Meena Kapoor
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Meena Kapoor was a playback singer
in Hindi cinema, who sang mainly during the 1940s and 1950s, singing hits such as "Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re" from Pardesi (1957). She was a friend of the singer Geeta Dutt
; the two had similar vocal styles.
She was married to the music composer Anil Biswas
. Anil Biswas died in Delhi in May 2003. His sons, Amar Biswas and Utpal Biswas, better known as Amar-Uptal, are Bollywood
music composers, and have composed music for hit films such as Shahenshah (1988) and Aaja Meri Jaan (1993).
One of Kapoor's most famous songs is "Aana meri jaan sunday ke sunday", a duet with Chitalkar and Shamshad Begum
from the movie Shehnai
.
Playback singer
A playback singer is a singer whose singing is prerecorded for use in movies. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras, while the actual singer does not appear on screen.-South Asia:...
in Hindi cinema, who sang mainly during the 1940s and 1950s, singing hits such as "Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re" from Pardesi (1957). She was a friend of the singer Geeta Dutt
Geeta Dutt
Geetā Dutt was a prominent singer in India. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema...
; the two had similar vocal styles.
She was married to the music composer Anil Biswas
Anil Biswas
Anil Biswas was an Indian politician. He was the secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of Communist Party of India and member of the party's Polit Bureau beginning in 1998. He was the editor of Marxbadi Path the theoretical quarterly in Bengal...
. Anil Biswas died in Delhi in May 2003. His sons, Amar Biswas and Utpal Biswas, better known as Amar-Uptal, are Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
music composers, and have composed music for hit films such as Shahenshah (1988) and Aaja Meri Jaan (1993).
One of Kapoor's most famous songs is "Aana meri jaan sunday ke sunday", a duet with Chitalkar and Shamshad Begum
Shamshad Begum
Shamshad Begum is an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry.Begum was born in Amritsar, Punjab. She was a big fan of K.L. Saigal and watched Devdas 14 times...
from the movie Shehnai
Shehnai
The shehnai, shahnai, shenai or mangal vadya, is an aerophonic instrument, a double reed conical oboe, common in North India, West India and Pakistan, made out of wood, with a metal flare bell at the end...
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Filmography
- Aagosh
- Dukhiyari
- Haridarshan
- Gopinath
- Akash
- Naina
- Usha Kiran
- Door Chalen
- Chalte Chalte
- Pardesi (1957)
- aa Illu]] (1953)
- Ghayal (1951)
- Aadhi Raat (1950)
- Anokha Pyar (1948)
- Ghar Ki Izzat (1948)
- Nai Reet (1948)
- Shehnai (1947)