Remembering C RAMCHANDRA on his 99th Birth Anniversary

C Ramchandra was born on 12th Jan 1918  in Puntamba, a small town in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra.His real name was Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar ,he was also known as Annasaheb and Ram CHITALKAR. Although he’d studied music, it was as an actor that C Ramachandra joined the film industry—he debuted in a lead role in a film called Nagananda. This didn’t continue for long, though; he eventually shifted to composing songs, For his career as an occasional playback singer he used only his surname Chitalkar. Chitalkar sang some renowned and unforgettable duets with Lata such as Kitna haseen hai mausam in film Azad or Shola Jo bhadke in Albela.
 He debuted as music director in Tamil movies with Jayakkodi and Vana Mohini. He received public notice as a good composer in Bhagwan Dada's "Sukhi Jeevan", and established a long association that culminated with the musical box office hit "Albela".
He came like a breath of fresh air to Hindi film music: in a period dominated by classical tunes composed by the likes of Naushad, Anil Biswas and Pankaj Mullick.
 C. Ramachandra's biggest success as a music composer was the 1953 movie Anarkali starring Beena Roy in the title role and Pradeep Kumar. The songs that he composed for this movie are today legendary. Songs of this movie like "Yeh Zindagi Usiki Hai", "Mujhse Mat Poochh Mere Ishq Main Kya Rakha Hai", "Mohabbat Aisi Dhadkan Hai", "Jaag Dard-e-Ishq Jaag" etc. went on to become huge hits and were also highly acclaimed as masterpieces. Anarkali also perhaps saw the famed composer-singer combine of Ramachandra and Lata Mangeshkar at their best ever together.
Who can forget the songs of V shantaram's NAVRANG released in 1958,the extremely popular Aadha hai chandrama raat aadhi, the defiant Toh maati sabhi ki kahaani kahegi, and the Holi song Arre jaa re hatt natkhat.
The highly popular patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo", which was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and penned by poet Pradeep, was a composition of Ramachandra, it was later performed live, by Lata Mangeshkar, in the presence of Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds, in New Delhi on Republic Day, 26 January 1963. 
In the late 1960s, Ramachandra produced two Marathi movies, "Dhananjay" and "Gharkul". He also acted in them and composed music for them. C. Ramchandra died on 5 January 1982 in Mumbai.
My TRIBUTE TO C RAMCHANDRA

Great compilation of songs of one of the most underrated music directors of Hindi cinema. C Ramchandra’s range and versatility was amazing. He was also good at semi-classical type of songs

Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon  from Patanga 1949

Gore Gore O Banke Chhore  from Samaadhi 1950

Mehfil Mein Jal Uthi from Nirala 1950

Song from Albela 1951

Song from Albela 1951

Song from Anarkali 1953

Dekh Tere Sansar Ki Haalat  from Nastik 1954

Kitna Haseen Hai Mausam from Azad 1955

Eena Meena Deeka from Aasha 1957

Aadha Hai Chandrama  from Navrang 1958

Dekh Hame Aawaz Na Dena from Amardeep 1958

Mere mann ka baanwara panchhi  from Amardeep 1958

Mein Jagoo Sari Rein  from Bahurani 1963

 Dil lagaakar hum yeh samjhe from Zindagi Aur Maut, 1965

Happy Birthday Hritik Roshan

Born on 10th Jan 1974 in Mumbai,his father Rakesh Roshan was a film actor later turned to Producer ,Director,his Grand Father ROSHAN was a well known Music Director during the Golden Era of Bollywood.

He made his acting debut as a child artist at the age of 6, in 1980, in a dance sequence for the film Aasha. Before making his Bollywood debut, he used to work as an assistant to his father Rakesh Roshan in films like Karan Arjun and Koyla, and even used to serve tea to the actors and swept the floors on the sets.

His first film as a Hero was Kaho Na Pyar Hai released in 2000 which made him a Super Star.Though Kaho Na Pyar Hai released first but he was signed earlier for FIZA and MISSION KASHMIR as a hero.
The 2003 science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya marked a significant turning point in his career, earning him two Filmfare Awards—Best Actor and Best Actor (Critics), and he later appeared in its highly successful sequels: Krrish (2006) and Krrish 3 (2013). He went on to receive wide critical praise for his portrayal of a thief in the 2006 adventure film Dhoom 2, a Muslim Mughal emperor in the 2008 historical romance Jodhaa Akbar

.Hritik's greatest commercial success came with the 2011 drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, the 2012 revenge film Agneepath, the 2013 superhero film Krrish 3, 
Hritik Roshan has become one of India's most high-profile celebrities, winning six Filmfare Awards and  has established himself as one of the highest-paid actors in India.His last film  Mohenjo-daro  was a flop.

