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   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...

  Music and Song sequences can make a film hit and memorable. This song from the 1971 film from Caravan is one such example. This song was written by Mazrooh Sultanpuri, composed by R D Burman and sung by Asha Bhonsle.  The song was performed by Helen, who is known for doing item numbers in  Bollywood  .  Music scholar Nilanjana Bhattacharjya identified "Piya Tu Ab To Aja" as one of the culturally important  Hindi film  songs.   The song has also been called "the catalyst" that made "Asha  Bhonsle the queen of cabaret numbers". R D Burman was nominated for the Filmfare Best Music Director and Asha Bhonsle was awarded the Best Female Playback Singer for this song. The picturisation of this song is typical of the item numbers of the era portraying a " vamp " character who dances seductively for a nightclub audience. The audience used to get crazy when this dance number starts. I was a teenager when this film was released was also mesmerized wit...