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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6450 Post No. : 20021

Mukesh and his Composers – 46

Ramu to diwana hai (1970, 1980, 2001) was produced and directed by Chandru.

He wrote the lyrics as well as composed the songs in the film.

Further, the story, screenplay and dialogue were also by Chandru only.

Last but not the least, he also acted in it.

The confusion whether it was Chandru Atma or Chandru Hingorani continues though the latter seems confirmed.

The film titles display the name as only Chandru. There is a very clear snap of his with Raj Kapoor and his wife Krishna along with the actress of the film. And the caption also says Chandru only.

Anyway, this film started as a B/W movie in the 70s and continued to be made for a long time. It was probably censored in 2001 but never released. Some clips of the film including the titles roll are available on the net.

Mukesh sang two soulful solos and a very good duet with Suman Kalyanpur. Both the solos are represented on the blog and I bring forth the classy romantic number in this post.

1 and 2 in the table below give ample information about the making of the film and the stories behind the making.

1 Khwaabon ki duniyaa sitaaron ki duniyaa
2 Maanga thha pyaar magar
3 Tu sabse haseen hai dilruba

I am not giving the full details of the Mukesh songs in the film in the above table as all were written and composed by Chandru.

It seems this was his only film as a composer. I request knowledge readers to throw more light on Chandru if anything is available lately.

I had sought info about this film from late Shri Harish ji and I reproduce his response in as-is basis. Since he was not keeping well for a long time, he wrote in phrases, but it is amply clear that he had a lot of authentic information about films and especially anything to do with Mukesh.

Dear Maheshbhai
Ramu To Deewana Hai Banner : Razzamattazz
Actor, Lyricist, Music director : Chandru
Relative of Arjun Hingorani
There is long story behind this film
I am writing in 3-4 lines

Films shooting started around 1970 in B& W Before it completed colour films started. No value of B& W, So chandru started in B&W heroine changed. But it seems it was not completed
May be producer thought it was not up to the standard. Its songs LP came in the market
around 1980 but film was not sent for censorship. Though it was censored in 2001
it is not released till now
3 Songs of Mukesh recorded Two solo and one duet
Khwabon Ki Duniya………Mukesh
Tu sabse hasin hai……….Mukesh-Suman Kalyanpur
Meri duniyako..Maangaa thaa pyaar magar……Mukesh

Today’s beautiful duet was one of the few that I had brought out as unposted on the blog when I had covered the songs of Mukesh with Suman Kalyanpur.

Here is the link to that memorable post.

Today’s post also has a couple of video links sans the actors lip-syncing it. Hence, I am proposing the audio link only which is good enough to hear.

A beautiful duet with its sweetness amplified in the voices of Suman Kalyanpur and Mukesh.

Listen and enjoy to this duet which sounds so lively to this day.

Editor’s note:- The cast of the movie as available online is Chandru Hingorani, Deepa Rani, Yakub Sayeed, Phonsok, Manvendra Chitnis, Leela Chitnis, Chand Usmani, Janki Das, Shakeel, Toot, Rasool, Baby Ritu, Rehman, David, I.S. Johar, Gulshan Bawra, T L Desai, Padmini Kapila, Raj Kapoor etc. Video of this movie showing Chandru and Deepa Rani frolicking in a beach is available. Deepa Rani had played the role of a career conscious fiancee of Raj Kiran in the movie “Hip Hip Hurray”(1984).
Chandru Hingorani (brother of Arjun Hingorani) was an assistant of Raj Kapoor since 1950s.

This song was picturised on Chandru Hingorani and Deepa Rani.

Audio

Video

Song-Tu sabse haseen hai dilruba (Ramu To Deewaana Hai)(UR)(1980) Singers-Mukesh, Suman Kalyanpur, Lyricist-Chandru Hingorani, MD-Chandru Hingorani
Both

Lyrics

tu sabse haseen hai dilruba
dil tere bina hai bekaraar
chhodo jee chhodo ye baat humse naa chhedo
kar loon main kaise aitbaar

tu sabse haseen hai dilruba
dil tere bina hai bekaraar
chhodo jee chhodo ye baat humse naa chhedo
kar loon main kaise aitbaar

hum to tere deewaane hain tere bina begaane hain
hum to tere deewaane hain tere bina begaane hain
humne sune ye gaane hain
ye aur kisee ko geet suna

tu sabse haseen hai dilruba
dil tere bina hai bekaraar
chhodo jee chhodo ye baat humse naa chhedo
kar loon main kaise aitbaar

mere chaman kee hai tu bahaar
teree adaa pe jaan nisaar
mere chaman kee hai tu bahaar
teree adaa pe jaan nisaar
hum naa karenge koi ikraar
o baaten banaane waale yaar

tu sabse haseen hai dilruba
dil tere bina hai bekaraar
chhodo jee chhodo ye baat humse naa chhedo
kar loon main kaise aitbaar

donon jahaan ke maalee
is aashiyaan ke maalee
kaayam rahe ye ghadiyaan
yahee ek sawaal hai
yahee ek pukaar hai

tu sabse haseen hai dilruba
dil tere bina hai bekaraar
chhodo jee chhodo ye baat humse naa chhedo
kar loon main kaise aitbaar

tu sabse haseen hai dilruba
kar loon main kaise aitbaar
tu sabse haseen hai dilruba
kar loon main kaise aitbaar
tu sabse haseen hai dilruba


This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6056 Post No. : 18837 Movie Count :

5050

Mukesh and his Composers – 34

Do Badan (1966) song “Raha gardishon mein hardam” was first recorded in the voice of Mukesh for Ghunghat (1960), which belonged to the production house of Gemini Studios.
The producer S. S Vasan felt that the song was not aligning with the flow of the film and he recommended its exclusion.

