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Aye mere watan ki logon zara aankh mei bhar lo paani
jo shaheed hue hain unkee zara yaad karo qurbaani

What self-respecting Indian can listen to these words and remain unmoved? Kavi Pradeep composed the lyrics while C. Ramchandra composed the music. Kavi Pradeep insisted that Lata Mangeshkar should sing the song. This came at a time when Lata Mangeshkar had stopped singing for C. Ramchandra due to personal differences between them. After Lata Mangeshkar read the lyrics she agreed to put aside her personal problems with C. Ramchandra and sang the song.

Lata Mangeshkar sang it live for the first time in 1962 in the presence of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru (Prime Minister of India) and brought tears to his eyes and all others who were there. This was a time when India had just suffered many casualties in the war with China. Many brave soldiers had sacrificed their life to defend their motherland. Even today 45 years later, listening to the song, those words can still bring tears in our eyes.

Lata Mangeshkar sang many beautiful songs for composer C. Ramchandra as well as for many other composers but no other song has had this impact.

No matter how many wars we go through, our armed forces are still out there willing to sacrifice every thing to protect our motherland. These words still ring true:

Aye mere watan ki logon zara aankh mei bhar lo paani
jo shaheed hue hain unkee zara yaad karo qurbaani

aye mere watan ke logon zaraa ankh

Other Songs Sung By Lata Manageshkar For C. Ramchandra for various Hindi movies:

Albela (1951) starring Geeta Bali, Bhagwan, Sundar and Badri Prasad.
Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan
Music Director: C Ramchandra.

balma bada naadaan preet ki na jane

dheere se aajaa ankhiyan me nindiya

dil dhadke nazar sharmaaye

Azad (1955) starring Meena Kumari, Dilip Kumar, Badri Prasad, Murad, Om Prakash, Pran, Randhir & Shammi.
Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan
Music Director: C. Ramchandra

dekho ji bahaar aayi bago mei khili

jaa ri oh kaari badariya mat barso

kitni jawaan hai raat koi yaad aa

Radha na bole na bole na bole re

pee ke daras ko taras rahi ankhiyaa

Bahu Rani (1963) starring Mala Sinha & Guru Dutt.
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Music: C. Ramchandra

mai jagu sari rain sajan tum so jao

mai jagu sari rain sajan tum so jao

Devta (1957)starring Vyjantimala, Anjali Devi & Gemini Ganeshan
Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan
Music: C. Ramchandra

ai chand kal jo aana unko bhee sath

gum dediya tu ne ye kya kiya tu ne

do naino ka banaa jhuulnaa

kaise aaoon jamuna ke teer kanha

soona hai mere dil ka jahaan zameen

zalim teri ankhon ne kya cheez pila

Hangama (1952)
Lyrics composed by Rajinder Krishan.
Music composed by C. Ramchandra.

aye dard-e-mohabbat tujhko seene se

bhola shikari nishaanaa lagaane

dard ke maare hue pyar pane ke liye

Jhamela (1953)
Lyrics composed by Rajinder Krishan.
Music composed by C. Ramchandra.

dekho ji dekho mera dil le ke dagaa

kaahe nainaa lade kuchh din ke liye

Jhanjhar (1953)starring Kamini Kaushal, Usha Kiran, Moti Lal & Sundar.
Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan
Music Director: C. Ramchandra

ai pyar teri duniya se hum bus itni

chhed gayo mohe sapne mei shaam ho

ji chahta hai ab to duniya se rooth

mausam hai thanda thanda aa khelen

mohe laage saara jug pheeka pheeka

raat barsaat kee pehli mulaqaat kee

Khazana (1951)
Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan
Music Director: C. Ramchandra

agar tum na aate mohabbat ki duniya

ai chand pyar mera tujh se keh raha

dheere dheere gum ka zamaanaa gayaa

kar de zaraa ishaaraa tere naam ka

soyi soyi chaandni hai khoyi khoyi

Nastik (1954)starring Nalini Jaywant, Ajit, Leela Mishra, Raj Mehra & Ulhas.
Lyrics composed by Kavi Pradeep.
Music composed by C. Ramchandra.

jai ram raghu rai jai kishan kanhai

jhuki jaaye nazar hone laga mujh pe

kaise aaye hain din andher ke balma

kanha bajaaye baansuri aur gwaale

patthar ke bhagwaan tuu hai kahaan

tere phulon se bhi pyar tere kanton

Nirala (1950) starring Madhubala & Dev Anand
Lyrics: P. L. Santoshi
Music Director: C. Ramchandra

mehfil mei jal uthi shamaa parwane

Parchhaiyan (1952) starring Jayshree, Lalita Pawar, Saluja, V. Shantaram & Wasti
Director: V Shantaram
Lyrics: Noor Lucknowi
Music Director: C. Ramchandra

chanda ki chhaon mei thandi hawaaon

darde jigar mere raat kyon kar kati

katate hain dukh me din pahlu badal

koi hota nahin phir sahara doob jaa

naina lagaa ke sukh le gayo dukh de

Patanga (1949) starring Ajit, Cuckoo, Gope, Nigar Sultana, Rajendranath, Shashi Kapoor, Shyam, Vimmi & Yaqub.
Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan
Music Director: C. Ramchandra

dil se bhula do tum hamein hum na

kabhi khamosh ho jana kabhi fariyad

thukra ke mujhe jaanewaale 1 thokar

Samadhi (1950) starring Nalini Jayvant, Ashok Kumar, Shyam & Kuldeep Kaur.
Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan
Music: C. Ramchandra

abhi shaam aayegi niklenge taare

wo pas aa rahe hain hum dur ja rahe