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‘Ramu To Deewaana Hai’ (1980, UR) was produced and directed by Chandru who also acted in the lead role, wrote screenplay. dialogues, lyrics and composed songs for the film. Other actors in the film were the debutant Deepa Rani, Yakub, Chand Usmani, Manvendra Chitnis, Leela Chitnis, Janakidas, Baby Ritu etc. Rehman, I S Johar, David, Gulshan Bawra and Padmini Kapila made the guest appearances and Raj Kapoor made a special appearance in the film.
According to Syed Siraj, a film journalist and film critic since 1970, the ‘all-in-one’ Chandru was the brother of Arjun Hingorani, the producer-director. Incidentally, I have noted that Kishore Rege, Cinematographer of ‘Ramu To Deewaana Hai’, was also the cinematographer for at least 3 films produced and directed by Arjun Hingorani. Chandru had assisted Raj Kapoor in a few of R K Films and had also done small roles.
The film appears to be in the making for a very long time. According to IMDb, the film was started in 1962 in black and white. After a few reels of shooting, it was decided to make it in colour. Thereafter, the film faced financial problems thus resulting in delay in completion. It appears that the film was completed, and the LP of the film’s songs was released in December 1980. However, the film remained unreleased. It was sometime in 2001 that Arjun Hingorani bought the distribution rights of the film. But he does not appear to have released the film. Both Arjun Hingorani and Chandru have now passed away.
There is also a reference in music director, Biddu’s autobiography ‘Made In India – Biddu – Adventures of a Lifetime’ (2015) about Chandru Asrani (yes, he refers to him by surname ‘Asrani’) as pointed out by Syed Siraj. The producer-director-writer-actor-lyricist-music director of ‘Ramu To Deewaana Hai’ met Biddu in London in 1980 following the success of his song, in Feroz Khan’s ‘Qurbaani’ (1979). He showed him about 90% of the completed film which had been under production for about 14 years. Chandru wanted him to compose two songs to be added to complete the film so as to entice the film distributors.
Sometime in 1988-89, Chandru had an informal get-together of some film journalists to his house in Khar in which film journalist, Syed Siraj was also present. Siraj said that during the gathering, Chandru had played some songs from the film which included in the voices of Mukesh, Mubarak Begum and Kishore Kumar. But none of the songs sounded like that composed by Biddu. The LP issued by HMV/SAREGAMA contains 8 songs which have been rendered by Mukesh, Suman Kalyanpur, Mubarak Begum and Kishore Kumar. However, the Mp3 clips of the songs (probably through CD) from the film contains 10 songs, two of which are in English – (1) ‘Go go’, and (2) ‘Life is a business’ rendered by a band called High Society – which sound the typical Biddu’s compositions.
As of now, ‘Ramu To Deewaana Hai’ (1980 UR) remains unreleased and the film is not available on any of the video-sharing and OTT platforms. However, a couple of short video clips of some of the scenes from the film are available on video sharing platform. It appears that Chandru has played the title role of Ramu.
The film’s song album had 10 songs, 2 of which were in English. The 8 Hindi songs were written and composed by Chandru. Two songs from the film have been covered in the Blog. I am presenting the 3rd song, ‘kwaabon ki duniyaa sitaaron ki duniyaa’ rendered by Mukesh. The song is picturised on Chandru as a stage song. Raj Kapoor is the main guest in the audience. The person sitting on his left wearing specs is N N Sippy. David is the compere on the stage who introduces Chandru as the new music director of Raj Kapoor. After the end of the singing, Raj Kapoor walks towards Chandru and congratulates him. He also tells Chandru to meet him in his studio. One can also see a happy Leela Chitnis in the background.
This song may have been picturised in the year 1979 or earlier because David migrated to Canada in 1979.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Khwaabon ki duniya sitaaron ki duniya (Ramu To Deewaana Hai)(UR)(1980) Singer-Mukesh, Lyrics-Chandru, MD-Chandru
Lyrics:
khwaabon ki duniyaa
sitaaron ki duniyaa
door bhi hai
par door naheen..een
khwaabon ki duniya sitaaron ki duniyaa
door bhi hai par door naheen een
ujde fizaa ke chaman se ye kah do
ki rangeen bahaar ab door naheen…een
khwaabon ki duniyaa
har taraf hon veeraaniyaa
gher chuki hon aandhiyaan
har taraf hon viraaniyaan
gher chuki hon aandhiyaan
tadapte armaan ke iss jahaan ko
kabhi to sakoon bhi aayegaa aa
khwaabon ki duniyaa sitaaron ki duniyaa
door bhi hai par door naheen..een
khwaabon ki duniyaa
kaali ghataayen jab jaayengi
sunahree kiranen aayengi
kaali ghataayen jab jaayengi
sunahree kiranen aayengi
phir in baaton ko yaad kar
aayegi khud ko bhi hansee ee
khwaabon ki duniyaa sitaaron ki duniyaa
door bhi hai par door naheen een
ujde fizaa ke chaman se ye kah do
ki rangeen bahaar ab door naheen..een
khwaabon ki duniyaa
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