Namak Ishq Ka...

Movie: Omkara (2006)
Music director:Vishal Bhardwaj
Lyricist: Gulzar
Original singer: Rekha Bhardwaj
Filmed on: Bipasha Basu as "Billo Chamanbahar"



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Andaaz mera mastana...

"Andaaz mera mastana" is filmed on Meena Kumari and Raj Kumar, depicting a charity show by the hospital staff, Raj Kumar playing the role of the doctor and Meena Kumari and the other dancers are the nurses...the set is reminiscent of a scene from "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam "...

Omar Khayyam (May 18, 1048, Neishapur, Iran -December 4, 1122, Neishapur, Iran) was a renowned Persian poet, mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer.

Shankar-Jaikishen won the Filmfare award for the "best music director(s)" for "Dil apna aur preet parayee". Other nominees were Naushad for "Mughal-e-Azam" and Ravi for "Chaudhvin ka chaand".


Movie: Dil apna aur preet parayee (1960)
Music: Shankar-Jaikishan
Lyrics: Shailendra
Original singers: Lata Mangeshkar and chorus



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Raag Miyan ki Todi

Miyan Tansen (born Ramtanu Pandey 1506 – 1589) , one of the greatest vocalists and composers of Hindustani classical music was born in Behat, near Gwalior to Hindu Brahmin parents. He learnt music from Swami Haridas of Brindavan and later from Muhammad Ghaus (Sufi saint of Shattari order).

He is believed to be the contemporary of Baiju Bawra. He was in the court of King Ramchandra Baghela of Reva when Shehanshah Akbar called for him and kept him in his court as one of the Navratna (nine jewels). Tansen later converted to Islam. Akbar honored him with the title of "Miyan".


Several of the Hindustani Raag are composed by him and often called...Miyan ki Todi, Miyan ki Malhar, Miyan ki Mand and Miyan ka Sarang. He is also credited with creating major raag like Darbari Kanada, Darbari Todi, and Rageshwari.

Swami Haridas, Tansen and Baiju Bawra were "Dhrupad" style singers.

Tansen married Husseini. All his children, Tanras Khan, Bilas Khan, Hamirsen, Suratsen and Saraswati Devi were musicians.Almost all Gharanas of Hindustani music trace their lineage to Tansen. Tansen was buried in the mousoleum complex of his Guru, Muhammed Ghaus, in Gwalior.


"Khuda-e-Bartar" is based on Raag Miyan ki Todi, (similar raag..Bilaskhani Todi, Gurjari Todi).
Despite the obvious strain on my voice from not being well, I have selected this song because of Sahir's lyrics.

I thank Rajesh for singing the Pakad (quintessence) of Raag Todi.

Thaat: Todi
Aaroha: S-r-g-M-dh-N-S’
Avaroha: S’-N-dh-P-M-g-r-g-r-s
Jaati: Shadav-Sampoorn
Vaadi/Samvaadi : dh/g
Prahar: Morning (9 - 12)



Movie: Taj Mahal(1963)
Music: Roshan
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Original singer: Lata Mangeshkar



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Jaane kahan mera jigar gayaa ji...

Johnny Walker (Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi... May 15, 1923-July 29, 2003) was born in Srinagar, India. His father was a mill worker. The family later moved to Bombay. Badruddin tried different occupations and while he was working as a bus conductor on the B.E.S.T. line that he caught the attention of Balraj Sahni, who was working on the screenplay of Guru Dutt's Baazi.
Guru Dutt gave him the screen name "Johnny Walker" and they remained good friends. Guru Dutt always made sure to have a role for Johnny Walker in his films.

Johnny Walker met Noor(actress Shakila's sister) on the set of Aar Paar and later married her. They had 3 daughters and 3 sons.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was quite fond of Johnny Walker.

He acted in many films...including Baazi(1951), Aar paar, Mr. & Mrs. 55, Pyaasa, Devdaas, Mughal-e-Azam, Chaudhvin ka chaand, Kagaz ke phool, Anand, Shaan....his last film was Kamal Hasan's Chachi 420(1998)

Some of his very memorable roles were in C.I.D.(1956), Chori chori (1956),Madhumati(1958) and Mere Mehboob(1963).

Awards...
Best supporting actor, Madhumati (1958)
Best Comedian, Shikar (1968)

Some of the songs filmed on Johnny Walker...
Aye dil hai mushkil ...C.I.D.
Dekhta chala gayaa main ...Gateway of India
Tu aja re...Naya andaaz
Gareeb jaan ke...Chhoo mantar
Sar jo tera chakraye...Pyaasa
Mera yaar bana hai dulha...Chaudhveen ka chaand
Jungal mein mor nacha...Madhumati

I thank Azam for helping me pay tribute to the one and only, Johnny Walker...

