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"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart." St. Jerome
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A. R. Rahman
Allah-Rakha Rahman(A. R. Rahman) is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist at present .
Rahman was born in Madras, India.His father, R. K. Shekhar, was a film-score composer and conductor for Tamil and Malayalam films; Rahman assisted his father in the studio, playing the keyboard.After his father's death when Rahman was nine years old, the rental of his father's musical equipment provided his family's income.Rahman initially composed scores for documentaries and jingles for advertisements and Indian television channels.Rahman's film career began in 1992 when he started Panchathan Record Inn, a recording and mixing studio in his backyard.His score for his first Hollywood film, the 2009 comedy Couples Retreat, won the BMI London Award for Best Score.In 2010, Rahman composed the original score and songs for the romantic Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, the sci-fi romance Enthiran and Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, composing for the Imtiaz Ali musical Rockstar; the latter's soundtrack was a critical and commercial success . The year 2014 was one of the busiest years for Rahman, with him claiming to have worked in 12 films in various languages .
Rahman has also been involved in non-film projects. Vande Mataram, an album of original compositions released for India's 50th anniversary of its independence in 1997, is one of India's bestselling non-film albums .His first soundtrack, for Roja, was listed on Time's all-time "10 Best Soundtracks" in 2005.
Among his awards are two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and sixteen Filmfare Awards South. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2010 by the Government of India .In 2009, Rahman was included on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people .
"Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places." A. R. Rahman
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Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar was born in a Marathi-speaking Gomantak Maratha family, in the princely state of Indore, part of the Central India Agency (now part of Madhya Pradesh).Her father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, was a classical singer and theater actor. Lata is the eldest child of her parents.Mangeshkar took her first lessons from her father. At the age of five, she started to work as an actress in her father's musical plays she left school because they would not allow her to bring Asha with her, as she would often bring her younger sister with her.In 1942, when Mangeshkar was 13, her father died of heart disease.
Mangeshkar moved to Mumbai in 1945 when Master Vinayak's company moved its headquarters there. She started taking lessons in Hindustani classical music from Ustad Aman Ali Khan of Bhendibazaar Gharana . After Vinayak's death in 1948, music director Ghulam Haider mentored her as a singer.In the 1950s, Mangeshkar sang songs composed by various music directors of the period,.
And Now,
She is an Indian playback singer, and occasional music-composer.She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.She is the elder sister of singers Asha Bhosle, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. India's highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, was bestowed on her in 1989 by the Government of India. She is the second vocalist, after M. S. Subbulakshmi, to have ever been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour .
"I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me." Lata Mangeshkar
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Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian film playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, and screenwriter .Kishore Kumar was born in a Bengali family .Kishore was the youngest of four siblings . While Kishore was still a child, his brother Ashok became a Bollywood actor.
After Ashok Kumar became a star of Hindi films, the Ganguly family visited Mumbai regularly. Abhas Kumar changed his name to 'Kishore Kumar' and started his cinema career as a chorus singer at Bombay Talkies, where his brother worked.Kumar's first film appearance was in Shikari (1946), in which his brother, Ashok played the lead role.Although he got some acting assignments with the help of his brother, he was more interested in becoming a singer.Kishore Kumar produced and directed some movies in the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi (1978), Zindagi (1981) and Door Wadiyon Mein Kahin(1980)—his last appearance as an actor.
Apart from Hindi, he sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odia, and Urdu.He is considered one of the most successful playback singers of the Hindi film industry.
He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that category.
”Every day is a new beginning. Every day gives opportunity to prove yourself better and better, to do something good and to prove your self worth.”Kishore kumar
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Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian playback singer. Her father, Bishwajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and works for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, and her mother, Sarmistha Ghoshal, is a literature post-graduate. She has a younger brother, Soumyadeep Ghoshal. At the age of four, she started learning music. Shreya Ghoshal completed her schooling up to eighth grade. In 1995, she won the All India Light Vocal Music Competition,New Delhi, organised by Sangam Kala Group, in Light Vocal group in sub-junior level.
Atif Aslam
Muhammad Atif Aslam (born 12 March 1983) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter and actor. He began his education in kindergarten at Kimberley Hall School, Lahore.
Aslam played cricket and got interested in music. Even though Aslam always admired Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Abida Parveen,his first love was for cricket and he dreamt of representing his nation as a cricketer.He was a fast bowler and his passion for the sport saw him being selected for the national Under 19 cricket team trials. At one stage Aslam was training to represent his country in the U-19 World Cup.Spurred on by his friends, he began to sing in public during his days at PICS, where he met guitarist and talented young composer, Goher Mumtaz. After performing at their college and at various restaurants, they eventually formed a band named 'JalWithin a matter of weeks, "Aadat" became popular on a host of promotional Pakistani music websites and went viral online, making Aslam a household name.On 17 July 2004, Aslam released his first album titled Jal Pari (meaning 'Mermaid') which was an instant hit .Following Jal Pari, Aslam released two more successful solo albums, Doorie and Meri Kahani. He also recorded many songs for Bollywood, that were successful too.Aslam also is the first man from Asia, and the second artist after Bryan Adams, to be permitted to perform inside the Dashrath Rangasla National Football Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal .
' – an Urdu/Hindi word which means 'water'. Working together, the pair recorded the song "Aadat"
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"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart." St. Jerome
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A. R. Rahman
Allah-Rakha Rahman(A. R. Rahman) is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist at present .
