Remembering BHUPEN HAZARIKA on his Birth Anniversary

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika( born on 8 September 1926) was an Indian lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker from Assam, widely known as Sudhakantha. His songs, written and sung mainly in the Assamese language by himself, are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood and have been translated and sung in many languages, The eldest of ten children, Bhupen Hazarika (as also his siblings) was exposed to the musical influence of his mother, who exposed him to lullabies and traditional Music of Assam

Soon after completing his education, he became a teacher at the Gauhati University.But after a few years, he left the job and went to Kolkata where he established himself as a successful music director and singer. Hazarika made several award winning Assamese films such as Shakuntala, Pratidhwani, etc. and composed evergreen music for many Assamese films. He was also considered as a new trend setter in Bengali music.

He was introduced to Kalpana Lajmi in the early 1970s by her maternal uncle and Bollywood film director Guru Dutt. Her first feature film Ek Pal with music score by Dr Bhupen Hazarika was produced by Dr Hazarika's childhood friend and India's top tea planter Hemendra Prasad Barooah.After that he made  Rudaali (1993),he also gave the music in that film.

As a singer, Hazarika was known for his baritone voice and diction; as a lyricist, he was known for poetic compositions and parables which touched on themes ranging from romance to social and political commentary; and as a composer, for his use of folk music.

He was given Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1992 and Padma Bhushan in 2001.He died of multi-organ failure on 5 November 2011

A postage stamp, bearing his face, was released by India Post to honour him on 3 May 2013.

Happy Birthday ASHA BHONSLE

Asha Bhosle (born 8 September 1933) is famous Playback Singer.Probably the second most well known female playback singer in India today.  She is second only to her sister, Lata Mangeshkar.  She has been singing professionally for more than 60 years, having sung for more than 950 Bollywood films.

Child Asha Bhosle and family

Asha Bhosle was born in the small hamlet of Goa in Sangli, then in the salute princely state of Sangli. (now in Maharashtra), into the musical family of Master Deenanath Mangeshkar, who belongs to Marathi-speaking Gomantak Maratha Samaj. Her father was a theater actor and classical singer. When she was nine years old, her father died. The family moved from Pune to Kolhapur and then to Mumbai. She and her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar began singing and acting in films to support their family. She sang her first film song '"Chala Chala Nav Bala" for the Marathi film Majha Bal (1943)
   She made her Hindi film debut when she sang the song "Saawan Aaya" for Hansraj Behl's Chunariya (1948).^[14] Her first solo Hindi film song was for the movie Raat Ki Raani (1949).
   Asha was one of several children.  She had a brother named Hridayanath Mangeshkar, as well as three sisters named Lata, Usha, and Meena.  Of these Lata Mangeshkar would grow up to be a legendary figure in the world of film music, and Asha's professional rival.

song from sangdil

 When she was only 16 years old, she fell in love with 31 year old Ganpatrao Bhosle; he was Lata's personal secretary.  Asha was resolute in her desire to marry him, and much against the wishes of her family, she eloped with him.  However her married life to Mr. Bhosle was short lived; after a few years with him, she returned to her mother's house with her two children and pregnant with her third She got separated in 1960,her singing career couldn't be established till then because In the early 1960s, prominent playback singers like Geeta Dutt, Shamshad Begum, and Lata Mangeshkar dominated the singing for the female lead and the big films. Asha used to get the assignments they refused: singing for the bad girls and vamps, or songs in the second-grade movies. In the 1950s, she sang more songs than most playback singers in Bollywood (not counting Lata). Most of these were in low budget B or C-grade films. Her earliest songs were composed by A R Qureshi, Sajjad Hussain, and Ghulam Mohammed, and most of these songs failed to do well. Singing in Sangdil (1952), composed by Sajjad Hussain, she got reasonable recognition. 

Consequently, film director Bimal Roy gave her a chance to sing in Parineeta (1953). Raj Kapoor signed her to sing "Nanhe Munne Bachche" with Mohammed Rafi in Boot Polish (1954), which gained popularity.

O P Nayyar was the music director who gave Asha many songs O. P. Nayyar gave Asha a break in C.I.D. (1956). She first achieved success in B. R. Chopra's Naya Daur (1957), composed by him. Her duets with Rafi like "Maang Ke Saath Tumhara", "Saathi Haath Badhana" and "Uden Jab Jab Zulfein Teri", penned by Sahir Ludhianvi, earned her recognition. It was the first time she sang all the songs for a film's leading actress. B R Chopra was so delighted by her voice that he gave her songs in several of his later productions, including Gumrah (1963), Waqt (1965), Hamraaz (1965), Aadmi Aur Insaan (1966) and Dhund(1973).

 Nayyar's future collaboration with Bhosle also resulted in success. Gradually, she established her status and received the patronage of such composers as Sachin Dev Burman and Ravi. Bhosle and Nayyar had a professional and personal parting of ways in the 1970s.

