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Leading playback singer
Alka Yagnik was born in
Calcutta and was singing
bhajans on the radio by age
6. Yagnik has won Filmfar...
A controversial figure who's
one of Bollywood's top film
composers, Malik seems
able to weather any public
relations storm.
A talented singer, Anuradha
Paudwal once seemed
poised to take over
Bollywood.
A.R. Rahman has been a
leading Bollywood
composer since the 1990s,
when his pan-culturalism
revolutionized film music....
Bhosle is Lata Mangeshkar's
sister and a phenomenally
versatile and successful
singer in her own right.
Bhosle has sung everythin...
This beloved playback
singer held her own (as
much as anyone could)
against the unstoppable Lata
Mangeshkar in the 1950s....
One of India's most famous
composing duos, Kalyanji
and Anandji were not just
talented musicians -- they
were nice guys too.
A next-generation playback
singer, Krishnamurthy
fought long and hard for her
place in the film singers'
pantheon. Krishnamurthy...
Kumar was one of the most
beloved playback singers
for generations of actors,
including Rajesh Khanna
and Dev Anand. Kumar ta...
Kumar Sanu's voice
dominated 1990s
Bollywood, which is no
surprise considering his
numerous comparisons to...
Lata Mangeshkar provided
the soundtrack for two
generations of Indians and is
now a global phenomenon.
Mangeshkar's thin, high-pi...
This workhorse team
composed together for
over 40 years and were at
the top of their profession
in the 1970s and '80s. Pyar...
This singer from
Bollywood's golden era had
hit songs in films including
"Gumraah," "Humraaz" and
"Roti Kapda Aur Makan." K...
One of the great voices of
Indian cinema, Mohammed
Rafi provided the
soundtrack for the lives of
millions of people.
A singer renowned for his
sweet, almost otherworldly
timbre, Mukesh had early
hits in "Mela," "Andaaz," and
"Barsaat." Mukesh died in...
Born in Punjab in 1926, Noor
Jehan became a singing star
in the Bombay film industry
in the 1940s. 1941's
Urdu-language film "Khand...
Nayyar got his big break
when director Guru Dutt
repaid a debt by allowing
him to score "Aar Paar." It
was a hit! Nayyar never r...
The son of famed director
S.D. Burman, R.D. brought
the swinging rock 'n' roll
spirit of the '60s into Hindi
films. Burman had a gruff...
A very successful
composer and father of
composer R.D. Burman, S.D.
Burman started out as a
singer in Calcutta in the 1...
Chowdhury was a
prodigiously talented
Bengali composer who
successfully made the leap
to Bollywood in the 1950s...
One of the earliest playback
singers, Shamshad Begum
started out singing in the
Lahore film industry in the
1930s.
This powerhouse music
team in actuality rarely
composed together.
Jaikishan struggled with
alcohol abuse and died at...
Multi-talented and good at
selling himself, Sonu Nigam
wears many hats: singer,
actor, former child star and
tv anchorman. Nigam had...
The suave and sophisticated
Talat Mahmood was one of
the great Bollywood singers
of the '50s and '60s.
Mahmood married Latika...
Udit Narayan's career took
off when he sang the
award-winning "Papa Kehte"
from 1988's "Qayamat Se
Qayamat Tak." Narayan ac...
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