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Khursheed Begum

Khursheed Begum a.k.a. Irshad Begum was a notable singer-actress of the `40s, whose songs from Bhakta Surdas (1942) and Tansen (1943) still linger in the memory of film music buffs. She started her film career way back in the thirties. Between 1940 to 1947, Khursheed was one of the leading female singing stars in undivided ...

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Sunday, June 20th, 2010 by admin
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Shanta Apte

Born in Dudhni, Maharashtra. Actress-singer trained at the Maharashtra Sangeet Vidyalaya music school in Pandharpur. One of the great singing stars in the pre-playback era (with Kanan Devi). Best known work at Prabhat Studio. In Amritmanthan, as the hero’s sister Sumitra, caused a box-office sensation with her songs, which became popular in the North (Amritsar ...

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Kanan Devi

Actress and singer; started with the name Kananbala. Debut as child actress in Joydev (1926). Later contracted to Radha Films where she acted in Jyotish Bannerjee films (e.g. Manmoyee Girls’ School). P.C. Barua was unable to obtain her for the role of Paro in Devdas (1935) but she played the lead in his next film, ...

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C.H. Atma

____________________ Profile | Song List ____________________ “Dukhiya jiya bulaye, preetam aan milo…” The call of the wounded heart became the anthem of young lovers of the ‘50s who dared to fall in love and suffer the consequences. Such an aura of daring always surrounded the late C.H. Atma’s selective but luminous contribution to popular music. ...

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