Her career took a new heights when she was taken by R D Burman for singing Aaja Aaja for Teesri Manzil.Later on Asha's collaboration with Burman resulted in numerous hits and a marriage.They were married1980; the remained married un till his death in 1994.

In the 1970s, Asha and Pancham's youthful Western songs took Bollywood music by storm – the raunchy cabaret "Piya Tu Ab To Aaja" (Caravan, picturized on Helen), the rebellious "Dum Maro Dum" (Hare Rama Hare Krishna, 1971), the sexy "Duniya Mein" (Apna Desh, 1972) and the romantic "Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne" (Yaadon Ki Baaraat, 1973). Pancham also recorded many hit duets with Asha and Kishore Kumar such as "Jaane Jaan" (Jawani Diwani) and "Bhali Bhali Si Ek Soorat" (Buddha Mil Gaya).She was singing many songs for Helen ,her combination may have been commercially very successful, but it was not to last forever.  There were probably several reason why this came to an end.  Helen's cabaret numbers started to decline in the in the 80's.  Furthermore Asha seems to have been uncomfortable being typecast for a single type of song; she wanted to expand her repertoire to show her versatility. 

This was demonstrated by her embracing the gazal style in films such as "Umrao Jaan" (1981) and "Ijazat" (1987).  and "Katra Katra".The ghazals won her the first National Film Award of her career. A few years later, she won another National Award for the song "Mera Kuchh Saamaan" fromIjaazat (1987).

Dil Cheej Hai Kya from Umrao Jaan

Mera Kuchh Samaan

First duet of Asha with Lata from Daman 1951

 Mere Mehboob Mein Kya Nahi from Mere Mehboob

Asha and Lata have also sung together. Their first duet was for the film Daman (1951).Some of their songs include Man Bhawan Ke Ghar aye (Chori Chori, 1956), Sakhi ri sun bole papihaa us paar (Miss Mary, 1957), O chaand jahaan woh jaaye (Sharada, 1957), Mere Mehboob Mein Kya Nahi (Mere Mehboob, 1963), Ai kash kisi deewane ko(Aaye Din Bahar Ke, 1966), Jabse Laagi Toose Najariya (Shikar, 1968), Main Haseena Nazneena Koi Mujhsa Nahi (Baazi, 1968), Main Chali Main Chali (Padosan, 1968),Chhap tilak sab (Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki, 1978), and Man kyun behka (Utsav, 1984)

Man kyun behka from Utsav

By the late 80s and early 90s with the emergence of new singers like Alka Yagnik ,Sadhna Sargam she was not getting sufficient no of songs but suddenly the songs from Rangeela (1995) made the young generation by surprised.Songs like "Tanha Tanha" and "Rangeela Re" were chartbusters.Later on she along with A R Rehman went on to record more hits like "Mujhe Rang De" (Thakshak), "Radha Kaise Na Jale" (Lagaan, duet with Udit Narayan), "Kahin Aag Lage" (Taal), "O Bhanware" (Daud, duet with K. J. Yesudas), "Venilla Venilla" (Iruvar,1999) and "Dhuan Dhuan" (Meenaxi,2004).

                                             Danny and Asha Bhosle Very old Nepali song 

 Apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages.In 2006, Asha Bhosle stated that she had sung over 12,000 songs, a figure repeated by several other sources.In 2011, she was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history.The Government of India honoured her with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008. In 2013, she made her debut as an actress in the film Mai, and received critical acclaim for her performance.

Song from the Album Rahul And I

In 1990s, Asha experimented with remixed R.D. Burman songs. She was criticized by many, including Khayyam for tampering with old melodies. Nevertheless, albums like Rahul And I became quite popular. In 1997, Asha did a private Indipop album Janam Samjha Karo with Lesle Lewis. The album was hugely popular and won her many awards including the 1997 MTV Award.

Asha sings with Boy George 

In the mid-1980s, Asha sang with Boy George ("Bow down mister") and Stephen Lauscombe. In 1997, she sang a love song with the boy band Code Red, at the age of 64. She also recorded the song "The Way you Dream" (One Giant Leap) with Michael Stipe that was used in the English movie, Bulletproof Monk. The song was also released on the album 1 Giant Leap for 2002.British alternative rock band Cornershop released "Brimful of Asha" in 1997. The song dedicated to Asha Bhosle became an international hit single for the band and topping the UK Singles Chart in February 1998. A number of remixes have been released as well notably by Norman Cook also known as Fatboy Slim.

