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"Bahar" or "Bahaar" [1951] is an Indian Hind film directed by M.V. Raman. Starring Vyjayanthimala, Karan Dewan, Padmini, Pran, Om Prakash and Leela Mishra. Music is by S. D. Burman and lyrics by Rajendra Krishan.............. Vyjayanthimala Bali (born on 13 August 1936, in present day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian actress of the 1950s and '60s, who won a large number of awards for her acting and classical dancing achievements. Following her cinema career, she entered Indian politics, and became a Member of Parliament. Born in Madras in a Tamil family; she did her schooling at Sacred Heart Church Park Convent, Chennai. She trained in Bharatnatyam, a South Indian genre of classical dancing. At the age of 5, Vyjayanthimala got the rare chance of performing a dance before the Pope. At age 15, she got a break in AVM Productions Tamil movie, Vazhkai, which was directed by M. V. Raman, a family friend. The movie was a success, and was remade in Hindi as Bahaar (1951). She acted in a few more Tamil movies before moving on to a highly successful career in Hindi movies.................. She costarred with Dev Anand in Jewel Thief, with Rajendra Kumar in Suraj, with Shammi Kapoor in Prince, and with Kishore Kumar in his inane yet zany comedies,including the blockbuster New Delhi. Vyjayanthimala's Tamil movies included Vanjikottai Valiban, Irumbuthirai, Then Nilavu, Vaazhkai, Penn, Parthiban Kanavu (old), and Baghdad Thirudan............. Vyjayanthimala married Dr. Chamanlal Bali. After marriage, she terminated her acting career and moved to Chennai. She has a son, Suchindra Bali, by Dr. Bali. After she moved to Chennai, she entered politics as a member of the Lok Sabha (lower house). Later, she was nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house). In 2007, she published her autobiography, titled Bonding, with Jyoti Sabarwal as co-writer............. Shamshad Begum (April 14, 1919) is an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Begum was born in Amritsar, Punjab. She was a big fan of K.L. Saigal and watched Devdas 14 times. She earned 15 rupees per song and was awarded 5000 on the completion of the contract on Jenaphone. Sometime back, a controversy erupted in the media, when several publications, gave the false news of her death, before it was clarified that the Shamshad Begum who died in 1998 was Saira Banu's (Dilip Kumar's wife) grandmother with the same name, and the legendary singer, has been living with her daughter Usha Ratra and son-in-law in Mumbai, ever since her husband, Ganpat Lal Batto died in 1955. Recently, she celebrated her 89th birthday at her elder sister's house and now she stays at Powai, Mumbai.... Begum became a national rage between the 1940s and the late 1950s rendering songs with her nasal voice, which helped her carve her independent image--a voice different from her peers, Lata, Asha, Geeta, and Amirbai Karnataki..... Kishore Kumar was a prolific vocalist and sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. He is also widely regarded as the most versatile singer in the history of Indian cinema and a maverick of sorts for lending his voice to songs that did not conform to the norms of the day. In October 1987, he died following a massive heart attack. He had been married four times and is survived by his two sons Amit Kumar, who made his career in playback singing in Bollywood and Bengali films, and Sumit Kumar. Filmfare Awards; Year ↓ Song ↓ Film ↓ Music director ↓ Lyricist ↓ 1969 Roop tera mastaana Aradhana Sachin Dev Burman Anand Bakshi 1975 Dil aisa kisi ne Amanush Shyamal Mitra Indeevar 1978 Khaike Pan Banaras Wala Don Kalyanji-Anandji Anjaan 1980 Hazaar raahen mudke dekheen Thodisi Bewafaii Khayyam Gulzar 1982 Pag ghunghroo baandh Namak Halaal Bappi Lahiri Anjaan 1983 Hamen aur jeene ki Agar Tum Na Hote Rahul Dev Burman Gulshan Bawra 1984 Manzilen apni jagah Sharaabi Bappi Lahiri Anjaan 1985 Saagar Kinaare Saagar Rahul Dev Burman Javed Akhtar.......... [Wikipedia & IMDb]
