

He could pen love-ballads and comedy songs with equal ease and effect. His Nagin (’54) songs Man dole mera tan dole and Mera dil ye pukare aja are reverberating in our hearts even today.Īpart from the three music directors mentioned above, he also wrote for other great composers like Sajjid Hussain (Saiyan ’51, Sangdil ’52), SD Burman (Bahar ’51, Sazaa ’51, Ek Nazar ’51), S Mohinder (Papi ’53), Chitragupt (Bhabhi ’57, Kangan ’59), Salil Choudhry (Chaya ’61), Laxmikant-Pyarelal (Intaqam ’69). The songs he wrote for Anarkali (’53), Yeh zindagi usiki hai and Jaag dard-e-ishq jaag have attained legendary status. He could write a swinging song like Mr John, o Baba Khan and in the same film Barish (’57) a philosophical song, Dane dane pe likha hai khanewale ka nam, lenewale karod, denewale ek Ram.
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His songs are simple, inventive and full of meaning. These characteristics expressed themselves in his lyrics also. As a person he was amiable, easy-going and full of humour. Rajendra Krishan also participated in the struggle to get a status for lyricists.
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The combination chalked up a series of hits right into the Sixties. The music directors for whom he regularly wrote songs - C Ramchandra, Madan Mohan and Hemant Kumar were also composing for the South Indian Hindi movies. He wrote in all 18 scripts for AVM itself. His knowledge of Tamil made him the ideal choice for AVM, and others to use his services for their films like Bahar, Ladki, Bhai Bhai. He also tasted success as a lyricist with the films Badi Bahen (1949) and Lahore (1949).Ī new phase began in his life. The song was sung by Mohammed Rafi and composed by Husnlal Bhagatram, and was a great hit. After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, Krishan wrote a song Suno Suno Aye Duniyawalon, Bapu Ki Yeh Amar Kahani. He was first noted for the script and lyrics of the Motilal-Suraiya starrer Aaj Ki Rat (1948). His first film as a lyricist was Zanjeer (1947).


His first film as a scriptwriter was Janta (1947). In the mid-1940s, Krishan shifted to Mumbai to become a scriptwriter. He used to participate in the poetry contests organized by newspapers. After completing his education, he worked as a clerk in the municipal office till 1942. He was attracted toward poetry during his school days.
