Suman Kalyanpur
Today is the 88th Birthday
(born as Suman Hemmadi; 28 January 1937) is an Indian playback singer who is most notable for her work in Hindi cinema.
Suman Kalyanpur.she sung 740 movies from 1960
She honored with the Padma Bhushan in 2023, holds a cherished place in Indian music. Conferred by President Droupadi Murmu on March 22, 2023, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, this prestigious award recognized Kalyanpur’s contribution to Indian music spanning nearly six decades.
Recorded songs for movies in several other languages like Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Bengali, Odia, and Punjabi.
Suman Kalyanpur is considered among the famous singers of her prime time and the golden era of Hindi film music, along with Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar, Geeta Dutt, Manna Dey, Asha Bhosle, Hemant Kumar, Talat Mahmood, Mahendra Kapoor, and Shamshad Begum. She has sung a total of 857 Hindi songs.
Suman Kalyanpur’s voice had a lot of similarities to Lata Mangeshkar. She sings with a quality comparable to Lata, so many of her songs are indistinguishable from Lata’s. The similarity of Suman Kalyanpur’s voice to Lata caused her much discomfort.
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