Kanan Devi & Dhumi Khan. Vidyapati

Kanan Devi was born as Kanan Dassi in Howrah, West Bengal in or around 1916. In her autobiography, Kanan Devi has observed that she was born illegitimately. She belonged to a poor family and after the death of her adoptive father, she and her mother were left to earn and live on their own and had to do all sorts of work to drag on their lives.
Her name was soon changed to Kanan Bala. When she was only ten, a well wisher introduced her to Jyoti Studios where she was cast in a small role in Joydev (1926). She later worked with Radha Films, in films mainly by Jyotish Banerjee.
Kanan Devi (1916 - July 17, 1992) was among the early singing stars of Indian cinema, and is credited popularly as the first star of Bengali Cinema.[1] Her singing style, usually in rapid tempo, was used instrumentally in some of the biggest hits of New Theatres, Calcutta.

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[tbalarao]

Thanks Mirzaji, My favorite female singer , sheer magic in her voice! Bala rao

[abk111100]

excellent

[Tonyr00]

This is magic....brilliant Kananbala....my dad will sing her songs all day...alas, those days will never come back again....

Jhoom rahi hai dali dali.....mein pee ker mud(liquor) ki pyali chaal chaloon matwali....

Sheer magic.....god bless Kananbala

[skk001itu]

I could not find much on Kanan Devi on web site except few songs. She had a particular singing voice and throaty intonation that should have put her in one of the top ever female singers of India. I only came to know her singing with facial mischievous and enchanting smile singing duets with KL saigal. I listen to her often now to see her with fascinating singing style and facial features to lift up my spirits .

[dkapasi4]

Love it...why not..it is nostalgic to hear Kananbala - Kanan Devi...songs like amvaa ki dali dali...tufan mel...more tum bin kal na lage...aie chand chhup na jana...why not? She sang as koyal, she sang as the only one, she sang with Saigal, and few others..of Classic Old India song samrats...I am pleased with this posting...KEEP IT UP..

[oldHFMfan]

Lovely upload, thanks for sharing.

[deepaksgulvadi]

Thanks for the upload Mirzaji

[neerajkamini]

Dear Mirza Ji - Great Song - Here is the detail

Ambuvaa Ke Dali Dali - Vidyapati - Kanan Devi & Dhumi Khan Vidyapati