![]() ![]() ![]() In this short tribute, we revisit some of those immortal songs that came off the pen of this legendary lyricist. He started as a dialogue writer and did a role in Ashok Kumar’s 8 Day’s but quit writing and acting to plunge into lyrics and poetry following the success of Do Bhai. In the early forties while serving at All India Radio, Delhi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan got a call from his friend Sadat Hassan Manto, the noted Urdu writer, who had joined Hindi films. There was no looking back from there for Geeta Dutt, SD Burman and of course, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. Do Bhai had made not two but three stars. Along with Mera sundar sapna, another Geeta beauty Yaad karoge, yaad karoge, ik din humko yaad karoge topped the charts. Mukherji the partner in Filmistan Studios roped him into write the lyrics for Do Bhai. It was Raja Mehdi Ali Khan who got his first big hit when S. But alongside, do we spare a thought to wonder who wrote these lyrics? This one song catapulted the duo into stardom overnight. Think of this heart-rending song from Do Bhai (1946) and the first thought that comes to mind is the dulcet voice of the teenaged Geeta Dutt and the evocative music of SD Burman. Lyricist Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and Madan Mohan ![]()
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