Retro Cafe Presents - C. Ramchanda Spl

C.Ramchandra was one of the main composers under the V Shantaram banner for many years in the 1950s & 60s. Anarkali changed the graph of his musical career, and established himself firmly in the ranks of leading Music Directors. He was the one to introduced guitar and whistling in Hindi cinema. It was under the baton of C Ramchandra that Kishore Kumar came to establish himself as the master of yodeling.

He is undoubtedly the king of Melody in Hindi Film Music. His music had a superb mix of melody and rhythm. Exceptional blending of piano, violins, tabla, dholak and khanjiri gave unique freshness and liveliness to his tunes. From light hearted songs, to serious songs, to deep emotional ones, this music director composed all kinds of tunes and has presented music lovers some of the most evergreen songs of all times. "Aye mere vatan ke logon", the famous patriotic song sung by Lataji which brought tears to even Nehru ji eyes, was one of his epic masterpiece composition.He was also a very good singer as well, but sang under the name of Chitalkar.

The golden era of sixties of the Indian Hindi film music could become golden owing to monumental contribution from C Ramchandra. To know more about him and his contribution to Indian Film music please visit the following links :

Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon - C Ramchandra

Anarkali - The Magic of C.Ramchandra

Retro Caf : A Blast from the Past!

Here are the Show details :

Date : 6th Feb , 2008

Theme : C.Ramchandra Spl

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Show timings(wed/thurs IST)

Retro will be streamed at 11:00 PM IST, 2AM IST, 5 AM IST and 8 AM IST.

The corresponding times for these in the different time zones shall be as follows :

11:00PM IST - 11.30 PM (Bangladesh) 5.30 PM UK(London ) - 12.30PM (EST), 11.30 AM CT, 10.30 AM MT, 9.30 AM PT (NorthAmerica)

2 AM IST - 2.30 AM (Bangladesh)-8.30 PM UK (London) - 3.30 PM (EST), 2.30PM (CT),1.30 PM MT,12.30PM PT (North America)

5 AM IST - 5.30 AM (Bangladesh) -11.30 AM UK (London)- 6.30 PM (EST),5.30PM (CT),4.30PM MT, 3.30PM PT (North America)

8 AM IST

- 8.30 AM (Bangladesh) - 2.30 AM UK (London) - 9.30 PM(EST), 8.30PM (CT), 7.30PM MT,6.30PM PT (North America)

Regards

This is a great one and will surely be worth listening to. 😛