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