Sunday, July 16, 2017

Ramchandra exploited Mangeshkar’s (La)talent beautifully

When C Ramchandra began composing the music of Anarkali, he had immense faith in Lata Mangeshkar’s ability to pull off what he’d envisaged.

And he stood vindicated when the movie became 1953’s top grosser, and Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hai – inarguably the most popular song from the film – went on to top the annual list of Radio Ceylon’s countdown show, Binaca Geetmala, that year.

This immortal classic was penned by Rajendra Krishan, who formed, with Annasaheb (another of Ramchandra’s aliases), one of the greatest music director/lyricist teams in the Golden Era of Hindi film music. 

No comments:

Post a Comment