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Mohammad Rafi – Part 1
When a 12 year old boy went searching for his inspiration in the Bhendi Bazar area of Mumbai, he was only doing what came naturally to millions of Indians who love Hindi film music. Admiring and worshipping Mohammed Rafi. That boy grew up to be Mahendra Kapoor, who still believes that he owes his life ...
Hemant Kumar’s Song List (1951 – 1960)
Song Film Year Co-Singers Music Director Lyricist Kaun musafir leke aaya Mala 1951 Utpala Sen Gour Goswami/Souren Pal ? Aa gupchup gupchup pyaar karen Sazaa 1951 Sandhya Mukherjee S.D. Burman Sahir Takdaa gaya tum se dil hi to ha (version record) Aan 1952 Naushad Shakeel Muhabbat chume jin ke haath (version record) Aan 1952 Naushad ...
Hemant Kumar’s Song List (1940 – 1950)
Song Film Year Co-Singers Music Director Lyricist Nit nit ke ruuThanewaala saajan Iraada 1944 Radharani Amarnath Aziz Kashmiri Phir muhabbat ka payaam aane la Iraada 1944 Amarnath Aziz Kashmiri Aaraam se jo raate.n kaaTe Iraada 1944 Amarnath Aziz Kashmiri Lagaa us se lou Banphool 1945 Dhiren Mitra Narendra Nath Tuli Madhu gandhe bharaa Humraahi 1945 ...
Noor Jehan’s Filmography – Pakistan
____________________ Back to Legends – Noor Jehan ____________________ Title Year Producer Director Music Cast Box-Office Status Chanway (P) 1951 Shaukat Rizvi Noorjahan Feroz Nizami Noorjahan, Santosh, Jahangir, Ghulam Mohd. Superhit Dopatta (U) 1952 Sabtain Fazli Sabtain Fazli Feroz Nizami Noorjahan, Ajay Kumar, Sudhir, Zarina Superhit Gulnaar (U) 1953 Mian Rafiq Imtiaz Ali Taj Ghulam Haider ...
Hemant Kumar – Part 4
There’s a strange contradiction discernible in Hemantda’s best selections. In tracks like Aye dil ab kahin haja (picturized on of all people – Shammi Kapoor in Bluff Master) and Jab jaag uthe armaan to kaise neend aaye Hemant Kumar is at once the poet peering into life’s abyss and the macho romantic riding over the ...
Hemant Kumar – Part 3
But it was as a singer that Hemant Kumar obtained an unique berth in the hall of fame. Like Anup Jaiota says, Hemantda’s voice conveyed both the depth of the ocean and the heights of the skies. It is a voice that communicates a profound romance. It is the voice of experienced articulation rather than ...
Hemant Kumar – Part 2
“Which rival musician would provide that kind of encouragement to a then unknown musician like me?” Bhupen Hazarika shakes his head in wonderment. Hailing a taxi Hemantda took the stupefied young Bhupen Hazarika to the HMV office in Calcutta and a deal was finalized on the spot. Later in Mumbai Hemant Kumar, already a reputed ...
Hemant Kumar – Part 1
“Listening to Hemantda I feel as though a sadhu sitting in a temple is singing a Bhajan,” comments the nightingale Lata Mangeshkar about the unique unvanquished Hemant Kumar” who was not only a fabulous singer but also an equally indomitable composer. As Lataji astutely tells us, in Hemant Kumar’s voice one could experience an amalgamation ...
Kishore Kumar’s Song List (1951 – 1955)
Song Film Year Co-Singers Music Director Dil gaya dekho dekho dekho mera dil gaya Ada 1951 Madan Mohan Jo tum karo Ada 1951 Shamshad Begum Madan Mohan Subah ki pehli Andolan 1951 Manna Dey, Sudha Ghosh, Shanti Pannalal Ghosh Mere labon pe dekho aaj bhi tarane hain Baazi 1951 S.D. Burman kasoor aapka huzoor aapka ...
Rajkumari – Profile
____________________ Profile – Interview Solo Song List | 1931 – 1940 | 1941 – 1950 | 1951 – Onwards | ____________________ Rajkumari began her career as a singer on All India Radio, way back in 1934. HMV contacted her for an album in Gujarati. Initially she started working as an actress in Hindi films. Her ...
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Rajkumari's Solo Song List (1931 - 1940): ____________________
Profile - Interview
Solo Song List | 1931 - 1940 | 1941 - 1950 | 1951 - Onwar...
Lata Mangeshkar's Song List - 1958: ____________________
Back to Legends - Lata Mangeshkar
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Lata Mangeshkar – Part 2: ____________________
Lata Mangeshkar’s detailed profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4
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Ghazal: This is a form of light Hindustani vocal music the song texts of which are entirely in Urdu. Ghazals...
Talat Mahmood's Factfile: ____________________
Profile - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4
Fact File - Filmography - Intervi...