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Sandhya Mukherjee
Sandhya started her musical training under the direction of Pandit Santosh Kumar Basu, Professor A Kannan and Professor Chinmay Lahiri. However, her guru was Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan under whom she mastered Indian classical music. Though classically trained, the bulk of her work consists of Bengali modern songs. She began her career in Mumbai ...
Mukesh
A popular playback singer, Mukesh was born Mukesh Chand Mathur. He was initiated into films as an actor by his cousin Motilal. Mukesh’s first song was a ghazal, ‘Dil bujha to phasl-e-bahaar kya’ composed by Ashok Ghosh for the film Nirdosh where he co-starred with Nalini Jaywant. He went on to act and sing in ...
Manna Dey
From classical numbers and qawwalis to romantic duets and fast-paced songs, singer Manna Dey has employed his deep voice to create a range of memorable melodies. He was born as Prabodh Chandra Dey in Calcutta; the name “Manna” was given to him by his uncle K.C. Dey, a renowned actor-singer and star of New Theatres. ...
Mahendra Kapoor
He mesmerised music lovers with his melodious voice, always lived up to the opportunities that came his way and won two of his three Filmfare awards before the advent of Kishore Kumar but in the presence of Mohammad Rafi. On September 27, death took away veteran playback singer Mahendra Kapoor from his family, friends and ...
Kishore Kumar
A multi-faceted genius, Kishore Kumar was a producer, director, lyricist, singer, music director, and actor. However, it is as a playback singer that he is best remembered. Kishore Kumar’s untrained yet deep and melodious voice lent itself to songs of varied genres — from the Aromantic Mere dil mein aaj kya hai (Daag) to the ...
Hemant Kumar
The renowned Bengali-Hindi film composer and singer Hemant Kumar Mukherjee is remembered to this day for some of the most melodious songs in the cinema of both languages. Born in Banaras, Hemant Kumar left school to become a professional singer. He learnt music under the guidance of Phani Bannerjee and Shailendraprasad Gupta, and started off ...
Ghulam Haider
Music composer born in Hyderabad (Sind, Pakistan). Studied dentistry. Leading composer from the Lahore group e.g. Shyam Sunder, Khurshid Anwar and S.D. Batish. With Naushad initiated a musical revolution helping to institutionalize an All-India Film aesthetic in the 40s. Learnt music from Babu Ganeshlal, with whom he worked in theatre playing harmonium in Calcutta. Briefly ...
Geeta Dutt
A versatile playback singer who could breathe life into her songs, Geeta Dutt was known for the freshness and charm of her voice. Born Geeta Roy, she moved to Bombay with her parents at the age of 12. Even though she lacked formal training in classical music, she impressed music director Hanuman Prasad enough to ...
Asha Bhosle
Gifted with a voice that possesses extraordinary range and versatility, Asha Bhosle has to her credit over 10,000 songs in 14 languages. Together with her legendary sister Lata Mangeshkar, Bhosle has dominated the Indian film singing for more than five decades. Born in Satara, Maharashtra, she received musical training from her father, Dinanath Mangeshkar. She ...
Amirbai Karnataki (1906-1965)
Amirbai Karnataki (born around 1906, died March 3, 1965) was a famous actress/singer and playback singer of the yesteryears and was famous as Kannada Kokila. Mahatma Gandhi was an ardent fan of her song Vaishnav Jaan. Amirbai Karnataki was born in Bilgi village, District of Bijapur in Karnataka into a lower middle class family. Of ...
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Bollywood - Shahrukh Khan dedicates Ra.One to all fathers:
Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One is currently being shot at Filmistan Studios. This will be the second la...
Nina:
Nina was introduced by director W.Z. Ahmed in Ek Raat (1942) as the 'mysterious Nina' in a count...
Swaranlata - Her Last Interview:
When one speaks of legends, the mind instantly paints a picture of grandeur. Consider an actress...
Shakti (1982):
This film is always remembered as the one time that Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan played fath...
Surinder Kaur:
I don't remember exactly when the first time, I heard that sweet, refined and rustic voice of Su...
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