The combination of C Ramchandra and Lata gave Indian film industry so many sweet melodies like Ae mere watan ke logon, Shaam dhale khidki tale, Ye zindgi usi ki hai and Mohabbat aisi dhadkan hai.
C. Ramachandra’s biggest success as a music composer was the 1953 movie Anarkali, and then Navrang another great movie. The songs that he composed for these movies are today legendary. Songs like “Yeh Zindagi Usiki Hai”, “Mujhse Mat Poochh Mere Ishq Main Kya Rakha Hai”, “Mohabbat Aisi Dhadkan Hai”, “Jaag Dard-e-Ishq Jaag” and Adha hai Chandrama, Tu chhupi hai kahan etc.
The highly popular patriotic song “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo”, which was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and penned by poet Pradeep, was a composition of Ramachandra, it was later performed live, by Lata Mangeshkar, in the presence of Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds, in New Delhi on Republic Day, 26 January 1963. It is said Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru became so sentimental that tears rolled down his cheeks.
During working together, Lata and C Ramchandra came close, but their relationship never converted into marriage. Lata claimed she declined C. Ramchandra's marriage proposal, while C. Ramchandra claimed he did the same because he was already wed. Whatever the reality, their love came to an end, and a terrible new chapter began.
Lata stopped working with C Ramchandra. Publicly Lata declared that she refused working with him because of a sound recordist whom she didn’t like but C Ramchandra forced her to work with him. But the gossips said something else. Lata was also furious on C Ramchandra because he came between the marriage of Lata and Jaikishan!!
C Ramchandra was never able to recover as he was mostly working with Lata and once she left, the magic of his music left too.
Ye Zindagi Usi Ki Hai ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Anarkali (1953),
Music: C. Ramchandra,
Director: Nandlal Jaswantlal
Singer : Lata Mangeshkar
