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Talat Mahmood is a Actor and Playback Singer Indian born on 24 february 1924
Talat Mahmood (Hindi: तलत महमूद, Urdu: طلعت محمود) (February 1924 – 9 May 1998) is considered one of the greatest male non-classical and semi-classical singers of Indian sub-continent who conquered innumerable hearts and stirred countless souls with his beautifully soft silken voice and profoundly artistic subtle method of singing. He was a born singer with an intuitive sense of beauty, charm and grace. He was truly a legendary Indian playback singer. Although he tried his luck as a film actor, he couldn't succeed a great deal in acting. He had a good sense of acting, but the public of his day was more interested in listening to him than seeing him on the silver screen alongside the likes of, the infinitely sublime, Dilip Kumar, the elegant, Ashok Kumar, the charming, Raj Kapoor, and the stylish, Dev Anand.
Talat received Padma Bhushan in 1992, in recognition of his profound artistic contributions in the spheres of cinematic and ghazal music. he had a unique, elegant and profoundly artistic style of singing. Talat was a very gifted singer in every sense. He was particularly famous for singing soft and sombre semi-classical and non-classical ghazals, but the film songs sung by him are also considered critically flawless and outstanding. Although Talat's typical genre was Ghazal, but he was an astoundingly brilliant film singer who sung innumerable fantastic film songs.
Romantic and tragic were the moods, he liked most and it was him who helped a great deal in shaping the style and method of modern ghazal singing. He can honestly be described as the real founder of modern semi-classical and non-classical ghazal. During the 1950s and 60s, Talat used to be the first choice of the high-brow literary and artistic community of Indian sub-continent, especially Urdu-speaking community. Even, his cancelled songs were immensely popular among them. No other singer had such intellectually high-class and learned audience at the time. Talat's voice has often been described as the softest male voice of Indian sub-continent, not only this, but his voice is also considered among the most soulful male voices ever heard in the Indian sub-continent.
It is often said that Talat Mehmood is the name of a very valuable acquired taste, once one developed it, he would never seize to love and cherish it, and would grow fonder and fonder of it for the rest of his life. Talat's lovably artistic singing keeps evoking in him a better and better aesthetic sense and the faculty of recognizing beauty, even in its subtlest forms, it makes him capable of extracting aesthetic pleasure, even in its most unfamiliar disguises, as he listens to him over a period of time.
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Talat received Padma Bhushan in 1992, in recognition of his profound artistic contributions in the spheres of cinematic and ghazal music. he had a unique, elegant and profoundly artistic style of singing. Talat was a very gifted singer in every sense. He was particularly famous for singing soft and sombre semi-classical and non-classical ghazals, but the film songs sung by him are also considered critically flawless and outstanding. Although Talat's typical genre was Ghazal, but he was an astoundingly brilliant film singer who sung innumerable fantastic film songs.
Romantic and tragic were the moods, he liked most and it was him who helped a great deal in shaping the style and method of modern ghazal singing. He can honestly be described as the real founder of modern semi-classical and non-classical ghazal. During the 1950s and 60s, Talat used to be the first choice of the high-brow literary and artistic community of Indian sub-continent, especially Urdu-speaking community. Even, his cancelled songs were immensely popular among them. No other singer had such intellectually high-class and learned audience at the time. Talat's voice has often been described as the softest male voice of Indian sub-continent, not only this, but his voice is also considered among the most soulful male voices ever heard in the Indian sub-continent.
It is often said that Talat Mehmood is the name of a very valuable acquired taste, once one developed it, he would never seize to love and cherish it, and would grow fonder and fonder of it for the rest of his life. Talat's lovably artistic singing keeps evoking in him a better and better aesthetic sense and the faculty of recognizing beauty, even in its subtlest forms, it makes him capable of extracting aesthetic pleasure, even in its most unfamiliar disguises, as he listens to him over a period of time.
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Dil-E-Nadan (1953)
, 2h22Directed by Abdur Rashid Kardar
Genres Romance
Actors Talat Mahmood, Shyama, Shyama
Roles Mohanbabu
Rating62%
Kamini (Peace Kanwal) and Asha (Shyama) are two sisters living with their wealthy father, Seth Hirachand (Diwan Sharar). Mohan (Talat Mehmood), is striving to become a musician, but is hindered by his father who is a petition-writer. Mohan leaves home and meets up with Kamini and her father. Seth Hirachand helps Mohan to make a name for himself as a music director. Kamini and Mohan fall in love, but Asha lets Kamini know that she loves Mohan. Having spoilt Asha, as an older sister Kamini gets Asha and Mohan married. However things don't work out between the two. Asha is disturbed by Mohan's music and finds it boring. She finds out about Kamini and Mohan's affair and consumed with rage a pregnant Asha runs after Mohan but trips down the stairs. Badly injured, she gives birth and dies handing the baby to Kamini. After a few years, Kamini and Mohan are brought together by Mohan's son, who insists on calling Kamini, mother.