In October 2000, Roshan married Sussanne Khan in a private ceremony in Bangalore.The couple has two sons, Hrehaan (born in 2006) and Hridhaan (born in 2008).^[125][126] They separated in December 2013 and their divorce was finalised in November 2014,
 His looks and figure have established him as a sex symbol and a style icon in India.He ranked fourth in Filmfare Power List in 2007.In a 2009 poll conducted by Daily News and Analysis Roshan was voted one of India's most popular icons.He topped The Times of India's listing of "50 Most Desirable Men" in 2010 and ranked among the top five for the following five years.

A life-size wax figure of him was installed at London's Madame Tussauds museum in January 2011, making him the fifth Indian actor to have been replicated as a wax statue in the museum. Additional versions of the statue were installed at Madame Tussauds' museums in New York, Washington and other cities in the world. Roshan regularly features in the magazine Eastern Eye's listing of the "50 Sexiest Asian Men".
His signature dance moves in KHNP’s Ek pal ka jeena became a nationwide craze but the first song he shot for the film was Pyaar Ki Kashti, again, choreographed by Farah Khan.

Song from Aasha 1980 Hritik as little boy dancing

Song from Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai 2000

Song from Mission Kashmir 2000

Song from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham 2001

Song from Koi... Mil Gaya 2003

Song from Lakshya  2004

Song from Krishh  2006

Song from Dhoom2  2006

Song from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara  2011

Song from Krishh 3  2013

Song from Kaabil  2017

Remembering MAHENDRA KAPOOR on his 83rd Birth Anniversary

Mahendra Kapoor (9 January 1934 – 27 September 2008) was an Indian playback singer.Best known for the song MERE DESH KI DHARTI from Upkar.He started his career  as a playback singer in V. Shantaram's Navrang in 1958, singing Aadha Hai Chandrama Raat Aadhi, under the musical direction of C. Ramchandra.
 At an early age he was inspired by singer Mohammed Rafi but he started learning classical music under classical singers like Pt. Hussanlal, Pt. Jagannath Bua, Ustad Niaz Ahmed Khan, Ustad Abdul Rehman Khan and Pt.Tulsidaas Sharma.
 He is perhaps most notable for lending his voice to actor Manoj Kumar in most of his films, mainly in patriotic genre of music.He was a favourite singer for B R Chopra's films.Some of the films of BR Chopra camp were Dhool Ka Phool, Gumrah, Waqt, Hamraaz, Dhund and Nikaah
He sung in a large number of Indian languages, and was the playback singer who has performed in the largest number of in Gujarati, Punjabi, Bhojpuri and Marathi movies.He also performed the title song for the TV series Mahabharat. In Marathi he was very popular for being the voice of Dada Kondke in all his movies. In spite of being associated with Dada Kondke's colloquial style his singing for Marathi movies was not limited to Dada Kondke's movies only.

Mahendra Kapoor with his son Rohan in a stage show

He was one of the pillars of Golden Era of Hindi Music,he had his own style of singing and was different from other singers of his time.He  remained a respected and popular figure across his five-decade cinema career.During his singing career he sang more than 2500 songs in various languages.In 1972, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
On 27 September 2008, Kapoor died following a cardiac failure. He was survived by his wife, children, children-in-law and grandchildren.
Mahendra Kapoor had a very large vocal range, and he is sometimes known as The Vibrant Voice of India.He was the first Indian playback singer to record music in English. He was asked by the group Boney M to sing their songs in Hindi with Musarat from Pakistan, which resulted in the Pop Album M-3.

Song from Album M-3

Some of Hit Songs of Mahendra Kapoor

Aadha Hai Chandrama from Navrang 1958

Song from  Dhool Ka Phool (1959)

Song from Ghunghat 1960

Song from Gumrah (1963)

Song from Woh Kaun Thi 1963

Song from Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi (1965)

Song from Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966)

Song from AAYE DIN BAHAAR KE (1966)

Song from Bharosa 1966

Song from Upkar (1967)

Song from Hamraaz (1967)

Song from Kismat (1968)

Song from Sambandh 1969

Song from Gopi (1970)

Song from  Purab Aur Paschim (1970)

Song from Yaadgar (1970)

Song from GEET (1970)

Song from Fakira (1975)

Song from Kranti (1981)

Maat Ang Chola Saaje

New Year Songs of Bollywood

 Music is probably the most wonderful expression of a celebration, coming from the human spirit. And the celebration of the change of year is the most universal event that occurs across the globe. As we are entering to 2017,let's celberate this day with some of the Bollywood New Year's Song

And here is wishing you all a very pleasing, successful, and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR to all friends and readers on this blog.
Sabko mubaarak naya saal
This song is very fast paced and racy, that will definitely set your feet tapping on the floor. The singing voice is that of Asha ji, The film was Samrat released in 1954. The music is composed by Hemant Kumar, supported by Ravi as the assistant music director. 

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Saal mubaarak saahib jee 

This songis from the film Do Jasoos released in 1975,The singing voices are those of Mukesh and Mohammed Rafi, with a supporting chorus.

