Meena Kapoor

Meena Kapoor was a playback singer in Hindi cinema, during the 1940s and 1950s, singing hits such as "Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re" from Pardesi (1957) and 'Kachhi hai Umariya' picturised on Meena Kumari in Char Dil Char Rahen (1959). She was a friend of the singer Geeta Dutt; the two had similar vocal styles.

She married to the music composer Anil Biswas in 1959, who later left Hindi cinema and shifted to Delhi as he became director of the National Orchestra at the All India Radio (AIR) in March 1963. Anil Biswas died in Delhi in May 2003. His sons, Amar Biswas and Utpal Biswas, better known as Amar-Utpal, 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 C. Ramchandra and Shamshad Begum from the movie Shehnai (1947) and "Kuch Aur Zamana Kehta Hain", set to tune by Anil Biswas from the film Choti Choti Baatein (1965).

Filmography

Kapoor

Kapoor is an Indian surname of Punjabi origin. Notable people bearing this name include:

Entertainment


  • Abhishek Kapoor, Indian film actor, writer and director
  • Aditya Raj Kapoor, Indian film actor and filmmaker from the Kapoor family
  • Aditya Roy Kapur, Bollywood actor
  • Akshay Kapoor, Indian actor
  • Amit Kapoor, Bollywood film producer
  • Anil Kapoor, Bollywood actor, film producer, son of Surinder Kapoor
  • Ashish Kapoor, Indian television actor
  • Anu Kapoor, Bollywood actor
  • Arjun Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Boney Kapoor and Mona Shourie Kapoor
  • Babita Khanna Kapoor, former Bollywood actress, wife of Randhir Kapoor
  • Bharat Kapoor, director, writer, producer
  • Boney Kapoor film director and producer, son of Surinder Kapoor
  • Ekta Kapoor producer for television and movies (Bollywood)
  • Gautami Kapoor, Indian television actress and model
  • Goga Kapoor, Indian film actor
  • Jayasudha Kapoor, South Indian film actress, wife of Nitin Kapoor
  • Jeetendra Kapoor, Bollywood actor
  • Kamal Kapoor, Bollywood actor
  • Karan Kapoor, Indian film actor and model, son of Shashi Kapoor
  • Chhimba

    The Chhimba are a Sikh clan. Their traditional occupation in the Samba district of India was dying and hand-printing calico fabric. It was probably some of these people who moved to areas of Himachal Pradesh, where they created a somewhat different style of printing cloth that was much favoured by the Gaddi people of the region.


    See also

  • Chhimba Darzi
  • References

    Podcasts:

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    Khaamosh Hai Jahaan, Madhosh Hai Fiza

    by: Meena Kapoor

    Dil Mein Sama Ja, Dil Mein Sama Ja
    Khaamosh Hai Jahaan, Madhosh Hai Fiza
    Dil Mein Sama Ja
    Khaamosh Hai Jahaan, Madhosh Hai Fiza
    Dil Mein Sama Ja
    Ai Jaan E Jahaan, Jaan E Jigar, Jaan E Tamanna
    Sadake Tere Dharati Mere Saamaan E Tamanna
    Ai Naaz E Saraapa, Aa Dil Mein Sama Ja
    Sun Mast Ada Mast Nazar Mast Javaani
    Ai Jaam E Muhabbat Hamein Ye Rakt E Javaani
    Pi Aur Pila Ja, Aa Dil Mein Sama Ja
    Aa Dil Mein Sama Ja
    Aa Dil Mein Sama Ja




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