Six years later, composer Ravi took permission from S. S Vasan and included the song in the film Do Badan, in the voice of Rafi. Of course, the said song as well as all others in Do Badan (1966) did become quite popular. But sadly, the unused Mukesh version is probably lost forever. According to some sources, composer Ravi was said to be in possession of the spool recording of this unused Mukesh song, but unfortunately, it was lost in the Mumbai floods of 2005. Thus, the only place where there is a remote possibility of this song being traced is Gemini Studios, the production house of Ghunghat (1960).
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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5906 Post No. : 18506

Mukesh and His Composers – 33

Singer and composer Narayan Dutt is a victim of same-name confusion where he is always mistaken for the more famous N Datta. The confusion further escalates with Datt, Dutta etc. being used for both composers. The career of Narayan Dutt has already been written by our Arunkumar ji in his posts for the songs “Dagmag Dagmag Doley Naiya” (film ‘Jogan’, 1950) and “Gupchup Un Sang Ho Gayin Akhiyaan Chaar Re” (film ‘Mordhwaj’, 1952)
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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5905 Post No. : 18504

Mukesh and His Composers – 32

We continue the series with composer Vishnu Khanna. He seems to have composed music for only two films. Both these films have been introduced on the blog with one song each as follows.

  1. Poorab Chaloge Chaloongi, Paschim Chaloge Chaloongi – Patni (1970), a solo by Suman Kalayanpur which has been covered by Sudhir ji
  2. Kaisi Shaam Suhaani Aayi Re – Pasand Apni Apni (1972), a solo by Rafi saab covered by Satyajit Rajurkar ji

The composer continues to remain obscure. No information seems to be available on him other than what is already known.
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5773 Post No. : 18299

Yesterday 7th may 2024 was the third phase of General elections 2024 of India. I was looking forward to it for quite some time. The electoral process had started from march end itself and the process will go on till 4 June 2024. A very long drawn, a very elaborate, and at the same time a tedious and tiring process for all. Nevertheless, a very important process for India, and by that token, for the world, because it is the biggest polling exercise ever undertaken in the history of mankind.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5667 Post No. : 18172

Today’s song is from the film ‘Shikar’ (1955).

Films with the title ‘Shikar’ were made in 1955, 1965, 1999 and 2001. Then there were films called ‘Shikari’, made in 1932, 1946, 1963 and 1991. To top it all, there was a film with the title ‘Shikar Shikari Ka’ made in 2010. I am not giving these details for fun, but after you read this film’s story, you will yourself say that the title of this film should have been ‘Shikar Shikari Ki’ !
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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5644 Post No. : 18136

Mukesh and his Actors – 01
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Well, the Halley’s comet is back on the blog.
So much so that it did not feature in nearly two centuries of latest posts. Reasons? Aren’t they cliches already on the blog?
Incidentally, speaking of the real macro universe comet itself, it last appeared in 1986 and is expected to pass by the pale blue dot next in July 2061. Second week of December this year, it reached the farthest point from the sun known as aphelion, thus beginning its journey towards the inner solar system.

So, the date for sighting arguably the most famous comet is set for July 2061 for earthlings alive then.

Coming back to the blog, we start with a new series Mukesh and his Actors. This has been a task which I had been contemplating for years and remained a non-starter mainly because I could not decide as to which actor, I should take up for the debut post.
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This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5573 Post No. : 18045

# Superstar Child Artist – Junior Mehmood # 15
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It has been over eight years now that we started this series for the songs picturised on actor Junior Mehmood. We started with songs sung by Mohd Rafi for Junior Mehmood and later on added more songs sung by other singers for Junior Mehmood. There are still few songs yet to be posted which we discovered in recent years that are picturised on Junior Mehmood.
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5484 Post No. : 17917

This day that year-24 July
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A few days ago, songs were discussed from movies called 26th January and 25th July. We all know the significance of 26th January. But what is the importance of 25th July ? Reading about the story in the article tells us that unlike 26 January, 25 july was an imaginary movie. It was an imaginary action movie.

Today is 24 July. If a movie called 24 July will ever be made, it will not be an imaginary movie. 24 July is a very important day in the history of India. In my opinion it is as important a day for India as 15 August and 26 January.
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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5336 Post No. : 17502

Mukesh and his Composers – 23

This post is dedicated to Shri Harish Raghuwanshi ji of Surat for his pioneering work in collating songs and providing invaluable information on films and artists.

Mukesh’s collaboration with composer Lachhiram hardly rings any bell and rightly so as “they never worked in any film”.

With some surfing on the net, one comes across two devotional NFS that Mukesh sang for him. With more rigorous search one can find references of some rare and untraceable couplet that Mukesh sang in Lachhiram’s last film Main Suhangan Hoon released in 1964.
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