Archive for the ‘Singing Stars’ Category
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 ...
Suraiya – Madan Mohan Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Suraiya ____________________ Madan Mohan and Suraiya were friends and according to Madan Mohan’s only sister Shanti Mahendroo, “… we used to stay at Marine Drive near Suraiya’s residence. At that time Madan used to perform in the children’s programme aired by All India Radio. Madan along with Suraiya, Raj Kapoor, ...
C.H. Atma Song List
____________________ Profile | Song List ____________________ Song Year Film Co-Singer Music Director Lyricist Dil beqaraar hai 1951 Nagina Shanker Jaikishan Hasrat Jaipuri Roun mai sagar kai kinare 1951 Nagina Shanker Jaikishan Shailendra Ek sitara hai aakash mein 1951 Nagina Shanker Jaikishan Shailendra Is bewafa jahan mein 1952 Aasmaan O.P. Nayyar Prem Dhawan Raat suhani hanste ...
Noor Jehan
____________________ Back to Legends – Noor Jehan ____________________ Noor Jehan the Melody Queen reigned supreme over the South Asian music scene for more than six decades. She rose from near oblivion of the backwaters of Kasur, then hardly more than middle-sized Punjab town, to the dizzy heights of stardom as far back as the 40s, ...
Talat Mahmood’s Factfile
____________________ Profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Fact File – Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Talat Mahmood ____________________ Talat Mahmood sang maximum number of songs for C. Ramchandra, Madan Mohan, Vinod, Ghulam Mohammed and Shanker Jaikishan. Talat Mahmood acted in 13 Hindi films, ...
Suraiya – Memories
I had the privilege of meeting actress Suraiya and having lengthy conversations with her on several occasions during my tenure as chief representative of our national airline in Bombay, in the nineties. It was during those meetings that she narrated several interesting anecdotes concerning different phases of her career and the impact of some of ...
Suraiya’s Factfile
____________________ Profile – Fact File Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Suraiya ____________________ Suraiya was born as Suraiya Jamaal Sheikh on June 15 ,1929 in Lahore, British India (now Pakistan) and was the only child of her parents. Some sources say she was born in Gujranwala. Suraiya’s father owned a small ...
Suraiya
____________________ Profile – Fact File Filmography – Interview – Photo Gallery Back to Legends – Suraiya ____________________ The young Raj Kapoor used to teasingly call her `kallu’ when the two started out by doing children’s radio programmes for AIR. When she entered films with bit roles, Naushad had to make the barely-into-her-teens girl stand on ...
Mukesh – Part 4
Perhaps the only calculating thing Mukesh ever did was to engineer an elopement to marry his beloved Saral. That was the name of the Gujarati girl Mukesh fell in love with and wished to marry. Families on both sides disapproved. Friend and mentor, Motilal was called in to perform the Kanyadaan. Mukesh was in private ...
Mukesh – Part 3
There were other actors who benefited from the use of Mukesh’s vocals. Dilip Kumar who openly admitted his admiration for the singer. The pensive ‘Mr. Bharat’ Manoj Kumar who used Mukesh’s voice in most of his films. ‘Tum bin jeevan kaise beeta poocho mere dil se’sings the forlorn Manoj to the reluctant sanyasin Sadhana in ...
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Suraiya - Asha Bhosle Duets: ____________________
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Asha Bhosle on Suraiya
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C. Ramchandra - Shamshad Begum Collaboration: ____________________
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Shamshad Begum sang ...
Talat Mahmood - Naushad Collaboration: ____________________
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Babul was the o...
Lata Mangeshkar – Part 1: ____________________
Lata Mangeshkar’s detailed profile – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4
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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...