Saturday, March 11, 2017

Chitalkar took this kadam too

Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja wasn’t just a patriotic song from Samadhi (1950), but it was also the regimental quick march of Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army. It was penned by Pt Vanshidhar Shukla and composed by Captain Ram Singh Thakuri.

Retaining the hook [“Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja, Khushi Ke Geet Gaaye Ja, Yeh Zindagi Hai Kaum Ki, Tu Kaum Pe Lutaaye Ja” (Move forward, singing songs of joy. This life belongs to our motherland. Sacrifice it for her)], Rajinder Krishan penned C Ramchandra’s reinterpretation of the song. The latter (credited as Chitalkar) sang it.

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