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Lata Mangeshkar – Anil Biswas Collaboration
Lata sang approximately 120 songs for Anil Biswas in 29 Hindi films. Out of these, approximately 88 were solos and the rest were duets or songs involving more than 2 singers. Lata Mangeshkar on Anil Biswas Another music director steeped in classical and folk music is Anil Biswas. A master …
Mohammad Rafi – Naushad Collaboration
Naushad on Mohammad Rafi Speaking about Rafi Saab’s singing qualities, I have always been of the opinion that he was very sentimental and worked extra hard at songs which were raga based and melodious. Though people call him versatile, which he was in many senses of the term, I feel …
Mukesh – Naushad Collaboration
Naushad composed approximately 23 songs for Mukesh, out of which 15 were solos and 8 were duets. Naushad used Mukesh’s voice in 2 phases. The first was late 40′s phase (1948-1949), when Naushad created some of the best gems for Mukesh including Kabhi dil dil sai takrata to hoga, Main …
K.L. Saigal – Naushad Collaboration
Saigal sang 6 songs [1 duet, 5 solos] for Naushad. They came together for first and last time in Shah Jehan in 1946, which was one of the last films in which Saigal acted. Shah Jehan also marked the debut of lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri. Naushad on K.L. Saigal Saigal was …
Lata Mangeshkar – Sajjad Hussain Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ Sajjad Hussain was known as the only original composer of Hindi cinema. His compositions rank amongst the most complex scores of Hindi film music. Known for his forthrightness which resulted in many tussles and controversies, he ended up doing only 14 films …
Suraiya – Khurshid Anwar Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Suraiya ____________________ Suraiya sang approximately 13 songs for Khurshid Anwar in 3 films – Ishara (1943), Parwana (1947) and Singaar (1949). Khurshid Anwar was kindly disposed towards K.L. Saigal and Suraiya, both of whom (during their days) had captured the imagination of cine-goers in the …
Noor Jehan – C. Ramchandra – Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Noor Jehan ____________________ Noor Jehan sang only 1 song for C. Ramchandra in Lal Haveli (1944) – Aao mere pyaare sanwariya. C. Ramchandra on Noor Jehan C. Ramchandra: “If you must know, what I really saw in Lata was a Marathi Noorjehan. Noorjehan was my …
Noor Jehan – Datta Korgoankar Collaboration
____________________ Back to Legends – Noor Jehan ____________________ Datta Korgoankar composed approximately 11 songs for Noor Jehan in Nadaan (1943) and Badi Maa (1945). He was a Noorjehan believer to the core. To date K Datta remains the only top composer from Maharashtra to whom Noorjehan came first, Lata after. …
Lata Mangeshkar – Mukesh Duets
____________________ Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ Lata and Mukesh sang almost 152 duets together in Hindi films. The bulk of Mukesh-Lata duets were composed by Shankar Jaikishan (34 duets), Laxmikant Pyarelal (29) and Kalyanji Anand Ji (20). Together these three music directors composed 54% of the total Lata/Mukesh …
Lata Mangeshkar – Shamshad Begum Duets
____________________ Back to Legends – Shamshad Begum | Back to Legends – Lata Mangeshkar ____________________ Shamshad Begum was reigning playback queen when Lata joined the film industry. Therefore, it is not surprising that in their first song together [along with Mohantara Talapade], Lata sang with other chorus girls while Shamshad …