Anarkali was a Musical Milestone for C Ramchandra
C. Ramchandra's biggest success as a music composer was the 1953 movie Anarkali , though he had already tasted success with Shehnai (1947), Sargam(1950), Samadhi(1950) and Albela(1951). The film was a Musical Hit and went on to celebrate Golden Jubilee. It was the highest-grossing film of 1953 and again ranks 2nd in the top 25 Best Musical Films of all times according to IMDb. The Music direction of this film was given to t he composer Vasant Prakash, who was the younger brother of famous composer Khemchan Prakash. He even composed a song “Aa jaane wafa aa” penned by Jan Nisar Akhtar and sung by Geeta Dutt. Basant Prakash had major health problems after having recorded this one song with Geeta Dutt. C. Ramchandra took over as the composer. The film had a total of 11 songs, with 10 composed by C Ramchandra and 1 by Basant Prakash. This film was a musical hit. The first-ever 'Binaca Geetmala' Annual Program of 1953 - saw "Ye Zi...