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Suman Kalyanpur (b. 1937)

Alias:
Soman Kalyanpur
Suman Hemadi
Suman Hemady
Suman Hemmady
Suman Kalayanpur
Suman Kalyanpurker
Suman Klyanpur
Sumant Kalyanpur

Birthplace:
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Born:
January 28, 1937

Biography from TheMovieDB

Suman Kalyanpur (born Suman Hemmady; 28 January 1937) is an Indian playback singer. One of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Many people believe that she could not reach the stature and position which her talent really warranted, in spite of having all the mandatory characteristics required to make a mark in the field of playback singing like great knowledge of classical music, a melodious voice and a wide range.  Her voice was often mistaken to be that of Lata Mangeshkar. Suman Kalyanpur's career started in 1954 and was very popular singer in the 1960s and 1970s. She recorded songs for movies in several languages besides Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Bengali, Oriya and Punjabi. She is considered among the popular singers of her prime time and golden era of Hindi film music, along with Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Geeta Dutt, Asha Bhosle, Hemant Kumar, Talat Mahmood, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor and Shamshad Begum. She has sung a total of 857 Hindi songs.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Suman Kalyanpur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Playback Singer:
1957  Mr. X
1962  Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath
1963  Cobra Girl
1964  April Fool
1964  Darasingh
1965  Jab Jab Phool Khile
1965  Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain
1965  Noor Mahal
1966  Biradari
1966  Suraj
1966  Tasveer
1968  Juari
1968  Saathi
1969  Jahan Pyar Miley
1969  Raja Saab
1969  Ustad 420
1970  Suhana Safar
1971  Ek Paheli
1971  Patanga
1971  Woh Din Yaad Karo
1972  Rivaaj
1974  Insaaniyat
1975  Samaya
1976  Gapa Hele Bi Sata

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