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"Half Ticket" [1962] is an Indian Hindi film directed by Kalidas. Starring Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Pran, Shammi, Helen, Tun Tun, Manorama and Moni Chatterjee. Music is by Salil Choudhury as Salil Chowdhury. Lyrics by Shailendra................ Kishore Kumar ( Hindi: किशोर कुमार) (August 4, 1929 October 13, 1987) was Indian film playback singer and actor. Along with Mukesh and Mohammed Rafi, he dominated Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. Kumar also achieved notable success as a lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter. 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 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards; * 1971 - Best Male Playback Singer for Aradhana * 1972 - Best Male Playback Singer for Andaz * 1973 - Best Male Playback Singer for Hare Rama Hare Krishna * 1975 - Best Male Playback Singer for Kora Kagaz............. Geetā Dutt (Born Geetā Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri) [November 23, 1930 July 20, 1972] was a prominent Indian playback singer in Hindi movies in the 1950s and 60s, and also a singer of modern Bengali songs. Initially, Geeta was a singer known for singing bhajans and sad songs, but her renderings of composer S. D. Burman's jazzy musical scores in Bāzi in 1951 demonstrated a new facet of Geeta's singing. The sexiness in her voice and her easy adaptation to "western" tunes. From then on in the 1950s, Geeta was people's first choice for singing seductive songs and providing song accompaniments in dance clubs. S.D. Burman recognized the magic in Geeta's voice through her songs in "Do Bhāi". He effectively used the Bengali lilt in her voice in movies like Devdās (1955) and Pyāsā (1957). The song "Aaj Saajan Mohe Ang Lagaa Lo" in "Pyasa" is a prime example of a Bengali keertan being presented in its Hindi version. During Geeta's recording of songs for the movie Baazi, she met the movie's young and upcoming director, Guru Dutt. Their romance culminated in marriage on May 26, 1953.... In 1964, Guru Dutt died from a combination of alcohol and an overdose of sleeping pills. (His death was widely perceived as a suicide following two earlier attempts) Geeta then suffered a serious nervous breakdown, and also ran into financial problems. She tried to resume her singing career, cutting discs at Durgā Pujā, and giving stage shows................ Geeta died of cirrhosis of the liver on July 20, 1972. [Wikipedia & IMDb]
