Meena Kapoor

Meena Kapoor was a playback singer^[1] in Hindi cinema, who sang mainly during the 1940s and 1950s, singing hits such as "Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re" from Pardesi (1957). She was a friend of the singer Geeta Dutt; the two had similar vocal styles.

She was married to the music composer Anil Biswas. Anil Biswas died in Delhi in May 2003. His sons, Amar Biswas and Utpal Biswas, better known as Amar-Uptal, 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 Chitalkar and Shamshad Begum from the movie Shehnai.

Filmography

• Aagosh
• Dukhiyari
• Haridarshan
• Gopinath
• Akash
• Naina
• Usha Kiran
• Door Chalen
• Chalte Chalte
• Pardesi (1957)
• [[Naa Illu]] (1953)
• Ghayal (1951)
• Aadhi Raat (1950)
• Anokha Pyar (1948)
• Ghar Ki Izzat (1948)
• Nai Reet (1948)
• Shehnai (1947)

References

1. ^ Raheja, Dinesh (February 09, 2004). ""Anilji and I were like lovebirds"". ExpressIndia. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=75513. Retrieved 21 August 2011. 

External links

• Meena Kapoor Songs
• Meena Kapoor at the Internet Movie Database

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