{"id":7709,"date":"2023-07-06T08:04:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T02:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/?p=7709"},"modified":"2023-07-11T20:43:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:13:33","slug":"rajinder-krishan-hum-kuchh-nahi-kehte-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/rajinder-krishan-hum-kuchh-nahi-kehte-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajinder Krishan \u2014 Hum Kuchh Nahi Kehte (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Rajinder Krishan \u2014 Hum Kuchh Nahi Kehte (Part 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

An aircraft goes through three distinct phases during its flight \u2013 the taxi on the runway with a brief halt at the end of the runway while it revs up its engines followed by a steep climb until it reaches cruising altitude, where it can take a breather and relax a little. One wonders if the aircraft called Rajinder Krishan ever went through these phases. Once he \u2018took off\u2019, the success of his songs seems to have come rather quickly, if not immediately, so that the \u2018climb\u2019 is not really distinct from the \u2018cruise\u2019 period, which lasted a couple of decades at least! Whether the takeoff-climb period was painless or took tremendous effort is a question only the gentleman himself can answer. To someone studying his work, it seems as if he kept striking gold, no matter who he worked with! And perhaps even more, when he worked with C Ramchandra and Madan Mohan.<\/p>\n

RAJINDER KRISHAN \u2013 C RAMCHANDRA<\/h3>\n
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C Ramchandra with Rajinder Krishan and his family, (L to R) Adarsh Parashar, Ravi, Pyari and Rajinder Krishan’s wife Savitri RK Duggal (Pic: Rajesh Duggal)<\/p><\/div>\n

After starting off with Husnlal-Bhagatram for the non-filmi paean he wrote for Mahatma Gandhi, Suno suno aye duniyawaalo<\/em> (1948) and Tere naino ne chori kiya <\/em>in the same year in Pyar Ki Jeet<\/em>, there seems to have been no looking back because C Ramchandra (CR) stepped in with Patanga<\/em> in 1949 with 10 songs, most of which became popular, including the mega-hit which can still stir memories for some seniors as it achieved cult status! It has many remix avatars, ascribing to its popularity over 60+ years. Possibly the first “phone” song in our films, it was filmed on the popular Gope and Nigar Sultana as a stage performance in the film, with the stage being divided into two portions, one depicting ‘Burma, Rangoon’ and the other, ‘Dehradoon’ where the lady lives. One wonders why Gope is wearing a lungi in Burma until he sings the following verse:<\/p>\n

Aji tum se bichchad ke ho gaye hum sanyasi<\/em>
\nKha lete hain jo mil jaaye, rookhi-sookhi, baasi<\/em>
\nAji, loongi baandh ke karein guzaara, bhool gaye patloon, tumhari yaad sataati hai\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Mere piya gaye Rangoon<\/strong><\/em> (Patanga<\/em>, 1949) C Ramchandra \/ Chitalkar & Shamshad Begum<\/span><\/p>\n