Tujhe Dekha Toh Yeh Jaana Sanam - A Look Back At All The Songs That Made Ranu Mondal Famous
Ranu Mondal from Bengals Nadia district is also known as the Lata of Ranaghat. Mondal became a popular name after her video singing Ek pyaar ka naghma hai at a railway platform went viral. Impressed with her talent music composer-singer Himesh Reshammiya recorded two songs with her for his upcoming film Happy Hardy and Heer.
We are all familiar with the phrase 'Chhappad Phaad Ke', when luck unexpectedly favours someone to an unimaginable extent and Ranu Mondal, the woman from a railway station turned into Bollywood singing sensation, is a classic example.of the same.
She showed people just what going from streets to stardom looks like.
Mondal became a popular name after her video, singing Ek pyaar ka naghma hai, at a railway platform, went viral. Impressed with her talent, music composer-singer Himesh Reshammiya recorded two songs with her for his upcoming film Happy Hardy and Heer.
And since then the her journey has been uphill, she became an instant hot across the country.
Ranu Mondal from Bengal's Nadia district is also known as the 'Lata of Ranaghat'. Atindra Chakraborty, a 26-year old engineer, had first heard Ranu singing a Mohammed Rafi number at Ranaghat station, and requested her to continue.
Among those who shared the video were some popular singers in Mumbai. Reshammiya called her to Mumbai to record a music video
The composer then offered her a chance to record three songs for his film Happy Hardy and Heer. Her songs are titled Teri Meri Kahani, Aadat and Aashiqui Mein Teri 2.0. Teri Meri Kahani is already out and has created a lot of buzz online.
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The singer recently went to a reality show called Comedy Stars, where she performed the hit song from the 1995 film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge called Tujhe Dekha Toh Yeh Jaana Sanam and it's a hit again.
Ranu Mondal is all set to see her life story on the big screen. Reportedly, independent filmmaker Hrishikesh Mondal is planning to make a biopic on her.
According to an IANS report, National Award-winning Bengali actress Sudipta Chakraborty has been approached to play the role of the singer in the biopic titled ¡®Platform Singer Ranu Mondal¡¯. The film is going to chart the journey of of this ¡®platform singer¡¯ and how from being just another face at the Ranaghat railway station, she became a star.
The biopic will be shot in Ranu Mondal¡¯s hometown Ranaghat, Mumbai, and Kolkata, and will probably be released in February next year.
