C. Ramchandra
C. Ramchandra (real name: Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar ; Marathi : रामचंद्र नरहर चितळकर, Rāmacandra Narahar Citaḷakar; सी.रामचंद्र, Si. Rāmacandra; born January 12, 1918 in Puntamba , Bombay ; † January 5, 1982 in Bombay , Maharashtra ) was an Indian film composer , singer and actor. As a composer he mostly used the name C. Ramchandra , but also Annasaheb and Ram Chitalkar ; as a singer and actor he appeared under the name RN Chitalkar .
Life
Ramchandra was born the son of a railroad worker in the village of Punatambe. He studied music and also appeared as a film actor. He had his first role in 1935 in YV Raos Naganand , after which he played small roles in Sohrab Modi's film company Minerva Movietone . There he accompanied the composers Bundu Khan and Habib Khan on the harmonium . His first work as a film composer was based on Master Bhagwan's Tamil films Jayakkodi (1939) and Vanamohini (1941). Ramchandra had particular success with the films of this director from Sukhi Jeevan (1942) to Albela (951). In the late 1940s and early 1950s, C. Ramchandra worked for the film company Filmistan and wrote successful songs for PL Santoshis Shehnai (1947), Ramesh Saigals Samadhi (1950) and in particular Nandlal Jaswantlals Anarkali (1953) , among others . He worked closely with the songwriter Rajendra Krishan .
He was one of the first Indian film composers to incorporate Western music instrumentation into their compositions. Under the jazz influence of Benny Goodman , Ramchandra combined alto saxophone with guitar and harmonica . He used bongos , oboe , trumpet and clarinet in his composition "Shola Jo Bhadke" from the film Albela, sung by Lata Mangeshkar . In a duet with Lata Mangeshkar, he sang his title song from the film Shin Shinaki Boobla Boo (1952), which is underlaid with rock rhythms . In the well-known song "Ina Mina Dika" from the film Aasha (1957), interpreted by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle , he used scat singing and swing .
C. Ramchandra appeared in 1953 as the producer of three films. He worked for Marathic , Hindi , Telugu , Tamil and Bhojpuri films . After a period of lull in the 1960s, he gave a new impetus to his career as composer, producer and actor in the marathic film Dhananjay (1966). He wrote his autobiography in 1977 and finished his work as a film composer for NT Rama Rao's Telugu film Akbar Saleem Anarkali (1978), with which he once again referred to the works he had made in the film Anarkali 25 years earlier .
In 1956 and 1958 , C. Ramchandra was nominated for a Filmfare Award in the Best Music category. He died of a stomach ulcer on January 5, 1982 at Breach Candy Hospital in Bombay.
Filmography
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Web links
- C. Ramchandra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- biography
- Black and white era relived with golden melodies in The Times of India, April 4, 2009
- C. Ramchandra live at BBC, 1981
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| SURNAME | Ramchandra, C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chitalkar, Ramchandra Narhar (real name); Annasaheb (pseudonym); Chitalkar, Ram (pseudonym); Chitalkar, RN (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian film composer, singer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Puntamba , Bombay |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1982 |
| Place of death | Bombay , Maharashtra |