Movie: Mr. & Mrs. 55
Music: O.P. Nayyar
Lyrics:Majrooh Sultanpuri
Original singers: Mohammed Rafi & Geeta Dutt


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Jaane kya tune kahi...

Guru Dutt (Vasanth Kumar Padukone) was born on July 9, 1925 in Bangalore, India.
He did his schooling in Bengal and spoke fluent Bengali.
He was a well known actor, director and producer in Bombay film industry. Some of his memorable films were Baazi, Jaal, Aar Paar, Mr. and Mrs. 55, C.I.D., Pyaasa, Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam and Kagaz ke Phool.
He married Geeta Roy in 1953 overcoming a great deal of family opposition. Later, he was said to have a romantic involvement with Waheeda Rehman. He died on October 10, 1964 from overdose of sleeping pills.

"Pyaasa" is a story of a struggling poet Vijay (GuruDutt) who was ditched by his love, Meena(Mala Sinha). She married a wealthy publisher, Mr. Ghosh(Rehman). Vijay meets a prostitute, Gulabo(Waheeda), who loves his poems and gets those published. At the end, Vijay, who had enough of this selfish world, leaves with his true companion, Gulabo.

In 2004, the sound track of Pyaasa was chosen as Best film music by British film institute magazine.
This was the last collaboration of the popular SDB, Sahir team.
The story was partly based on the life of its writer Chandra Shekhar 'Prem' .
The song...
"Hum aap ki aankhon mein" was added upon pressure from the distributors...as a relief from a pessimistic story.
Guru Dutt had initially hoped for Nargis, Madhubala and Dilip Kumar for the roles of Meena, Gulabo and Vijay.

For this tribute, I am posting one of my live recordings from 2 years back.



Movie: Pyaasa (1957)
Music: S D Burman
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Original singer: Geeta Dutt

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Ye raat ye chaandni phir kahan...

"Jaal" was produced by Guru Dutt. The story is based in Goa (then under Portuguese control). A story of love and forgiveness based on the Principles of Christianity...unusual theme for a Guru Dutt film, with Geeta Bali(Maria) and Dev Anand(Tony) in the leading roles.

Guru Dutt and Dev Anand were very good friends and had made an agreement to use each other (as director and actor) for their films.

This duet, originally sung by Hemant Kumar (June, 16 1920-September 26, 1989) & Lata Mangeshkar, has been on my favorite list forever.
I thank Asim for his prompt response to my request to sing this duet.

Movie: Jaal (1952)
Music director: S.D. Burman
Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi

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O Mere Sona...

Teesri Manzil (1966)...a crime story with a romantic angle, directed by Vijay Anand and starring Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh had some of the most popular songs composed by R D Burman. Producer Nasir Hussain wanted Dev Anand for the lead role but Dev was not available.

Other Nasir Hussain productions were Dil de ke dekho (1959), Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (1961), Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963),Baharon Ke Sapne (1967), Pyar Ka Mausam (1969), Caravan (1971), Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973) and Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (1977).
Nasir Hussain was Aamir Khan's uncle.


Azam and I recorded this last year.


Film: Teesri Manzil (1966)
Music: R D Burman
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Original Singers: Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi


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Tum kamsin ho/ Main kamsin hun...

"Aayee milan ki bela"
A 1964 film, produced by J. Om Prakash (Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather) had Rajendra Kumar and Saira Banu in the lead roles and it has been the only film starring Dharmendra in the villain role. Both men vying for her hand.
Here are two versions of a very popular song. I thank Azam for "Tum kamsin ho"... I have attempted the lesser known version, "Main kamsin hun".

