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Wednesday 2 October 2013

Talat Mahmood sings!

Music is  always welcome. I have yet to come across a person, who does not relish music. Music does not mean only  film music. Music can be classical music, instrumental music, kawallies, ghazals and much more. Today I want to limit myself to Hindi  songs of olden days. It was the golden era of Hindi film songs.Those days the music was soft and soothing. More emphasis was given  to lyrics. Now a days we rarely find music of  the genre of the by gone times.
 Today I have selected some old songs of Talat Mahmood.  He was known as the ghazal king.  His velvety voice attracted the hearts of millions of ghazal lovers. He was awarded the Padmashri award in 1992 by the Govt.of India.
                          The first song in this bouquet is a non film song, which is an all time favourite of several music lovers. I was a teenager when this  song was released. It  is nostalgia,which made me select this song.  Tasveer teri dil mera behla na sakegi.

                                         
                                                     



                     Film Sujata was a hit movie, which had Sunil Dutt and Nutan  in the leading role. Here is a very popular song from the movie. Nutan played the role of an untouchable girl, which was perhaps one of her best.




                                     



The next song  is from the movie Sangdil. The story  of this  film was based on the famous novel 'Rebecca'. Talat Mahmood  sang  many songs  for Dilip Kumar. His voice suited him perfectly.





                   The  following song has been taken from the film Madhosh. Even though  the movie was  a failure at the box office, the song,'meri yaad mein tum na ansoo bahana' became a hit.



                                             



                    The song, which I am now presenting is from V. Shantaram's movie  Parchaien.  Shanta Ram and his beautiful wife, Jaishree  acted in the lead roles. Talat Mahmood  sang for V. Shanta Ram.
                                           





          The last song is from the film ' Daag'. Dilip Kumar was known as the tragedy king. Talat Mahmood's voice matched his  songs very naturally.

                                   




Songs and movie clip: courtesy You Tube




                                      


                                       


                                     

8 comments:

  1. Yes, Talat was the tragedy song king of those days. Then came Mukesh!

    I love all the songs of the film, 'Sujatha'. SD Burman's song, 'sun mere bandhure' or 'Khaali ghata chaay'. The movie also was very good.

    I didn't know that Shantaram acted too! Rajshri is their daughter, right? Jayashri looks beautiful. But Rajshri had long, chin, I remember!

    Nice collection,Usha!

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    1. Thank you Sandhya. Yes Sujatha was a very decent movie. Shantaram acted in Jhanak Jhanak payal baje and Do ankhen barah haath. also.

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  2. Sangdil was based on Rebecca? I did not know that. Will watch the movie for sure now.

    Talat Mehmood is my favorite singer. What a voice!

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    1. Ava thank you. You too seem to be a fan of Hindi Movies like me. It is nice to share our views with like minded people.

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  3. Such lovely gems each of them, hadn't heard the first one though. There was a quivering quality in his voice that added depth to Talat's singing. I love his "Shaam E Gham ki Kasam" and "Meri yaad mein tum na aasoon banana". THis post brought back many old memories, radio ki yaad dila di aapne Ushaji :)

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    1. Yes Reshma Talat 's songs are unique.Thanks.

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  4. Listening music is like meditating.....I believe.....thanks for compiling these lovely songs here........

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    1. Thank you Sheela.You have rightly said that music leads to meditation.

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