Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
Hemant Kumar – Shamshad Begum
Hemant Kumar (the music director) and Shamshad Begum – Like other music directors from Bengal belt i.e. Anil Biswas and Salil Chaudary, Hemant Kumar used Shamshad’s voice sparingly. As far as I know, the only song he composed for Shamshad, was a duet with Geeta Dutt from Yahudi ki Ladki (1957) – Hum Kisi Se ...
Mukesh – Shamshad Begum
Mukesh and Shamshad Begum approximately sang 26 duets together. Details are provided below :- Song Film Music Director Year KYA JADU HAI TERE PASS PIYA CHEHRA M. A. Mukhtar 1946 MOTI CHUGNE GAYI RE HANSI CHHEEN LE AAZADI Hansraj Behl 1947 LUT GAYI HO,LUT GAYI LAJO CHHEEN LE AAZADI Hansraj Behl 1947 AGARE SE ODANI MANGVA DE BALMA LAKHON MEIN EK Hansraj ...
Shamshad Begum – Talat Mahmood
Talat Mahmood and Shamshad approximately sang 10 duets together. Details are provided below :- Song Co- Singer Film Music Director Year Dekho baras rahi barsaat Titli Vinod ? Nadiya mein uth raha hai Rafi Babul Naushad 1950 Milte hi ankhen Babul Naushad 1950 Duniya badal gaee Babul Naushad 1950 Jawani ke zamaane mein Madhubala Lachiram 1950 Tu mignaini Mr. Sampat Shanker Shastri 1952 Hey bhagwaan Mr. Sampat Shanker Shastri 1952 Hazaron chal kapat ...
Mohd Rafi – Shamshad Begum
Mohammed Rafi and Shamshad Begum sang almost 160 duets together in hindi films. Their first duet together was with Zohra Bai Ambala Wali Chotisee ek banayenge naiyya from Hamara Sansar (1945) with music scored by Pandit Govindram. Some of their best known duets were composed by Naushad and O.P Nayyar. While Naushad gave them the folksy ...
Lata – Shamshad Begum
Following is the list of Shamshad-Lata duets provided by my friend Mahesh (Source :- Hindi Film Geet Kosh compiled by Har Mandir Singh ‘Hamraaz’) Lata-Shamshad Duets Song Film Year Music Director khushiyan manayein kyoon na hum[with Mohantara] Khidki 1949 C. Ramchandra dar na mohabbat kar le Andaz 1949 Naushad pyar ke jahan ki nirali sarkar hai Patanga 1949 C. Ramchandra mere paas aao mere bhole ...
Naushad – 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 two solos she got to sing including Jab ...
Noor Jehan – Suraiya
Noor Jehan and Suraiya – both were major singing stars of the 40s and 50s. Although they never sang any duet together, they did act together in the Blockbuster film of the 40s Anmol Ghadi (1946). Suraiya on Noor Jehan “Noor Jehan was my ideal. Noor Jehan was the most affectionate person, an ideal mother and a ...
Lata – Suraiya
Lata and Suraiya sang five duets together. Details are provided below :- Song Year Film Music Director O~ Pardesi Musafir 1949 Balam Husnlal Bhagatram Duniya waloun 1949 Balam Husnlal Bhagatram Door desh sai aaja re 1951 Shokhiyan Jamal Sen Bedard shikari 1951 Sanam Husnlal Bhagatram Mere chand mere laal 1952 Deewana Naushad Three of these duets were composed by Husnlal Bhagtaram, which shouldn’t come as a surprise because Suraiya was one of their favorite vocalists. Lata on Suraiya “My eyes mist over ...
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