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Suraiyya was already a star (in singing as well as acting) when Lata was struggling to find a foothold in Hindi movie playback singing. When she established herself in late 1940s, she soon became the number one and never looked back since.
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“Alladin And The Wonderful Lamp” (1952) was a Wadia Movietone movie based on the well known Arabian Night tale. In this movie, Mahipal and Meena Kumari play the lead roles.
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“Alladin And The Wonderful Lamp” (1952) was a fantasy movie based on the well known Arabian nights tale. This Wadia movietone movie had Mahipal and Meena Kumari in lead roles.
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When Dilip Kumar began his career as a lead actor in Hindi movies, Talat Mehmood gave playback for him. It was from mid 1950s onwards that Rafi became his (and for that matter every one’s) voice.
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It is noticed that stories of Hindi movies of early days used to be far more progressive and open minded than the movies that came up in later decades. For example, leading ladies refusing to wear swimming costumes on the plea of this being against Indian culture was a phenomenon of 1970s. In 1940s and 1950s, leading ladies would be shown diving in water not only while wearing sari, but in more swimming friendly costumes too.
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“Anhonee” (1952) is one of the lesser known movies with Raj Kapoor and Nargis in it. The movie apparently failed at the box office. The songs of this movie are decent songs to listen to, though.
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Ghazals became a popular kind of songs in Hindi movies in 1960s. But it was in early 1950s that Ghazals began to get popular in Hindi movies.
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“Sheesham” (1952) is a by now forgotten movie. This movie had Nasir Khan, Kuldeep, Nutan,Gope etc in it.
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In Hindi movies, one actor normally lip sync in the voice of one playback singer. But there are exceptions, when he/she sings different songs in the voice of different singers.
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Kishore Kumar made his debut as a solo playback singer in 1948, when he sang a song in “Ziddi”(1948) for Dev Anand. For much of the next two decades or so, Kishore Kumar sang either for himself or for Dev Anand. But it does not mean that he did not get opportunities to sing for other actors.
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