A music director, however popular, is often forgotten with the passage of time when the trend of music changes. Bulo C Rani was one such composer whose best is buried under the debris of time. When the slow paced melodious music was replaced by the fast paced rhythmic melodies Bulo suddenly lost his relevance as a composer. He lived in a state of hybernation for so long that his death - a suicide - on 24th May 1993 at 73 was reported as if it was a matter of no big consequence. The eventful career of Bulo C Rani in the 40ís and the early 50ís was forgotten.
Mukesh, after his initial failure as a singer, drew attention only when he sang for Bulo in Moorti (1945) ('Badariya baras gai us paar..'). The film 'Jogan' (1950) was a landmark in Buloís career. His composing skill enabled him to enhance the inherent charm of Meerabaiís traditional bhajans such as 'Ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol re..', 'Main to Girdhar ke ghar jaaoon..', 'Damag damag dole naiya..' and 'Jogi mat ja, mat ja..'. Even the Holi song ('Rang daaro ri..') and the sentimental one in the voice of Talat ('Sundarta Ke Sabhi Shikari..') were no less appealing. More than Dilip Kumar and Nargis in the film it was Buloís music which turned out to be the real star.
Before 'Jogan' came his way Bulo had already earned recognition through the films such as 'Rajputani' ('Ja parwane ja kahin shama jal rahi hai..') and 'Anjuman' ('Kaise bataoon tum se is dil ko pyar kyun hai..') and the immense popularity of the song 'Armaan bhara dil toot gaya..' from the film 'Wafa' (1951). Bulo C Rani had a special fascination for heavy voices which were capable of more expressive power. For the same reason he was able to create a great impact on listeners with the voices of Amirbai ('Sooni padi hai payar ki duniya tere baghair..', Zohrabai ('Ankhon mein intezaar Ki duniya liye huve..') and Geeta Roy (Dutt) in the songs of 'Jogan'. Bulo did not hesitate to create an enchanting melody in the song 'Badi bhool hui tujhe pyar kiya..' in 'Maghroor'
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Thanks Mirza sahib for uploading this memorable video of Late music director Bulo.C.Rani .
He also composed some of yesteryear stunt movies starred Ranjan.
ranjan6017 1 month ago
Jogan is the greatest movie ever made in Bollywood.I have seen it more than 50 times but cannot pretend to have understood it inside out because of complex philosophical and psychological issues brought forth in this film.I shall feel proud to meet any man who claims to understand Deewan-e Ghalib and Jogan.I go into a trance at the first noteof title music.No one in the world could score better music.
shaukatjamil 7 months ago
To some, life is a horse race in which horses place bets, on themselves.
RealMusicKing 7 months ago
CONGRATULATIONS FOR UPLOADING SUCH AN INFORMATIVE PIECE OF
DOCUMENTARY UPON A VERY GREAT COMPOSER - TRULY GREAT COMPOSER .
kanumody 8 months ago
Nice informative document. Thanks.
syed2247 10 months ago
BULO CHANDIRAM RAMCHANDANI was born on may 6th 1921,committed suicide on may 24th 1993.sad.
NANDIKHANNA 10 months ago
@dansayang she was cremated nextday.her two dogs were barking nonstop,neighbors alerted the police,a distant relative came &discharge the duty.not TANUJA&KAJOL close relatives-cousins.
NANDIKHANNA 10 months ago
thanks is is so small aword for this presentation
chamannigam 10 months ago
Bulo C Rani had also given music in Ranjit's film 'JOGAN' starring Nargis and Dilip Kumar. The Mira bhajans sung by Geeta Roy are still very fresh to listen to.
Satu Daryanani
April 22, 2011
satudaryanani 10 months ago
Vah Re Bhai to publish such news. So sad to hear from these clips about Nalini Jayvant...really so sad. I loved her in Nau Bahar..,,Nastik, and many others like those...
dkapasi4 10 months ago