Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
Native name راجہ مہدی علی خان
Born 1928
Jehlum
Died 29 July 1966(1966-07-29) (aged 37–38)
Nationality Indian people
Occupation Poet, writer

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan(Urdu: راجہ مہدی علی خان ‎) was an Indian poet, writer and lyricist.

Life

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was born in Jehlum, British India. Soon after his father died, his mother Hebay Saheba helped to educate him in his early years.

Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal has acknowledged Hebay Saheba as a leading Urdu poet. S. Mukherji, the partner in Filmistan Studio, gave Raja Mehdi a chance to write lyrics for his film, Do Bhai. Songs from the film such as Mera Sunder Sapna and Yaad Karoge became instant hits.

In 1947, Raja Mehdi and his wife, Tahira, decided to stay in India instead of migrating to Pakistan. They came to this decision despite the wave of riots plaguing the area during this time. In 1948, his patriotism manifested in his songs, Watan Ki Raah Mein and Todi Todi Bachche, which were used in the film Shaheed starring Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal. [1]

Raja Mehdi worked with both established and new music composers. Madhosh (1950) was Madan Mohan's debut film with Raja Mehdi. He had been associated with music composers like Sachin Dev Burman,[2] Iqbal Qureshi, Babul, S. Mohinder, Chic Chocolate, and Rono Mukerjhi. He has written songs with C. Ramchandra (Mere piya gaye Rangoon is wrongly attributed to him; it was written by Rajinder Krishan), Datta Naik (Sare Jahan Se Acha Hindustan Hamara) and O. P. Nayyar (Main Pyar Ka Rahi Hoon).

He also partnered with Madan Mohan. The two worked on films such as Anpadh, Mera Saaya, Who Kaun Thi, Neela Akash, Dulhan Ek Raat Ki, and Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah.[1] Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was the first lyricist to introduce Aap in film songs, such as Aap Ki Nazron (Anpadh), Aap kyon roye (Woh Kaun Thi?), Aap ne apna banaya (Dulhan Ek Raat Ki). His song Lag ja gale from the film (Woh Kaun Thi?) has been named among the top ten all-time favorites in film history to be "retired" from Antakshari on Zee TV.

Death

He died on 29 July 1966.

Films

Khan wrote lyrics for various critically acclaimed Bollywood movies, including:

References

  1. 1 2 "Lyricsindia Profile". Retrieved 2013-04-24.Lyricsindia
  2. ↑ http://www.sdburman.com/hnfmusic.html

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