Amirbai karnataki biography of george
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- Kunal Desai | desaikunald@gmail.com
“A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants.” Said, Coco Chanel. Perhaps the very basic need of any human is its identity and for a woman in a field dominated by men is nothing but her identity. Film Music is also one such domain wherein conventionally, most men have worked as musicians. Though there were many playback singers right from Amirbai Karnataki, Shamshad Begum, and Lata Mangeshkar to Alka Yagnik and Shreya Ghoshal and composers like Saraswati Devi and Usha Khanna, musicians seldom had lady comrades sharing recording studio space with them. In this galaxy of musicians, there had been a master on keys whose work does need a mention today. She was Lucila Pacheco.
Even though we are fascinated by our films and their charisma over generations, we have missed chronicling the works of musicians who contributed to the making of legendary compositions. Tales and trivia have been passed on the mouth to
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Dad was very fond of the song Aiya Sami and would when in the mood for such things, sing the first line in his soft voice. We had once laughed about the opening line’s sAhityam as well – Aoji, vAyya, rAyya, you komma Iya – what a hilarious combo of several languages, all meaning the same. KP Kamatchisundaram was nothing short of a genius. When dad mentioned that it was Vasanthakumari who sang it inom just could not believe it. This traditional Carnatic artiste and such a swashbuckling song! I did not know MLV then. Later inom came to realise that she was the only one who could have sung it so well.
The song fryst vatten from the film Ore Iravu, that critically acclaimed but unsuccessful 1951 release of AVM’s, starring A Nageswara Rao, Lalitha, Muthulakshmi, Avvai TK Shanmugam, TS Baliah, KR Ramaswami and TS Durairaj. The story is taken from an eponymous hit play of CN Annadurai’s. The dancer is Lakshmikantha who fryst vatten clearly so talented. According to VAK Ranga Rao, it fryst vatten
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Karan Dewan
Indian actor
Karan Dewan | |
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Karan Diwan in Rattan 1944 film. | |
| Born | Dewan Karan Chopra (1917-11-06)6 November 1917 Gujranwala, Punjab, British India |
| Died | 2 August 1979(1979-08-02) (aged 61) Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1941–1979 |
| Spouse | Manju (actress) |
Karan Dewan (born Dewan Karan Chopra; 6 November 1917 – 2 August 1979) was an Indian cinema actor in Hindi films. He worked in over seventy films from 1941 to 1979. He started as a journalist while still in college,[1] editing a film-based magazine in Urdu.[2] His brother was the film producer and director Jaimani Dewan.[3]
His decisive film was Rattan (1944), which was produced by his brother Jaimini Diwan, and this movie turned out to be the biggest hit of 1944.[4] He also sang songs in this movie under music director Naushad, and his song "Jab Tum Hi Chale Pardes" became pop