Music directors: Shanker Jaikishen
Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
Original singers: Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar



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Uma Devi/Tun Tun

Uma Devi Khatri (July 11, 1923, UP, India-November 24, 2003, Mumbai, India) was born into a Punjabi family. She lost her parents very early. She ran away to Bombay at the age of 13 years with the dream of singing. After her initial break, she knocked on Naushad's door and told him that if he did not give her a chance, she would throw herself in the ocean.
He did and again for "Dard" she sang ..."Afsana likh rahi hun"...filmed on Munawar Sultana.
A Pakistani gentleman was so smitten by her singing, he never went back. They married later. She called him Mohan.... he passed away in 1992.They had 2 daughters.
Other famous songs ...
Aaj machee hai dhoom...(Dard)



Her singing songs for S S Vasan's Chandralekha( a huge success) ended her association(breaking the contract) with A R Kardar. After partition, the work was less, as Mangeshkar sisters were emerging....she was down and put on a lot of weight around that time.
Again, Naushad suggested that she should try her comedic talent in films...and gave her a chance to act in "Babul" with Dilip Kumar and Nargis. It is said that Dilip Kumar called her "Tun Tun" and it stayed with her. Other notable roles were in Aar Paar, Mr. and Mrs. 55, Pyaasa, C.I.D.(a great cameo appearance playing a woman from South India, whose husband had disappeared once again), Kashmir ki kali and Namak Halal.



I have a rare autograph of her, given to my father. My dad met many of the artists/stars frequently, and would not ask anyone for an autograph. This was a pleasant surprise.

Movie: Dard (1947)
Music director: Naushad
Lyricist: Shakeel Badayuni

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Kisee nazar ko tera intezaar...

Bhupinder Singh (born April 8, 1939, New Delhi, India) is a Playback singer and a Guitarist. Early in his career he sang on AIR-Delhi and Doordarshan. He also learnt guitar and violin. Music director Madan Mohan heard him over AIR and invited him to Bombay where he gave him the chance to sing in "Ho ke majboor mujhe" (Haqeeqat) with the likes of Rafi Sahab, Manna Dey and Talat Mehmood. His career did not take off as a singer.

Later he joined R D Burman's orchestra and played guitar for many of his famous songs like
Dum maro dum
Chura liya hai and
Mehbooba mehbooba
He became friends with RDB who gave him songs in "Parichay" like Beete na beetai raina and Mitwa Bole Meethe , which brought him recognition as a singer.

Bhupinder sang songs in Gulzar's movies that became quite popular. Some of these songs included Dil Dhoondta Hai, Naam Gum Jayega and Ek Akela Is Shaher Mein.
In 1980's he married Bangladeshi singer, Mitali. He then did live performances and released some albums and received recognition as a ghazal singer.
Other popular songs...
Huzoor Is Kadar bhi na Itra ke Chaliye( by RDB )
Hothon Pe Aisi Baat ( by Sachin Dev Burman)



I thank Azam for singing this duet with me.

Movie: Aitbaar(1985)
Music: Bappi Lahiri
Lyrics: Hasan Kamaal
Original singers: Bhupinder & Asha Bhosle

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Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam

Bhootnath (Guru Dutt) comes to Calcutta in search of a job and finds shelter at a Zamindar's haweli where his munh-boli bahen's husband is working as Masterji. He finds a job working at a factory that makes Mohini Sindoor(said to have the power to attract the attention of one's love interest).
Chhote Sarkar (Rehman), one of the Zamindar brothers, spends all his time at a Nachne wali's kotha. The beautiful and virtuous Chhoti Bahu (Meena Kumari) seeks Bhootnath's help to obtain Mohini Sindoor, to get her husband's attention...has initial success with dire consequences...

The story, written by Bimal Mitra is based in Calcutta(British India).
Nargis had turned down the role of "Chhoti bahu" to spend more time with young Sanjay Dutt.
Guru Dutt had considered Shashi Kapoor and Biswajit for the role of "Bhootnath" before deciding to do it himself.

The movie was widely acclaimed...
1963 Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear (Best Motion Picture): Nominated
1962 Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
President's Silver Medal.
Bengal Film Journalist Association film of the year.

It won several Filmfare awards ....in 1963
Best Cinematography: (black & white) V.K.Murthy
Best Director: Abrar Alvi (also nominated at Berlin film festival)
Best Movie: Guru Dutt

Filmfare nominations...
Best Actress: Meena Kumari (had 3 nominations that year...for Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam ...Main chup rahungi and Aarti...she won for Aarti)
Best actor: Guru Dutt
Best story: Bimal Mitra
Best supporting actor: Rehman
Best supporting actress: Waheeda Rehman


Movie: Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam (1962)
Music: Hemant Kumar
Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Original singer: Geeta Dutt


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A. R. Rahman

Born on January 6, 1967 in Chennai, A. R. Rahman is a well known composer, record producer, music director, singer, instrumentalist and arranger from India.
He won 2 Oscars at the 81st Academy awards on February 22, 2009 for the categories 'Best Song' and 'Best Original Score' for "Slumdog millionaire".
He was born as A. S. Deelip Kumar to a music composer and conductor for Malayalam films, R. K. Sekhar. He lost his father at a young age of 9. He converted to Islam along with his mother and sisters in 1989 after a serious illness that affected his sister and an encounter with a Sufi teacher.

