Archive for the ‘Playback Singers’ Category
Mukesh – Part 1
‘Everytime he sang, his sincerity and vulnerability shone through, leaving no doubt that here was a true gentleman’. That cannot be said of any other Hindi playback singer, except the sweetly sensitive and truly noble Mukesh Chand Mathur. Together with Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi, he completed the trinity of silver throats who enriched and ...
Talat Mahmood – Part 4
____________________ Profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Fact File – Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Talat Mahmood ____________________ Talat Mahmood’s fans enjoyed watching him on stage as much as they enjoyed hearing him sing on tape. This was because his voice seemed to ...
Talat Mahmood – Part 3
____________________ Profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Fact File – Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Talat Mahmood ____________________ The mood may be melancholic or mirthful – the mythic timbre remained intact over the decades. In 1980 HMV re-recorded some of Talat Mahmood’s vintage ...
Talat Mahmood – Part 2
____________________ Profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Fact File – Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Talat Mahmood ____________________ Dilip Kumar’s screen-image best typifies the indefinable charm of Talat Saab’s voice. If Dilip Kumar made a reputation for himself as a naturalistic performer Talat ...
Talat Mahmood – Part 1
____________________ Profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Fact File – Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Talat Mahmood ____________________ The year is 1949. A young singer from Calcutta named Tapan Kumar who was soon to earn fame as Talat Mahmood in the music world, ...
Zeenat Begum
Zeenat Begum (not to be confused with actress Zeenat) was a kothewali (courtesan). Her first recorded songs mostly composed by Pandit Amarnath and mostly sung in Punjabi language for HMV and Jienophone appeared around 1937. Her first success as a playback singer came in 1942 when she sang for Pt. Govind Ram for Punjabi film ...
Pankaj Mullick (1905 – 1978)
A venerated composer, singer, and actor, Pankaj Mullick was one of the leading music directors of the early days of the sound era. Born in Calcutta, Mullick had an early interest in music. He gave up college to concentrate solely on music, and went on to be trained under Durgadas Bannerjee and Dinendranath Tagore. After ...
Meena Kapoor
Meena Kapoor was a notable playback singer in Hindi Films and sang mainly during the 1940s and 1950s. Born to actor Bikram Kapoor, a known name of the 30’s, and related to P. C. Barua (director of K. L. Saigal’s Devdas) , Meena was no stranger to films. Meena Kapoor was discovered by composer Ninu ...
Lata Mangeshkar – Part 4
____________________ Lata Mangeshkar’s detailed profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ As Lataji’s voice has matured and mellowed, her style has remained distinct. Lata clones proliferate but when the original grows richer and sweeter with age who wants imitations?. For somebody who ...
Lata Mangeshkar – Part 3
____________________ Lata Mangeshkar’s detailed profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ Co-artistes have been kept on their feet by the small wonder. Duets with Lata were always a healthy competition between colleagues. Rafi, Mukesh, Kishore, Manna da would be amazed by the ...
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Suraiya - Memories:
I had the privilege of meeting actress Suraiya and having lengthy conversations with her on seve...
Mukesh - Naushad Collaboration:
Naushad composed approximately 23 songs for Mukesh, out of which 15 were solos and 8 were duets....
Mohammad Rafi's Song List - 1947:
Song
Film
Co-Singers
Music Director
Sawan Ki Ghata Dheere Dheere Aana
Aage Badho...
Hemant Kumar's Song List (1961 - 1970):
Song
Film
Year
Co-Singers
Music Director
Lyricist
Kabuliwala aaya
Kabuliwala...
Barkat Ali Khan:
The Kasur-born Barkat Ali Khan (1910-63) was one of the greatest ghazal singers of his time. He ...