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  Asha Bhosle (Born on 8th Sep 1933) made h er Hindi film debut when she sang the song "Saawan Aaya" for  Hansraj Behl 's  Chunariya  (1948) but before that  she sang her first film song '"Chala Chala Nav Bala" for the  Marathi film Majha  Bal  (1943).   She  had sung over 12,000 songs, s he was officially acknowledged by the  Guinness Book of World Records  as the most recorded artist in music history Initially, she sang songs  in  low-budget  B- or C-grade films. She  used to get the assignments only when reputed female singers of that time like  Geeta Dutt ,  Shamshad Begum , and  Lata Mangeshkar refuse  singing for the bad girls and  vamps , or songs.  The first time she sang in a big banner film was in Bimal Roy's Parinnta 1953  The song of that film  " Gore gore haathon me mehndi racha ke"..but none of the songs was picturised on the heroine of the film Meena Ku...

  ‘Dil jalta hai to jalne de’. was t he first major song from Mukesh from ” Pehli Nazar”(1945). It was Anil Biswas who composed this song and wanted him to sing   in Saigal style  The song became so popular that he was branded for the sad songs.  He was next to Saigal for such types of songs.  Initially, all the composers used Mukesh mainly for such songs. After this film, however, Anil Biswas helped Mukesh to develop his own distinct style, away from the Saigal effect. Mukesh's songs of Anokha Pyaar-1948, Lajawab-1950, and Aaram-1951 are a testimony to this effort becoming a success. Just listen to the ‘ Aye Jaan e Jigar’ song and you will agree.    The anguish of a failed lover, despondency of a purposeless life, the Heartache-all this is expressed by Mukesh like no other singer. Naushad also recognized Mukesh's voice, he took him for the first time in the 1948 film 'Anokhi Ada'. Mukesh coming out a winner with his ‘ kabhi dil dil se takrata to ...

    He began to play the tabla at the tender age of three. Even at that tender age, Bappi showed signs of greatness as he played the tabla with the proficiency of an experienced professional.  He received his first opportunity in a Bengali film, Daadu (1972) at the age of 19 and the first Hindi film for which he composed music was Nanha Shikari (1973). The film which established him in Bollywood was Tahir Husain's Hindi film, Zakhmee (1975), He  shot to fame in the 80s and 90s with foot-tapping  disco  numbers.  He introduced Vijay Benedict and Sharon Prabhakar to Bollywood and paved the path to fame for Alisha Chinai and Usha Uthup through his compositions. He  popularized the use of  synthesized   disco  music in Indian cinema with an Indian flavor. Chalte Chalte (1976) was his earliest chartbuster movie,  its soundtrack was a hit & very popular in the 70s. Yes, the film is remembered today only for Kishore...

  This song appears in the 1955 hit musical comic Baap Re Baap  directed and produced by A R Kardar. The movie starred Kishore Kumar, Chand Usmani. This song is a duet of Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhonsle, written by  Jan Nisar Akhtar, and the music was composed by O P Nayyar. During those times, t here were no digital recording facilities like today, where if there is a mistake it can be rectified by computers. Those days   there used to be only one microphone for the singers, and another for musicians.   If the singers want to record a duet, one would sing his/her line, get away noiselessly for other singers to sing, and come again for their own part. And, if a musician makes a mistake, the whole track would be recorded again from the top. There was also no technique to alter the intensity of sound, if the sound was supposed to come from a distance, the singer had to stand away from the mic, slowly advancing towards it, to get the desired effect. This song is sig...

  Music Maestro Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma said in an interview that  While composing a song, Dada would say, ‘Even if my songs flop, I will still create something new’. What Dada meant was, ‘I will not take the beaten path. I will not compose as per the existing trend. Even if my songs flop, I will still do something new’.Recall the song 'Tadbeer Se Bigdi Hui Taqdeer Bana De' was written as a Ghazal but he converted it to a club song. Sahir the lyricist of the song was not happy with this but Dada was sure that it would be a hit.   Sahir then and there decided that he will never write again for S. D. Burman, but changed his mind after the song became super-hit and the film too was a big draw for the audience who used to return again and again. Similar situation happened during the making of Jaal 1951 song ' Yeh raat ye Chandni'.'  H e transformed its Ghazal mood giving it a regular stressed beat. When he sang the tune to Sahir Ludhianvi, Sahir laughed. Sahir suggested th...