From : lovehumanity
Added: Feb 12, 2008
Kuchh logon ko Talat Mahmood kay liay mera King of Ghazal kehna chubha hoga unkay liay Mehdi Hassan ki zabani aik waqya sunata hoon :) Witness: Khalid Mahmood, the singing son of Talat Sahab. Referemce: Newspaper THE HINDU - 27TH. SEPT. 1991 On his visit to India Mehdi Hassan revealed when he reached Talat Mahmood's residence that "It was through the vocals of Talat Saab that I discovered the goldmine in my throat. His songs like 'Ek main hoon ek meri bekasi ki shaam hai' and 'Husn walon ko na dil do ye mita dete hain' had left a lasting impression on me. It was whilst singing these two Talat numbers on stage in the early years of my singing career, that I held an audience of 10,000 in Pindi spellbound ! Believe it or not, the moment I completed singing these two Talat hits, the Pindi audience showered me with money and in a trice I had collected almost about Rs.14,000 ! All this, was of course, courtesy Talat Saab ! " Leme add a bit more about Talat. When ghazal singing started in pre-partition Hindustan there were very few names like Master Madan, Kamla Jharya, K.L.Saigal etc. It was then Talat Mahmood decided to give it a Geet Melody Touch while his counterpart Begum Akhter kept on the tradition singling style. Both of them gave new heights to Ghazals from 1940's to 1960. Talat was the first singer whose Non-Film Geet and Ghazals (more than 250) were equally popular and waited for as were his Film Songs (more than 700) He also holds a special record that almost each n every Film Song, Geet, Ghazal, Naat, Bhajan and even religious songs have been preserved and are available now. This dates back from 1940's till 1970's. His ghazals were so popular that he was the top choice for mellow songs in Films. Being a heart-throb he was also casted in movies with top heroines. He acted in 13 movies ..mostly as Hero. "RAJLAXMI" 1945 with KANANBALA "TUM AUR MAIN" 1947 with KANANDEVI "SAMAPTI" 1949 with BHARTI DEVI "ARAAM" 1951 with MADHUBALA & DEV ANAND "DIL-E-NADAAN" 1953 with SHYAMA and PEACE KANWAL who was Miss India of 1953 "DAK BABU" 1954 with NADIRA "WARIS" 1954 with SURAIYA and NADIRA "RAFTAAR" 1955 with NADIRA "DIWALI KI RAAT" 1956 with ROOPMALA & SHASHIKALA "EK GAON KI KAHANI" 1957 with MALA SINHA "LALA ROOKH" 1958 with SHYAMA "MAALIK" 1958 with SURAIYA and in "SONE KI CHIRIYA" 1958 with NUTAN. He was immmensely popular in gals throughout the world as was evident in his visit to Pakistan where he performed in National Stadium Karachi with above 50,000 crowd mostly his female fans. Not very often u see such a large audience in a music concert in the history of Pakistan. He was the pioneer in bringing the ghazal taste to masses, a path which was followed by Mehdi Hassan and then Jagjit Singh and None now ..according to my humble opinion. He was truely called King of GhazaL. Enjoy Faiz sahab's beautiful ghazal in Talat sahab's silky voice. Regards Dr.Bukhari
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