He has been awarded Padma shri from the Government of India.
He has won Filmfare-Best music director awards for...
1996 Rangeela
1999 Dil se
2000 Taal
2002 Lagaan
2003 Saathiya
2007 Rang de basanti
2008 Guru







"O ri chhori" is filmed on Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh & Rachel Shelley.

I thank Azam for recording this song with me. I have done the double duty and the chorus. I thank Ajay for patiently mixing all the files.


Movie: Lagaan... Once upon a time in India...(2001)
Music: A.R. Rahman
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Original singers: Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik & Vasundhara Das



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Bahot Shukriya...

Sashadhar Mukherjee, Producer of Ek Musafir Ek Hasina, was Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar's brother-in-law, being married to their sister, Sati Rani. He was also instrumental in getting Ashok Kumar into films. His children are Rono Mukherjee, Joy Mukherjee, Deb Mukherjee, Shomu Mukherjee (Kajol's father), Shibani Maulik and Subir Mukherjee.

Rani Mukerji's grandfather, Ravindramohan Mukherjee was Sashadhar's older half brother. Sashadhar had two more brothers, film director Subodh Mukherjee , who was the producer of Munimji (1955) , Paying Guest (1957) , Love Marriage (1959) , Junglee (1961) , April Fool (1964), Saaz Aur Awaaz(1966) and film producer Prabodh Mukherjee.

In the 1950s Sashadhar launched his own production company called Filmalaya in Andheri, near Amboli. He also started an acting school which introduced actresses like Asha Parekh and Sadhana to Bombay film industry. Nasir Hussain(Asha Parekh was said to be romantically involved with him), R. K. Nayyar ( Sadhana married him) and Gyan Mukherjee were directors that worked with his productions.

He introduced his son Joy and Sadhana Shivdasani with the film Love in Simla(1960). Leader(1964-Dilip Kumar & Vyjayantimala) was his last production.

Ek Musafir Ek Hasina was directed by Raj Khosla (C. I.D. and Woh kaun thi fame).

Azam...ye duet gaane ke liye aap ka bahot hi shukriya...

Movie: Ek Musafir Ek Hasina(1962)
Music: O. P. Nayyar
Lyrics: S.H. Bihari
Original singers: Mohammed Rafi & Asha Bhosle



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Tumhein yaad hoga...

Kalyanji and Anandji's father (Virji Shah) was a businessman who came from Kutchh, Gujarat to Mumbai and had a grocery and provision store. Kalyanji started his career playing a new electronic instrument called the Clavioline, which was used as the Been in "Nagin". Music was composed by Hemant Kumar. Kalyanji and Anandji started doing shows in Bombay as "Kalyanji Virji and party", first of its kind in India. The big break came with Kalyanji composing music for "Samrat Chandragupta".

Gulshan Kumar Mehta, known as "Gulshan Bawra" was born in Sheikhupura (now Pakistan). He lost his parents during the partition and was brought to Jaipur by his sister. Later he moved to Delhi and then to Bombay. He received a Filmfare award for the lyrics of the song " Yaari hai Imaan mera, yaar meri zindagi" - Zanjeer

Tumhein yaad hoga... was filmed on Suresh and Vijaya Choudhury. The other cast members were Balraj Sahni and Meena Kumari, playing the roles of the father and the step mother of the young lady.

I thank Rajesh for singing this duet, which has been on my "favorite list" for years.


Movie: Satta Bazaar(1959)
Music directors: Kalyanji Anandji
Lyricist: Gulshan Bawra
Original singers: Hemant Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar




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Mahendra Kapoor

January 9, 1934 Amritsar, India- September 27, 2008 Mumbai, India


Mahendra Kapoor grew up admiring Mohammed Rafi and won the All-India singing competition. He had his first break in "Diwali ki Raat"(1956), music was composed by Snehal Bhatkar, but he had his first big break with V. Shantaram's "Navrang"(1959). Music director was C. Ramchandra.
Some of his very memorable songs are from "Dhool Ka phool", "Gumraah", "Humraaz" and "Upkaar".
Filmfare awards for male playback singer...
1964 Gumraah "Chalo ik baar"
1968 Humraaz "Neele gagan ke tale"
1975 Roti kapda aur makan "Aur nahin bas aur nahin"

Mahendra Kapoor was also well known in the Marathi film industry for being the playback singer for Dada Kondke in all his movies.