Rahman was born in Madras, India.His father, R. K. Shekhar, was a film-score composer and conductor for Tamil and Malayalam films; Rahman assisted his father in the studio, playing the keyboard.After his father's death when Rahman was nine years old, the rental of his father's musical equipment provided his family's income.Rahman initially composed scores for documentaries and jingles for advertisements and Indian television channels.Rahman's film career began in 1992 when he started Panchathan Record Inn, a recording and mixing studio in his backyard.His score for his first Hollywood film, the 2009 comedy Couples Retreat, won the BMI London Award for Best Score.In 2010, Rahman composed the original score and songs for the romantic Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, the sci-fi romance Enthiran and Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, composing for the Imtiaz Ali musical Rockstar; the latter's soundtrack was a critical and commercial success . The year 2014 was one of the busiest years for Rahman, with him claiming to have worked in 12 films in various languages .Rahman has also been involved in non-film projects. Vande Mataram, an album of original compositions released for India's 50th anniversary of its independence in 1997, is one of India's bestselling non-film albums .His first soundtrack, for Roja, was listed on Time's all-time "10 Best Soundtracks" in 2005.
Among his awards are two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and sixteen Filmfare Awards South. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2010 by the Government of India .In 2009, Rahman was included on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people .
"Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places." A. R. Rahman
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Lata Mangeshkar
Mangeshkar moved to Mumbai in 1945 when Master Vinayak's company moved its headquarters there. She started taking lessons in Hindustani classical music from Ustad Aman Ali Khan of Bhendibazaar Gharana . After Vinayak's death in 1948, music director Ghulam Haider mentored her as a singer.In the 1950s, Mangeshkar sang songs composed by various music directors of the period,.
And Now,
She is an Indian playback singer, and occasional music-composer.She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.She is the elder sister of singers Asha Bhosle, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. India's highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, was bestowed on her in 1989 by the Government of India. She is the second vocalist, after M. S. Subbulakshmi, to have ever been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour .
"I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me." Lata Mangeshkar
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Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian film playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, and screenwriter .Kishore Kumar was born in a Bengali family .Kishore was the youngest of four siblings . While Kishore was still a child, his brother Ashok became a Bollywood actor.After Ashok Kumar became a star of Hindi films, the Ganguly family visited Mumbai regularly. Abhas Kumar changed his name to 'Kishore Kumar' and started his cinema career as a chorus singer at Bombay Talkies, where his brother worked.Kumar's first film appearance was in Shikari (1946), in which his brother, Ashok played the lead role.Although he got some acting assignments with the help of his brother, he was more interested in becoming a singer.Kishore Kumar produced and directed some movies in the late 1970s and early 1980s, such as Badhti Ka Naam Dadhi (1978), Zindagi (1981) and Door Wadiyon Mein Kahin(1980)—his last appearance as an actor.
Apart from Hindi, he sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odia, and Urdu.He is considered one of the most successful playback singers of the Hindi film industry.
He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that category.
”Every day is a new beginning. Every day gives opportunity to prove yourself better and better, to do something good and to prove your self worth.”Kishore kumar
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Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian playback singer. Her father, Bishwajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and works for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, and her mother, Sarmistha Ghoshal, is a literature post-graduate. She has a younger brother, Soumyadeep Ghoshal. At the age of four, she started learning music. Shreya Ghoshal completed her schooling up to eighth grade. In 1995, she won the All India Light Vocal Music Competition,New Delhi, organised by Sangam Kala Group, in Light Vocal group in sub-junior level.
Her first ever recorded song was "Ganraj Rangi Nachato" which is a cover version of a marathi song originally sung by Lata Mangeshkar .Her first studio album was Bendhechhi Beena .Ghoshal caught the attention of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she participated in the 75th children's special episode of Sa Re Ga Ma.According to Bhansali, Ghoshal's voice had the innocence needed for the character of Paro in Devdas (2002).She was an immediate success and was called by various regional film industries for recording songs in her voice.
She has received four National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards including five for Best Female Playback Singer, nine Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer ,three Kerala State Film Awards ,one Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.She has recorded songs for film music and albums in various Indian languages and has established herself as a leading playback singer of Indian cinema .
In 2017, Ghoshal became the first Indian singer to have a wax figure of her in Madame Tussauds Museum.
"I don't have a lot of desires, you see; I feel so lucky. God has give me a lot of things already; there's nothing to ask for. "Shreya Ghoshal
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Atif Aslam
Aslam played cricket and got interested in music. Even though Aslam always admired Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Abida Parveen,his first love was for cricket and he dreamt of representing his nation as a cricketer.He was a fast bowler and his passion for the sport saw him being selected for the national Under 19 cricket team trials. At one stage Aslam was training to represent his country in the U-19 World Cup.Spurred on by his friends, he began to sing in public during his days at PICS, where he met guitarist and talented young composer, Goher Mumtaz. After performing at their college and at various restaurants, they eventually formed a band named 'JalWithin a matter of weeks, "Aadat" became popular on a host of promotional Pakistani music websites and went viral online, making Aslam a household name.On 17 July 2004, Aslam released his first album titled Jal Pari (meaning 'Mermaid') which was an instant hit .Following Jal Pari, Aslam released two more successful solo albums, Doorie and Meri Kahani. He also recorded many songs for Bollywood, that were successful too.Aslam also is the first man from Asia, and the second artist after Bryan Adams, to be permitted to perform inside the Dashrath Rangasla National Football Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal .
' – an Urdu/Hindi word which means 'water'. Working together, the pair recorded the song "Aadat"
He has recorded numerous chart-topping songs and is known for his vocal belting technique.[
His three albums have approximately sold nearly 9 million copies worldwide .
"Now nothing seems impossible With You I feel unstoppable " Atif Aslam(I'm Alive)
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