Ramesh Gupta was a playback singer and lyricist in the Hindi film industry during the 1940s,1950s and 60s. He tried his hand at playback with “Kahe Nanha Maro” (“Raja”, 1943).

He is the name behind songs like “Kaaton Mein Rehne Waaale” (“Matlabi Duniya”, 1961), “Jai Ganesh Jai” (“Maha Pooja”, 1954) and “Toota Sitara” (“Bhakt Puran”, 1952). In his career he has worked with music directors like Chitragupt, Govind Ram, Jayanti Joshi and Shankar Rao Vyas. Some of the biggest names in Bollywood playback music like Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi, Shamshad Begum, Mukesh and Geeta Dutt have lent their voice to lines penned by him.