Comfort (1951)
Directed by D.D. Kashyap
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dev Anand, Madhubala, Talat Mahmood, Prem Nath, Durga Khote, Manmohan Krishna Chadha
Rating60%
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Woh Din Yaad Karo (1971)
Genres Drama
Actors Sanjay Khan, Nanda, Shashikala, Mehmood Ali, Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri), Madan Puri
Roles Playback Singer
Boot Polish (1954)
, 2h29Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors David Abraham, Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Shailendra
Roles Playback Singer
Rating78%
Belu (Baby Naaz) and Bhola (Ratan Kumar) are left in the care of their wicked aunt Kamla (Chand Burque) after their mother dies. She forces them to beg in the streets and takes their money.
Three Lights & Four Streets (1953)
, 1h52Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Sandhya Shantaram, Shashikala, Leela Mishra, Nirupa Roy, Sheila Ramani, Karan Dewan
Roles Playback Singer
Rating69%
Lala Gulabchand (Dewan Sharar), is a Punjabi and his wife is from Uttar Pradesh. They live at the corner of a crossroads with three lights and four roads. He is a firm believer in national unity and has had five of his six sons, each married to a girl from a different state; a Marathi, Sindhi, Bengali, Tamil and a Gujarati. His sixth son Ramesh (Karan Dewan), works in the press and is a writer and an artist. He is a bachelor but falls in love with a woman named Kokila whose singing he hears on the radio. He draws a portrait of Kokila from imagination just listening to her sing. Unbeknownst to him, Kokila, called Shyama (Sandhya), is the dark-complexioned maid who works in their home and is proficient in all the different languages that the wives of the brothers' speak and very efficient in her chores. However, he rejects her as she's dark and Shyama leaves the house despondent. The turmoil the household goes through with the absence of Shyama and a repentant Ramesh finally makes for a happy ending by everyone getting together again.
The Untoward (1952)
, 2h35Directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Achala Sachdev, Om Prakash, Agha, David Abraham
Roles Playback Singer
Rating70%
The film deals with the story of two sisters—Mohini and Roop—both played by Nargis—the legal one raised by a courtesan and the illegal child. As time passes by, Roop falls in love with Rajkumar Saxena (played by Raj Kapoor), an advocate—who is a tenant—comes to pay the house rent to her father, but instead meets Roop. Soon they involve in a deeper romantic relationship, and Roop convinces her father for their marriage.
Shadow (1952)
, 2h30Directed by V. Shantaram
Genres Drama
Actors Sandhya Shantaram, V. Shantaram, Lalita Pawar, Saroj Khan
Roles Playback Singer
Rating59%
Tired of his life Deepak (V. Shantaram), a boat man, tries to commit suicide. However his inner voice stops him. As he's reurning home he gets hit in the eye by a bullet, blinding him. The accident has been caused by Saloni (Jayshree), a young lady also called Chhoti Rani (Young Queen), while she's out on a hunt. She takes him home with the view of getting him treatment. While staying in the big mansion Deepak soon falls in love with Saloni, who reciprocates his feelings. However this is not liked by the older Queen, Badi Rani (Lalita Pawar) as she wants Saloni to marry Vinod. She sends Deepak for eye treatment with Kishori (Sandhya), one of the maids in the house, whose voice is similar to Saloni's voice. Badi Rani dies, and when Saloni refuses to marry Vinod, he tries to rape her. While she's trying to escape, both are killed. On regaining his eyesight Deepak realises that Kishori, who has fallen in love with him is not Saloni. He returns to the mansion to be told about Saloni's death. He spends his days lighting a lamp on the shrine he builds for Saloni at the place where she died.
Mr. Sampat (1952)
Directed by Subramaniam Srinivasan
Genres Comedy
Actors Motilal, Padmini Ramachandran, Agha
Roles Playback Singer
Rating73%
Babul (1950)
, 2h22Genres Drama
Actors Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Ashok Kumar, Jankidas, Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri), Vinod
Roles Playback Singer
Rating70%
Ashok hails from a wealthy family and has a job as a postmaster, but it is clear that his job requires little hard labor, aside from sending an occasional telegram, leaving him time to enjoy his comforts cigarettes, painting and song writing . A girl named Bela, the poor and simple daughter of the former postmaster woos for his affections and is supported by her poor father who wants her married. Bela prepares Ashok's meals, teases and amuses him, and imagines of a happy marriage with Ashok who likes her but is not in love with her.