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Happy new year to you This song is sung by Shailendra Singh and chorus. Hasrat Jaipuri and Raveendra Jain The song is picturised on Shailendra Singh, Moolchand, Kamal Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar etc.The film is Do Jasoos released in 1975

Song from Do Jasoos

Naye Puraane Saal Mein Ek Raat Baaki Hai This song is from the 1981 film ‘Raksha’ produced by P Mallikarjun Rao under the banner of Bharati International, and is directed by Ravi Nagaich. The star cast includes Jeetendra, Parveen Babi, Ranjeet, Paintal, Prem Chopra,Music was given by R D Burman and sung by Kishore and Aasha Bhonsle

Song from Raksha 1981

Christmas Songs of Hindi Cinema

Bollywood music anywhere, anytime! ... Merry Christmas.

Song from Zakhmee 

Song from Shandaar 1974

Song from Bhanwar 1976

Song from Julie 1975

A Tribute to Mohammed Rafi on his 92nd Birth Anniversary

Mohammed Rafi  was born on December 24th, 1924 in the small Punjabi village of Kotla Sultan Singh.  This is located not far from Amritsar. At the age of seven, Rafi learnt Hindustani Classical music under the renowned Ustaad Bade Gulam Ali Khan and Vahida Khan.
It was in 1944 at the age of 20, that Rafi sang for his first film.  It was the songSoniye Hiriye, Teri Yaad Ne Bahut Sataya, for the Punjabi film "Gul Baloch".which was released on 28^th February, 1944. 
When Rafi entered the Hindi Cinema that time K L Sehgal, who was his idol was in his peak every male singer used to sing in his style Rafi also did the same but at the later years he developed his own style.K L Sehgal used to praise Rafi.
Besides K. L. Saigal, Rafi was also influenced by G. M. Durrani. In the early phase of his career, he often followed Durrani's style of singing, but later evolved with his own, unique style. He sang with Durrani in some of the songs such as "Humko Hanste Dekh Zamana Jalta Hai" and "Khabar Kisi Ko Nahiin, Woh Kidhar Dekhte" (Beqasoor, 1950).

Rafi was offered acting roles also,those days playback singing was not popular,only those actor ere casted who can sing also,in 1945 he acted in Laila Manu he appeared on the screen for the song "Tera Jalwa Jis Ne Dekha"  and he also acted in Jugnu(1947).
A major milestone forRafi came in 1949 when Suhani Raat Dhal Chuki, became a great hit.  This solidified Mohd. Rafi's position as a top ranking male playback singer. 
With the start of the famous Binaca Geet Mala in 1952, the program aired the immortal songs of the film Baiju Bawra and this really launched Rafi as a popular singer for all ages
The Naushad / Rafi collaboration turned out to be a very successful one.  In all Mohd Rafi sang 149 songs for Naushad.In the 1960 film Mughal-E-Azam, Mohammed Rafi sang "Ae Mohabbat Zindabad", composed by Naushad, with a chorus of 100 singers
Rafi Saab, is indeed the best singer of all times. Today, on his 92nd Birth Anniversary I present the magic of Mohammad Rafi and Naushad. His songs today are just as popular as they were during his lifetime

Song from Mela 1948

Song from Dulari1949

Song from Deedar 1951

Song from Aan 1952

Song from Deewana 1952

Song from Baijy Bawra 1952

Song from Baijy Bawra 1952

Song from Amar 1954

Song from Udan Khatola 1955

Song from Mother India 1957

Song from Kohinoor 1960

Song from Mughal e Azam 1960

Song from Ganga Jamuna 1961

Song from Son of India 1962

Song from Mere Mehboob 1963

Song from Leader 1964

Song from Dil Diya Dard Liya 1966

Song from Saaz Aur Aawaz 1966

Song from Ram Aur Shyam  1967

Song from Aadmi 1968

Song from Sungharsh 1968

Song from Ganwaar 1970

The Last Song of Rafi with Naushad of unreleased Film Habba Khatoon

Happy Birthday AMEEN SAYANI

Ameen Sayani,Born on 21st Dec 1932 is  a popular radio announcer from India. He achieved fame and popularity all across South Asia when he presented his Binaca Geetmala program of hits over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon.
He was introduced to All India Radio, Bombay, by his brother Hamid Sayani. Ameen participated in English programmes there for ten years.He is one of the most imitated announcers even today. His style of addressing the crowd with "Behno aur Bhaiyo" is still treated as an announcement with a melodious touch.
He was conferred the Padma Shri award in 2009. Besides this, Ameen Sayani has been felicitated with many awards:Hisnflagship programme BINACA GEETMALA  commenced over the Commercial Hindi Service of RADIO CEYLON towards the end of 1952 and shifted to All-India Radio’s VIVIDH BHARATI network in 1989 upto 1992.
Besides radio anouncement he compered more than 2000 stage shows.He remains All Time Great Anouncer of India,no one can come to his stature.

Binaca Geetmala 1959

Binaca Geetmala 1961