Azam has brought this duet to life by keeping the "Mahendra Kapoor style" intact. I have made an attempt at this very tempting duet.




Movie: Dhool ka phool(1959)
Music: N. Datta
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Original Singers: Mahendra Kapoor & Asha Bhosle



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Ghazab kiya tere wade pe aitbaar kiya...

Daag Dehlvi داغ دہلوی


Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh (نواب مرزا خان) was born in 1831 in Delhi. He lost his father at a young age and was raised by his step father, Mirza Muhammed Fakhroo (heir to Bahadur Shah Zafar). In 1865, Daag left Delhi for Rampur where he joined government service and lived comfortably. He spent the later part of his life in Hyderabad.

Daag started reciting poetry at the age of ten. His forte was ghazal. He was a romantic shayar and he shunned wine.
Daag Dehlvi passed away in 1905.

I have attempted one of his very popular ghazals made unforgettable by Rafi Sahab. Music director is Khayyam.





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Sharaabi

Sharaabi (1984) was Prakash Mehra's last hit with Amitabh, the other movies being Zanjeer, Hera Pheri, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Laawaris and Namak Halal. The story is loosely based on "Arthur" starring Dudley Moore. It is the story of a rich workaholic father, a son who turns alcoholic and finds love on "the other side of the tracks".
Jaya Pradha's dances and Bappi Lahiri's music(Filmfare Best Music Director Award1985) are the other highlights of this movie.

Azam is a very versatile singer. I thank him for asking me to sing these two duets with him.




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Waqt ne kiya...

Movie: Kaagaz ke phool(1959)
Music director: S D Burman
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Original singer: Geeta Dutt

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Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja (born June 2, 1943 as Gnanadesikan) is a film composer, singer, and lyricist. He is a gold medalist from Trinity College of Music, London has composed over 4,000 songs and provided scores for more than 800 Indian films in various languages in a career spanning more than 30 years. He is based in Chennai (Madras).

Ilaiyaraaja worked with composer R. K. Shekhar, father of composer A. R. Rahman who later joined Ilaiyaraaja's orchestra and played Keyboard.
Ilaiyaraaja was one of the early Indian composers to use Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements in Indian film music.


"Jaane do na" is from the Film "Cheeni Kum", a story about a May-December romance.

The song is adapted from "Jotheyali Jothe Jotheyali" from Kannada film, Geetha(1980).

A later version of the same is "Vizhiyile Undan vizhiyile" from Tamil film, Nooravadu Naal(1984).




Movie: Cheeni Kum(2007)
Music: Ilaiyaraja
Lyrics: Sameer-Manoj Tapadia
Original singer: Shreya Ghoshal


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O Sajna / Na Jeo Na - Salil Choudhry's Masterpieces

Salil Choudhry (Bangla: সলিল চৌধুরী) (November 19,1922-September 5,1995) was a famous Hindi and Bengali composer, poet and a playwright.

One of India's original musical geniuses, he was widely recognised and acknowledged in the Bombay film industry as one of the most prodigious composers ever. He was also proficient in several musical instruments, including flute, the piano and the esraj. He was also widely acclaimed and admired for his inspirational and original poetry.
"Na Jeo Na" marks my first attempt at a Bengali song. Shefali Ranjan helped me with the lyrics. Asim Ghosh has been very kind and has translated the song for me upon request.



Movie: Parakh (1960)
Music: Salil Choudhry
Lyrics: Shailendra
Original singer: Lata Mangeshkar

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Na Jeona (Don't, please don't leave)
Music: Salil Choudhry
Lyrics:? Salil Choudhry
Original singer: Lata Mangeshkar

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Geeta Dutt

Geeta Dutt was born in 1930 into a zamindār's family as Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri in Faridpur, India(now in Banglādesh).

In 1942, her parents moved to Dādar, Bombay when she was twelve. There, composer/music director Hanumān Prasād once heard her singing casually, and was impressed. He introduced her in a chorus song in Bhakta Prahlād (1946), where she sang only two lines. The following year, she got a major assignment as a playback singer for Do Bhāi, and then on she was recognised as one of the top playback singers in Bombay film industry.





Movie: Pyaasa (1957)
Music: S D Burman
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Original Singers: Mohammed Rafi & Geeta Dutt

I thank Azam for singing this duet with me.


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Om Jai Jagdeesh Hare...

