Posts Tagged ‘Suman Kalyanpur’
Koi pukaare dheere se
Posted on: January 28, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
January 28th is the 75th birthday of Suman Kalyanpur (nee Hemadi). She was born on January 28, 1937 in Dhaka in undivided Bengal where she spent her early childhood. In some places, her maiden surname is spelt as Hemadey probably having something to do with her Bengal connection. Her family hailed from Hemadi village in Udipi district of Karnataka and belonged to Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin community which has given actors/directors to Hindi cinema such as Guru Dutt, Girish Karnad, Shyam Benegal, Leena Chandavarkar, Deepika Padukone to name a few. Her family migrated from Dhaka to Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1943. Talat Mehmood noticed Suman Kalyanpur during one of her concerts and was very much impressed with her singing. He agreed to sing a duet with her for the film Darwaaza (1954). The song was “ek dil do hain talabgaar” which was her first song as a playback singer for Hindi films.
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“Anjaana”(1969) was an Em Kay Productions movie. Em Kay, viz Mohan Kumar also directed the movie. Star cast of the movie included names like Rajendra Kumar, Babita, Pran, Nazima, Prem Chopra, Sunder, Nirupa Roy, Mohan Choti, Tuntun, Mehmood Junior etc.
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If new year is the day of making resolutions (only to give them up after a few days 🙂 ), then last day of the year is the day of bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new year, hoping that the new year would bring in better luck than the previous year. Let bygone be bygones and let us make a new beginning- that is the sentiment on this occasion.
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Dil gayaa dil ka aitbaar gayaa
Posted on: December 29, 2011
“Qawwaali Ki Raat” (1964) was obviously inspired from “Barsaat Ki Raat” (1960). The songs of “Qawwali Ki Raat” (1964) were nice in their own right, if we do not seek to make comparisons with “Barsaat Ki Raat” (1960) songs.
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Maano ya na maano
Posted on: December 21, 2011
“First Love” (1961) is a lesser known movie. This movie is a Natraj Production presentation. It was directed by Vedmohan. The movie had actors like Mehmood, Preetibala (Zeb Rehman), Naaz, Raj Mehra, Amar etc in it.
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“First Love” (1961) is a Natraj Production movie. It was directed by Vedmohan. This by now obscure movie had actors like Mehmood, Preetibala (Zeb Rehman), Naaz, Raj Mehra, Amar etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This write up comes about in response to a request for translation by Khyaati ji. In a recent comment, she has requested for translation of this song, and realizing that this song is not yet posted, I am putting together this piece.
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If regulars of this blog are wondering at the reasons behind the reduced output of this blog in the previous days, including no song yesterday, the reason is, I am at a place now where access to internet, especially of the required speed is at a premium. This is in addition to the fact that I am not in a position to get adequate access to internet either. Hopefully things will begin to look up in coming days.
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“Dara Singh the ironman” (1964) is an N C Films presentation. It was directed by Kedar Kapoor. The movie had Dara Singh, Nishi,Tiwari,Jeevan, Tabassum, Salim Khan, Mohan Choti etc in it.
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Aaja mere Mohan pyaare
Posted on: November 1, 2011
“Shree Ganesh” (1962) is a movie produced by Combine Film Traders presentation. It was directed by S S Dharwadkar. The star cast of this religious B grade movie included names like Mahipal,Sahira,Jeewan Kala,Tiwari,Ramesh Desai, Uma Dutt, Indira, Krishna Kumari, Nilofar etc.
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