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Mukesh – Naushad Collaboration
Naushad composed approximately 23 songs for Mukesh, out of which 15 were solos and 8 were duets. Naushad used Mukesh’s voice in 2 phases. The first was late 40′s phase (1948-1949), when Naushad created some of the best gems for Mukesh including Kabhi dil dil sai takrata to hoga, Main bhanwara tou hai phool and ...
K.L. Saigal – Naushad Collaboration
Saigal sang 6 songs [1 duet, 5 solos] for Naushad. They came together for first and last time in Shah Jehan in 1946, which was one of the last films in which Saigal acted. Shah Jehan also marked the debut of lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri. Naushad on K.L. Saigal Saigal was a legend to me from ...
Lata Mangeshkar – Sajjad Hussain Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ Sajjad Hussain was known as the only original composer of Hindi cinema. His compositions rank amongst the most complex scores of Hindi film music. Known for his forthrightness which resulted in many tussles and controversies, he ended up doing only 14 films and less than 100 songs ...
Suraiya – Khurshid Anwar Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Suraiya ____________________ Suraiya sang approximately 13 songs for Khurshid Anwar in 3 films – Ishara (1943), Parwana (1947) and Singaar (1949). Khurshid Anwar was kindly disposed towards K.L. Saigal and Suraiya, both of whom (during their days) had captured the imagination of cine-goers in the Sub-continent. Once Khurshid said, “Suraiya, ...
Noor Jehan – C. Ramchandra – Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Noor Jehan ____________________ Noor Jehan sang only 1 song for C. Ramchandra in Lal Haveli (1944) – Aao mere pyaare sanwariya. C. Ramchandra on Noor Jehan C. Ramchandra: “If you must know, what I really saw in Lata was a Marathi Noorjehan. Noorjehan was my ideal as a singer. You ...
Noor Jehan – Datta Korgoankar Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Noor Jehan ____________________ Datta Korgoankar composed approximately 11 songs for Noor Jehan in Nadaan (1943) and Badi Maa (1945). He was a Noorjehan believer to the core. To date K Datta remains the only top composer from Maharashtra to whom Noorjehan came first, Lata after. No one regretted Partition more ...
Lata Mangeshkar – Mukesh Duets
____________________ Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ Lata and Mukesh sang almost 152 duets together in Hindi films. The bulk of Mukesh-Lata duets were composed by Shankar Jaikishan (34 duets), Laxmikant Pyarelal (29) and Kalyanji Anand Ji (20). Together these three music directors composed 54% of the total Lata/Mukesh duets. Shankar Jaikishan gave Lata/Mukesh ...
Lata Mangeshkar – Shamshad Begum Duets
____________________ Back to Legends – Shamshad Begum | Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ Shamshad Begum was reigning playback queen when Lata joined the film industry. Therefore, it is not surprising that in their first song together [along with Mohantara Talapade], Lata sang with other chorus girls while Shamshad was the main singer! Their ...
Shamshad Begum – Madan Mohan Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Shamshad Begum ____________________ Madan Mohan was one of those music composers who used Shamshad as a stepping stone before moving on either to Lata Mangeshkar or Asha Bhosle. Lata was supposed to sing for his debut film Aankhen (1950), but according to Lata, ” In the meantime someone came and ...
Shamshad Begum – Naushad Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Shamshad Begum ____________________ After Lata Mangeshkar, Shamshad was Naushad’s second favorite female singer. Naushad gave Shamshad some of the best songs of her career. Shamshad sang for Naushad for the first time in Shah-Jehan (1946). Shah-Jehan – a soundtrack dominated by K.L Saigal numbers, Shamshad held her own with the ...
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Kheyal Muhammad:
Born in Peshawar, he is a well known Pushto folk singer and a competent practitioner of other li...
Sahir Ludhianvi:
When Sahir Ludhianvi spotted his estranged lady love, Sudha Malhotra, at a party, emotion drove ...
S.D. Burman (1906 - 1975):
Soft melodies, aromatic of the loamy soil of Bengal, remained S D Burman's trademark till the la...