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Manna Dey
He was born on 1 May 1919 to Purna Chandra Dey and Mahamaya Dey.
Manna Dey started his career in playback singing with the film "Tamanna in 1943". The musical score was by his uncle Krishna Chandra Dey; it was a duet with Suraiya. The song was an instant hit. In 1950, Manna Dey got the opportunity to sing a solo Upar Gagan Vishal in "Mashal", which was his second film. Sachin Dev Burman created the music. In 1952, Manna Dey sang both for a Bengali and a Marathi film of the same name and storyline - Amar Bhupali - and established himself as a leading Bengali playback singer.
Perhaps his talent received the best compliment from the legendary Mohammed Rafi who once told the journalists, "You listen to my songs. I listen to Manna Dey songs only." Musicians like Sachin Dev Burman and Anil Biswas agreed that Manna Dey could sing any song by Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh and Talat Mehmood; but they in turn would not be able to achieve the 'technically perfect' skill of Manna Dey. Manna Dey is arguably the greatest trained singer of Hindi film music.
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Manhar Udhas
He is the elder brother of singer Pankaj Udhas and has worked with Pankaj on albums and Live Shows. Manhar has worked with all the composers of the film world and has lent his voice for almost all the Bollywood heroes. Sung for more than 300 films. Gujarati, Punjabi, Bangali and many others. He, like his brother Pankaj, is well known for singing Ghazals.
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Waheeda Rehman
She was born into a traditional Muslim family on 14 May 1936, in Hyderabad. Growing up, she was trained in dancing, especially the Bharatnatyam dance. Her first films were "Jayasimha (1955)" and "Rojulu Marayi (1955)", both in Telegu. Both films became a huge success and established her as a hit-heroine, but it was a song in the latter film that got Rehman the attention of Guru Dutt, one of the greatest directors in Bollywood history. He took her to Bombay and cast her as a vamp in his crime thriller "C.I.D. (1956)" - and the result was one of the most stunning dbuts ever made in a Hindi film.
Moving on after Guru Dutt, Rehman worked with the acclaimed director Satyajit Ray in "Abhijaan (1962)" and consolidated her position as a top Bollywood star with her commercial successes "Bees Saal Baad (1962)" and "Kohra (1964)"_ .While commercial films like "Ram Aur Shyam (1967)" and "Patthar Ke Sanam (1967)" proved to be huge successes, her offbeat films "Teesri Kasam (1966)" and "Reshma Aur Shera (1971)"
However, of late she has gone back to playing maternal roles, most notably in "Rang De Basanti (2006)".
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Madhuri Dixit
Madhuri is one of the greatest stars of the Bombay Film industry, shining brightest during the last years of the 80s and the first half of the 90s. She was born on 15 May 1967 to mother Snehlata and father Shankar in Maharashtra.
Madhuri wanted to be a microbiologist but got into films with an offer from Rajshri Films. The film was "Abodh and the year 1984." Her joining the films heralded the rise of one of the most spectacular careers in its history.
She went on delivering super hits and better performances in each of her successive films. "Dil (1990)" brought her first Filmfare award. The second one came in 1991 for Raja. The upward career graph of Madhuri culminated in "Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994)". The incredible success of this family drama with Salman Khan not only made her a household name in India, but also earned her the sobriquet of being the female Amitabh Bachchan of the industry. Hum Aapke Hain Koun has been the greatest blockbuster in history. By the mid 90s, Madhuri had etched her name in golden letters as the greatest star actress of Bollywood.
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Pankaj Udhas
Pankaj Udhas was born on 17 April 1951 in Jetpur in the Gujarat State in India. His older brother Manhar Udhas achieved some success as a Hindi payback singer in Bollywood movies. His family movied to Bombay and Pankaj attended St. Xavier's College in Bombay, graduating with a degree in Arts.
Pankaj was first noticed as a professional singer in the film Naam in 1986, in which his song Chthi Aai Hai became an instant hit. He recorded several albums since that time and toured the world as an accomplished Ghazal singer. He has also composed music for many films and performed as a playback singer for others.
Filmography
" Nigehbaan: The Third Eye (2005) (playback singer),Chot [Aaj Isko, Kal Tereko] (2004) (playback singer),Yeh Hai Jalwa (2002) (playback singer),Saajan (1991),Vishkanya (1991) , Patthar (1991) ,Thanedaar (1990), Bahaar Aane Tak (1990), Hum Intezaar Karenge (1989), Ek Hi Maqsad (1988), Tamacha (1988) ,Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi (1988) , Thikana (1987), Naam (1986) (playback singer: "Chithi Aai Hai")."
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Farida Jalal
Farida Jalal started her career in the 60s, when she won the United Film Producers' Talent Hunt sponsored by Filmfare. She usually played the sister or rejected fiancée of the male lead but almost never the female lead. One of her most critically acclaimed roles is in Bobby where she played the part of the mentally challenged would-be fiancée of Rishi Kapoor's Raj. During the 80s, her roles progressed from sister and girlfriend to aunt and mother, or, sometimes nanny. She has acted for over 40 years, only taking a break during 1983 and 1990, when she settled in Bangalore.
During the 90s, Jalal had a part in almost every major hit, among them "Raja Hindustani, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kya Kehna, Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, "for which she won a Filmfare Award as Best Supporting Actress. She has also acted in many television serials, such as the hit sitcom, Dekh Bhai Dekh.
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Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan, the famous Hindi film music composer, was born in Bombay, on 24 May 1955. He is the son of erstwhile Bollywood composer Roshan and brother of film director and producer, Rakesh Roshan. Rajesh Roshan started learning music from a very young age. His teacher was Faiyaz Khan.
During his career, he has had quite a few successful associations with personalities like Basu Chatterjee, Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar. He shot to fame with the score for "Julie (1975)", for which he won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award. He was the first music director to have composed a song for the superstar Amitabh Bachchan when he was still unknown. In the recent past, Rajesh Roshan has started restricting himself to composing music only for the films that his brother, Rakesh Roshan, either produces or directs.
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Uttam Singh
Uttam Singh was born on 25 May 1948. His family moved to Bombay when he was just 12 years old. This son of a sitar player started learning the tabla and violin from a very young age. During his long career, he has worked as a violinist, music arranger and music director for many Hindi films.
director for many Hindi films.
His big break came in 1963, when he worked as a violinist for a documentary being made by Mohammad Safi (an assistant to Naushad). This brought him to the notice of the major music composers of the time and very soon he was playing the violin for major composers like Naushad, Roshan, Madan Mohan, C. Ramchandra and Sachin Dev Burman. Later, he became the main violinist for S D Burman's son, Rahul Dev Burman.
After Jagdish died in 1992, Singh started working independently. His most notable film as a music director was Yash Chopra's "Dil To Pagal Hai." He also composed music for many other films including Hum Tumpe Marte Hain, Farz and Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai. He has also composed a 20-minute music piece for Sunny Deol's Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.
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