay in the ability to compose memorable numbers throughout their career at a stupendous pace.

After Raj-Kapoor’s association with Shankar-Jaikishan ended he assigned Laxmikant- Pyarelal to compose music for his romantic masterpiece Bobby . The stupendous success of Bobby was largely because of the music. Sargam was another musical hit of the duo's. Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Anand Bakshi's memorable association resulted in about 300 films.

In the later years, they tasted success with the film Tezaab, and Ram Lakhan in 1980's . Their number ‘Jumma chumma’ in Hum or ‘Choli ke peeche’ in Khalnayak were instant hits. But as Laxmikant's health started getting worse they cut down on their work.