Melodies of C. Ramchandra
C. Ramchandra was a multitalented Indian artist. He was a music director, playback singer, producer and actor too. He has composed songs for Hindi, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu movies. His full name was Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar though he used 5 to 6 names in his career. Chitalkar was born on 12 January 1918 in Ahmednagar, Maharastra, India. He received his training in music at “Gandharva Mahavidyalaya” under Vinayakbua Patwardhan. He also got trained under Shankarrao Sapre. His first debut movie as an actor was, Naganand. He made debut as a music director in Tamil movies, Jayakkodi and Vana Mohini. With Bhagwan Dada’s Sukhi Jeevan (1942), he gained popularity. He had a good friendship with Bhagwan Dada. Together they gave the musical hit Albela (1951). Though he composed songs in various ragas, his favorite raga was “Bageshri”. His songs , Shola jo bhadke (Albela), "ye zindagi usi ki hai"(Anarkali) and "Ina Mina Dika" (Asha) were outstanding. He also composed , “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo” which is regarded as one of the best patriotic songs of our nation. He left the world at a very young age of 64. I have listed some of his melodies. Hope you like them.
Aye mere watan ke logon
Ye zindagi usi ki hai
Sham dhale
Na bole na bole
Mere piya gaye rangoon
Adha hai chandrama
Aplaam chaplam
Shola jo bhadke
Comments
My all time favourite from childhood is mere piya gaye Rangoon , probably because of dreams to go abroad or have a piya in distant city ( hahaha)
Good blog ashwini