Asha Bhosle has won seven Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards of 18 nominations.She won her first two awards in 1967 and 1968. 
Some of Asha Bhonsle's RARE & UNRELEASED Songs

A rare song from Halchal 1971

Unreleased song of Asha

A rare song Bengali version of a Marathi song music was given by Lata

Unreleased Song of Asha with Yesudas

Rare song from AURAT

Unreleased song music of Madan Mohan

A rare ghazal by Asha composed by Hariharan

A rare song

Geet Kitne Ga Chuki a Rare song

Unreleased song of Asha and Rafi

KYA AJAB SI ZINDAGI UNRELEASED SONG

A Rare song with Kumar Sanu

50 years of TEESRI MANZIL

Teesri Manzil  is a 1966 Bollywood musical thriller directed by Vijay Anand and produced by Nasir Hussain."Teesri Manzil” is one such thriller which has stood the test of time.Nasir Hussain produced and wrote the film under his home banner. The film was released in the month of September.
Vijay Anand is said to have met Husain through his brother Dev Anand and Husain liked his keen eye for detail. Husain originally offered the film to Dev with his brother as a director but after Dev cancelled a few schedules, Husain asked Vijay if he would like to continue to which Vijay seemed to have asked him if the veteran had taken him on board because of his brother. Search for a new actor began and Husain zeroed in on his faithful Shammi Kapoor.

Teesri Manzil is a musical thriller,all the songs of this film were hit. It was Pancham's first brush with a big banner after assisting his father for many years.There is a story behind R D Burman's entry into this film.It was Majrooh Sultanpuri who pushed his candidature with Husain but Shammi Kapoor  who was at the prime of his career then, was not too happy having a fresher on board.He sugested Shankar Jaikishan for this film,Vijay Anand who was director of the film wanted Pancham.so a meeting of Pancham and Shammi Kapoor was arranged where Pancham  intoduced some of his tunes .Once Pancham opened his Pandora's box, it became hard to resist the temptation of freshness! Kapoor's nod comes through as he goes berserk in his steps in “Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera”.
Popularly called Goldie, Anand deftly combines the various elements of romance, comedy and mystery into a cohesive unit. The mystery part is particularly well handled keeping the audiences guessing. The red earrings are intelligently interspersed as one tries to guess the identity of the true killer — a near-perfect exercise in shifting moods. Shady dealings, jealousies and murder are set up in contrast to the protagonists Anil and Sunita's bright romance on Mussoorie hills — combining the best of the both worlds to have a profitable equation at the box office.

This was the first movie of Nasir Hussain/Majrooh Sultanpuri/R.D. Burman Combination which went on to produce many musical gems in the future.
Script writer and Salman Khan's father Salim Khan made a brief appearance in the movies as Shammi Kapoor's friend. Incidently the movie also stars Helen who is Salim Khan's second wife
The song O mere sona Re is the first Shammi Kapoor song in which he is angry and the heroine is wooing him.Shammi suggested the idea of using the bag as a prop to keep him occupied while the girl tries to console him
Shammi Kapoor's wife, actress Geeta Bali died during the making of Teesri Manzil.
Teesri Manzil was also the last Hussain film in which Mohammed Rafi sang all the songs. By Yaadon Ki Baraat, Kishore Kumar had temporarily become the dominant singer in Hussain's movies, but Rafi always had a special place in Hussain's films and would later win major awards for the song "Kya hua tera wada" in Hussain's Hum Kisise Kum Naheen.
Teesri Manzil is enjoyment guaranteed: With suspense, drama, thrills, romance and comedy neatly packed in.

Aaja aaja Mein Hoon Pyar Tera

O Mere Sona Re

O Haseena Julfon Wali

Tumne Mujhe Dekha

Deewana mujh Sa nahin

Happy Birthday RISHI KAPOOR

Rishi Kapoor (born 4 September 1952)received the National Film Award for his debut role as a child artist in Mera Naam Joker (1970).Though he was first seen as a child along with his elder brother Randhir and sister Ritu in a small scene of a song Pyaar Hua Ikrar Hua from the film Shri 420 released in 1955.

His first film as a hero was Bobby released in 1973 forwhich he got Filmfare Award.,since then he  played leading roles as the romantic lead in 92 films - 41 multi-hero films and 51 solo hero films from 1973-2000.

He formed  his pair with his wife and then girlfriend Neetu Singh in 12 films – Khel Khel Mein (1975), Rafoo Chakkar (1975), Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Duniya Meri Jeb Mein (1979) and their guest appearance in Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978), Zehreela Insaan (1974), Zinda Dil (1975), Doosara Aadmi (1977),Anjane Mein (1978), Jhoota Kahin Ka (1979) and Dhan Daulat (1980).
In the 1990s, his stardom started fading as new and younger actors entered Bollywood. He still had a few good assignments like “Bol Radha Bol” and “Deewana” in 1992 and “Damini” in 1993.

Rishi Kapoor now adays playing Character Roles He appeared in films like Yeh Hai Jalwa (2002), Hum Tum (2004), Fanaa (2006), Namastey London (2007), Love Aaj Kal (2009) and Patiala House (2010). He also appeared in the British films Don't Stop Dreaming (2007) and Sambar Salsa (2008). He reunited onscreen with Neetu Singhin the film Do Dooni Chaar (2010).Agneepath(2012) in which he played a negative role for which he was given Filmfare Award.In 2016 he was seen in Kapoor & Sons.

 His brothers, Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor, are also actors,his son Ranbir Kapoor is also an Actor

MOST POPULAR SONGS OF RISHI KAPOOR