The CoMposer sang it too

Before I added the subject of this post to my collection, it contained a couple of songs from Azaad, which released in 1955.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the one in this playlist would be the second.

It was titled Kitna Haseen Hai Mausam.

The involvement of C Ramchandra in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he was also credited – as Chitalkar (his last name) – with singing it.

He was joined behind the microphone for it by the one and only Lata Mangeshkar.

The song was written by Rajinder Krishan.

This was the tiTLe track

I sat down to write this post one morning.

And it was apt, because it was the only song from the 1954 film Subah Ka Tara in my collection.

It happened to be the title track of the film – it was titled Gaya Andhera Hua Ujara, Chamka Subah Ka Tara.

Based on Raga Pahadi, it was the only duet on the film’s soundtrack – the two people who lent their voices to it were Lata Mangeshkar and Talat Mahmood.

The song was written by Noor Lucknawi.

It was composed by Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar (a.k.a. C Ramchandra).

Lata’s solo’s title was clichéd

When I read the first three words of the title of the subject of this post (Tum Kya Jaano), I could only recall the song from Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977).

But there was a song from a film that released 25 years before that.

While Tum Kya Jaano was the common half of the songs’ titles, the next three words of the subject of this post were Teri Yaad Mein.

That song was from Shin Shinaki Boobla Boo, which released in 1952.

P L Santoshi wrote the Lata Mangeshkar solo, which C Ramchandra composed.

Ms Mangeshkar joined the ComposeR

My collection contains five songs from Albela, which released in 1951.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Dheere Se Aaja Ri Ankhiyan Mein would be the second.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was three minutes and 21 seconds long.

Not only did C Ramchandra compose the song, but he was also one of the two people who lent their voices to it.

The lady who joined him behind the microphone for it was Lata Mangeshkar.

Rajinder Krishan wrote the song.