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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 by
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Shammi, Geeta Bali and Tun Tun in Rangeen Raatein (1956)

Music director Roshan used Shamshad Begum’s voice sparingly. He composed 10 songs for her (6 solos and 4 duets) and Mein Ek Shola was one of the last songs (actually second last) Shamshad sang for Roshan. This is perhaps the only song where Geeta Bali lent her voice and the …

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Sunday, May 16th, 2010 by
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Cuckoo, Shamshad Begum and Shanker Jaikishen

This is the only SOLO song sung by Shamshad Begum for Shanker-Jaikishan. Shanker Jaikishan used Shamshad’s voice only 3 times during their long careers. The reason for using her voice sparingly in their compositions is provided by Shamshad and her daughter Usha below… “Shamshad Begum remembers the time she came …

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Saturday, November 14th, 2009 by
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Sinbad the Sailor (1952) – Ada sai Jhoomte

This beautiful song was composed by Chitragupta who was still a struggling music director at that time and this film – particularly this song helped him establish his place in the Hindi Film Industry. According to Shamshad Begum, many music directors used her as a stepping stone to reach either …

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Saturday, November 7th, 2009 by
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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 …

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Saturday, October 17th, 2009 by
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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 …

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Saturday, October 17th, 2009 by
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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 …

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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 by
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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. …

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