In this month, called Ashwin, that starts with Navratri, Durga Pooja, Dashera and ends with Diwali celebrations in the Hindu calendar, I would like to present this Aarti, ॐ जय जगदीश हरे...
Some of my friends have joined me. They are Leena Gore, Piya Roy, Debashish Roy, Dhiraj Barla, Bharti Sharma and Leena (Anjaan).
I thank them for honoring my request.



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Dev Anand

Dev Anand (born September 26, 1923)..

Dev Pishorimal Anand has had a career in Hindi films spanning over 6 decades. He had inspired hairstyles, fashion and was adored by young women and emulated by young men during the golden age of Hindi cinema.

He graduated with English literature from the Government College, Lahore.He was a good friend of Guru Dutt. They had a pact and used each other in their movies.His elder brother Chetan Anand and younger brother Vijay Anand were film directors.

Dev Anand started his own company, "Navketan", which has made several successful movies. Dev Anand introduced Zahida (Nargis's niece), Zeenat Aman, Tina Munim(Mrs. Anil Ambani) and the late Richa Sharma(Mrs. Sanjay Dutt #1) to the celluloid world under "Navketan" banner.
His first color film was Guide , which was released in Hindi and English in 1965.

He married Kalpna Kartik (Mona Sinha), his co star, in 1955. Before that he was romantically involved with Suraiya. Her family did not approve of the relationship and it ended. Suraiya never got married.

Dev Anand has received several awards....some of those are..
1958 - Filmfare Best Actor for Kala Pani
1966 - Filmfare Best Actor for Guide
1966 - Filmfare Best Film for Guide
1991 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

2001- Padma Bhushan
2002- Dada Saheb Phalke award

Film: Hum Dono
Music director: Jaidev
Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi
Original singer: Asha Bhosle


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Amar Akbar Anthony

Manmohan Desai, born in Valsad,Gujarat (Feb. 26, 1936 -March 1, 1994) was a renowned producer and director of Indian movies.

His father had directed a film in the 1930s . His brother, Subhash Desai was a producer. Manmohan got his big break with the Hindi film Chhalia (1960). Subhash later went on to produce Bluffmaster, Dharamveer, Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) and Desh Premee with Manmohan as the director.
After his wife's death, he was engaged to actress Nanda in 1992. He ended his life because of medical problems in 1994. His son is married to Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali's daughter.

Amar Akbar Anthony was truly a multi starer and a big box office hit. "Hum ko tumse" is probably the first and only time Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh and Mohammed Rafi..all sang together.

I thank Pradip for always making time from his hectic schedule for my requests. Thanks N V Krishnan for being so prompt. Thanks Azam for requesting this track from Taranaa and helping me complete this project. Thanks Ajay for mixing the song.


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Mukesh

Mukesh Chand Mathur (22 July 1923, Delhi, British India – 27 August 1976 Detroit, USA)

Mukesh was the sixth in a family of ten children. Mukesh left school after the 10th grade and worked for a short time for the Delhi Department of Public Works.

Mukesh and Sarla Trivedi (1928 –2008) eloped and got married in a temple. Sarla was from a wealthy Gujarati Brahmin family.The couple had five children, Rita, Nitin(playback singer), Nalini(d. 1978), Mohnish and Namrata.

Mukesh was noticed by Motilal(a distant relative of Mukesh) when he sang at his sister's wedding. Motilal brought him to Bombay. He got his break as a playback singer in 1945 with the film Pehli Nazar . The first song he sang for a Hindi film was Dil Jalta Hai to Jalne de, which was filmed on Motilal. Mukesh was a fan of K L Sehgal and initially emulated him.


Mukesh also tried and make it as a singing star. Mashuqa (1953) with Suraiya and Anuraag (1956) with Usha Kiran both failed at the box-office. He also did a small role as a tangewala enacting his own song - "Chhoti si ye Zindgani" in Aah (1953)

Mukesh is best known as the voice (playback) of Raj Kapoor, but he has sung maximum songs for Manoj Kumar.

Mukesh died of a heart attack in Detroit in 1976, where he had gone for a concert with Lata Mangeshkar.

He received Filmfare awards for ...
- Sab kuchh seekha, Anari (1959)
- Sab se bada nadaan,Pehchan (1970)
- Jai bolo beimaan ki, Beimaan (1972)
- Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein, Kabhi Kabhi (1976..after death).

I thank Dinesh Pithia for helping me pay tribute to Mukesh.





Movie: Modern girl
Original Singers: Mukesh, Suman Kalyanpur
Music Director: Ravi
Lyricist: Gulshan Bawra






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