Bulo C Rani

Bulo C Rani (6 May 1920 – 24 May 1993) was an Indian music director. He was a music director in Hindi language films from the 1940s until the 1960s. He scored music for 71 films from 1943 to 1972, including some evergreens like "hame to loot liya mil ke husn waalo ne" and others.

Early life Bulo C Rani was born in Hyderabad, Bombay Province, British India (now in Sindh, Pakistan) on 6 May 1920. His birth name was Bulo Chandiram Ramchandani. His father was also a music director. After completing his B.A. degree he joined Ranjit Movietone in 1939. 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), 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. 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).

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) Rai Daich (1958) (Sindhi) 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)

Death Bulo C Rani's death remained largely unreported in the press. Lack of assignments in later life left him frustrated. He committed suicide by self-immolation 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.