INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 06/02/1915 (Age 83 years) |
| Born In : | Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh |
| Occupation(s) : | Poet |
| Genres : | Patriotic |
Ramchandra Baryanji Dwivedi is an Indian poet, born as the son of Narayan Bhatt in an Audichya Brahmin family in the town of Badnagar in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on 6 February 1915, he is famous as a poet Pradeep but the real name of the poet Pradeep was Ramchandra Narayan Dwivedi.
| Full name | Ramchandra Baryanji Dwivedi |
| Home town | Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh |
| Date of birth | 6 February 1915 |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Artist Genres | Patriotic |
| Artist Age | 83 years |
| Death | 11 December 1998 |
| Year active (Professional career) | 1939 – 1997 |
| Facebook id: | Ramchandra Dwivedi |
Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’ wrote an article on Pradeep in the February 1938 issue of Lucknow’s magazine ‘Madhuri’ and put a golden seal on his poetic talent. With his blessings, Ramchandra came to be known as ‘Pradeep’. And during this time he got an invitation to participate in a poet’s conference being held in Mumbai. Hearing his songs at the Kavi Sammelan, the owner of ‘Bombay Talkies Studio’, Himanshu Rai was impressed and offered Pradeep to write the lyrics for the film ‘Kangan’ under his banner.
After the success of his songs in the 1939 film ‘Kangan’, Pradeep became successful in making his mark in the film world as a lyricist. In 1943, Poet Pradeep also wrote songs for five films Bombay Talkies – Anjaan, Kismat, Jhula, Naya Sansar, and Punarmilan.
His most famous patriotic song Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo is sung by Lata Mangeskar. Which was released on 26 January 1963.
Aye mere vatan ke logon
zara aankh mein bhar lo paani
Jo Shahid Hue Hein Unki
Zaraa Yaad Karo qurbaani
Youtube link: Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo
Awards and Achievement of Ramchandra Dwivedi:
he won several awards throughout his life, but some of his achievement is as follows
- 1961 – Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
- 1975 – Best male playback for Jai Santoshi Maa
- 1997 – Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Famous songs of Ramchandra Dwivedi:
