Watan ki raah mein watan ke naujawan shaheed ho ( Shaheed, 1948) Ghulam Haider / Raja Mehdi Ali Khan / Mohd Rafi This film interestingly marked music director Madan MohanвЂ™s acting debut although in the years ahead Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and Madan Mohan struck an awe-inspiring creative partnership in the arena of film music. Mera sundar sapna beet gayaвЂ¦ ( Do Bhai, 1947) SD Burman / Raja Mehdi Ali Khan / Geeta DuttДefying the upheavals following the turbulent Partition in 1947, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan stayed on and his heartfelt love for his country manifested in the inspiring Watan ki raah mein watan ke naujawan shaheed ho in the Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal starrer Shaheed (1948). In this short tribute, we revisit some of those immortal songs that came off the pen of this legendary lyricist. HeВ started as a dialogue writer and did a role in Ashok KumarвЂ™s 8 DayвЂ™s butВ 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

Raja raja song