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{{Infobox person
| name = Bulo C Rani
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Bulo Chandiram Ramchandani
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|05|06}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1993|05|24|1920|05|06}}
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad, Sindh]], [[Sindh province]], [[British India]]
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Playback singer]], [[Music director]]
| years_active = 1943–1972
| height =
}}
'''Bulo C Rani''' (6 May 1920 – 24 May 1993) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] music director. He was a music director in Bollywood from the 1940s until the 1960s. He scored music for 71 films from 1943–72, including some evergreens like "hame to loot liya mil ke husn waalo ne" and others.<ref name=bulo>{{cite web|url=https://apnaarchive.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/bulo-c-rani/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C6868375422|title=Bulo C Rani, a prominent music director of Bollywood|date=23 September 2012|accessdate=16 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=bulo1>{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/people/nm285631/Filmography/Musician/5/#Filmography|title=Bulo C Rani filmography}}</ref>

==Early life==
Bulo C Rani was born in [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]], [[Sindh province]], [[British India]] (now in [[Pakistan]]) on 6 May 1920.<ref name="Eminent Sindhis">{{cite book|title=Eminent Sindhis in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RNm1AAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Lal Pushp|page=12}}</ref> His birth name was Bulo Chandiram Ramchandani. His father was also a music director. After completing his B.A. degree he joined [[Ranjit Studios|Ranjit Movietone]] in 1939.<ref name=bulo />

==Career==
Bulo's career started in 1939 under Ranjit Movietone. His initial days in Bollywood were full of struggle and hard work.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}} As he started to work, he met some very big personalities who were very prominent names in music then such as [[Ghulam Haider (composer)|Ghulam Haider]], [[D. N. Madhok]] etc. In the early 1940s, Bulo worked in some films as an assistant to [[Khemchand Prakash]]. He assisted Khemchand in the movies like ''[[Tansen (film)|Tansen]]'', ''Chandni'', ''Sukh Dukh'' (1942) and ''Shahenshah Babar'' (1944).{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}} He sang his first playback song "Ruth Na Pyaar Mein" under Khemchand in the film ''Mehmaan'' (1942). Though he was an assistant music director, he composed the song "Dukhiya Jiyara" in the film ''Tansen'', sung by [[Khursheed]]. The song's credit went to Khemchand Prakash, the composer of that soundtrack. In 1943, he worked as an assistant to [[Gyan Dutt]] in two films- ''Paigham'' and ''Shankar Parvati''.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}} Despite him composing the song, it was credited as a Gyan Dutt composition. However, he managed to sing in six films that year.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}}

His first film as a composer was ''Caravan'' (1944). The same year, he sang in a film ''Pagli Duniya''.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}} In that film, he changed his name temporarily to Bhola. But later on he sang many songs under this name till the end of his career. But he continued as Bulo C Rani for music direction. In 1945, he composed songs in films like ''Moorti'' and ''Pehli Nazar''. ''Moorti'' was a popular musical and Mukesh sang one of his first hit songs in the film, "Badariya Baras Gai Us Paar".<ref name=Planetradiocity>{{cite web|title=Bulo C Rani|url=http://www.planetradiocity.com/musicopedia/article-musicdir/Bulo-C-Rani/825|website=planetradiocity.com|publisher=Planetradiocity.com|accessdate=20 January 2015}}</ref> Some of Rani's other hits in the forties include ''Rajputani'' (1946) and ''Anjuman'' (1948). His best work till date came in the early 1950s - ''[[Jogan (1950 film)|Jogan]]'' (1950), ''Wafa'' (1951) and ''Bilwamangal'' (1954). Bilwamangal was one of his last soundtracks which contained classic songs of [[Suraiya]] and [[C. H. Atma]]. The songs of that film became popular with one number in particular, "Hum Ishq Ke Maron Ko", which was sung by Suraiya with lyrics by [[D. N. Madhok]].<ref name="Anantharaman2008">{{cite book|author=Ganesh Anantharaman|title=Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmrSLuBwbKkC&pg=PA104|date=January 2008|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306340-7|page=104}}</ref> As the new generation of composers like [[Shankar Jaikishan]], [[Salil Chowdhury]], [[O. P. Nayyar]] were becoming prominent in Indian cinema, Bulo was no longer as active by the late 1950s. However, he continued to compose for films till the mid-sixties. Some of his songs in this period were hits such as "Humein Toh Loot Liya" (Al Hilaal, 1958), "Mangne Se Jo Maut Mil Jati" (Sunehre Qadam, 1966).<ref name=bulo/>

==Filmography==
Selected list of films from about total 77 films:<ref name=Muvyz>{{cite web|title=Bulo C Rani|url=http://muvyz.com/people/nm285631/Filmography/Musician/1/#Filmography|website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=20 January 2015}}</ref>
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* ''Paigam'' (1943)
* ''Caravan'' (1944)
* ''Pagli Duniya'' (1944)
* ''Moorti'' (1945)
* ''Chand Chakori (1945)
* ''Dharti'' (1946)
* ''Rajputani'' (1946)
* ''Salgirah'' (1946)
* ''Bela'' (1947)
* ''Lakhon Mein Ek'' (1947)
* ''Anjuman'' (1948)
* ''Gunsundari'' (1948)
* ''Mitti Ke Khiloune'' (1948)
* ''Nanand Bhojai'' (1948)
* ''Bhool Bhulayian'' (1949)
* ''Darogaji'' (1949)
* ''Jogan'' (1950)
* ''Magroor'' (1950)
* ''Wafa'' (1950)
* ''Pyar Ki Baten'' (1951)
* ''Izzat'' (1952)
* ''Gul Sanobar'' (1953)
* ''Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani'' (1954)
* ''Bilwamangal'' (1954)
* ''Haseena'' (1955)
* ''Shikar'' (1955)
* ''Aabroo'' (1956
* ''Jahazi Lutera'' (1957)
* ''Jeevan Sathi'' (1957)
* [[Al Hilal (1958 film)|''Al Hilal'' (1958)]]
* ''Tin Tin Tin'' (1959)
* ''Pedro'' (1960)
* ''Anarbala'' (1960)
* ''Room No 17'' (1961)
* ''Jadoo Mahal'' (1962)
* ''Shree Ganesh'' (1962)
* ''Magic Box'' (1963)
* ''Chhupa Rustom'' (1965)
* ''Jadoo'' (1966)
* ''Sunhere Kadam'' (1966)
* ''Bijlee'' (1972)
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==Death==
Bulo C Rani's death remained largely unreported in the press.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}} Lack of assignments in later life left him frustrated.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}} He committed suicide on 23 May 1993 at the age of 73 years in [[Mumbai]], after his family sold their house at Shivaji Park and moved to Versova.<ref name=Planetradiocity /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/bulo-c-rani-biography/274/797276|title=Bulo C. Rani|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=20 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnaarchive.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/bulo-c-rani/|title=Bulo C Rani|date=23 September 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0710150|name=Bulo C. Rani}}

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[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:1993 deaths]]
[[Category:Hindi film score composers]]
[[Category:People from Hyderabad, Sindh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian composers]]

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