MOHAMMAD RAFI & SUMAN KALYANPUR - RAAT SUHAANI - JIGRI DOST 1969

SONG:RAAT SUHAANI JAAG RAHI HAI
MUSIC:LAXMIKANT PYARELAL
LYRICS:ANAND BAKSHI
SINGER:MOHAMMAD RAFI & SUMAN KALYANPUR
FILM:JIGRI DOST

Jigri Dost is a 1969 Indian film directed by Ravikant Nagaich. It stars Jeetendra in a double role, Mumtaz, and Komal, who is in fact Poonam Sinha, Shatrughan Sinha's wife.The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal and lyrics is by Anand Bakshi.


Mumtaz (born 31 July 1947 in Bombay, India) is a famous Bollywood actress, most remembered for her roles in Tere Mere Sapne (1971) and Khilona (1970), which got her Filmfare Best Actress Award, while the film itself, won Filmfare Best Movie Award.Mumtaz was born to Abdul Saleem Askari and Sardar Shadi Habib Agha in Bombay, India, Originally they are from Afghanistan. She entered Bollywood at the age of twelve

She started as an extra in films in the early 1960s. She accepted small roles in big films like Mujhe Jeene Do and big roles in small budgeted stunt films like Boxer, Samson, Tarzan, and King Kong. In the 1960s, she starred in as many as 16 action films with freestyle wrestler Dara Singh and was labelled as a stunt film heroine.

She first gained attention in a supporting role as a vamp in the A grade color hit film Mere Sanam (1965). The memorable sexy song yeh hai reshmai was picturized on her. The success of the film led to another sizzling song "Aye dushman jaan" in another big-budget film Patthar Ke Sanam. Finally, she gained major attention when she played one of Dilip Kumar's leading ladies in Ram Aur Shyam (1967). The film became one of the top hits of the year, and she received her first Filmfare nomination as Best Supporting Actress. Suddenly, Mumtaz was flooded with offers, but still not for major leading lady roles.

She supported Sharmila Tagore in several films in the late 1960s, such as for Saawan Ki Ghata, Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi, and Mere Humdum Mere Dost. She had a memorable song and dance number ("Aaj kal tere mere") with her then-boyfriend Shammi Kapoor in the hit film Brahmachari (1968).

It took Raj Khosla's blockbuster Do Raaste (1969) starring the phenomenon Rajesh Khanna to finally make Mumtaz a full-fledged star. Oddly, it was just an inconsequential girlfriend role, but director Khosla, so good at picturizing songs, filmed four unforgettable songs on Mumtaz. The film made her hugely popular, and she acknowledged that even though she had a small role, it was still one of her favorite films. When earlier, she had played a small role as Rajendra Kumar's sister in Gehra Daag, now was elevated to playing his leading lady in Tangewala. Earlier, Shashi Kapoor had refused to work with her because she was a "stunt film heroine" in Saccha Jootha, now wanted her to be his heroine in Chor Machaye Shor.

Mumtaz had no problems acting sexy and due to her great looks, easily had several more hit films. She acted in over a hundred films in a career that spanned just 12 years. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for one of her favorite films Khilona in 1970, and she was "very happy that the audience accepted her in an emotional role."

Mumtaz starred in many movies with Feroz Khan and her other popular pairing have been with Jeetendra and Rajesh Khanna. She has also acted with Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar and other top heroes of her era. She was proud of her work in her other favorite films Tere Mere Sapne for director Vijay Anand, as well as Roop Tera Mastana, Aap Ki Kasam, and Aaina.

She quit acting after her appearance in Aaina (1977) which was a flop, even though it had co-starred Rajesh Khanna and was directed by famous director Kailasam Balachander. After that, she left films for marriage to a millionaire and only returned for one final film appearance 12 years later in the 1989 film Aandhiyan, which flopped and she turned down other film offers. In 1996 she received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.

In June 2008, she was honored for her "Achievement in Indian Cinema" by the International Indian Film Academy in Bangkok.

Mumtaz married millionaire Mayur Madhvani on 29 May 1974. They have two daughters Natasha and Tanya. Natasha, the elder daughter, married actor Fardeen Khan, son of Feroz Khan, in a lavish ceremony, in December 2005. Her sister Mallika is married to Randhawa, younger brother of famous wrestler Dara Singh.

Mumtaz had acknowledged that she has successfully battled cancer and that she and her husband have overcome personal problems in their marriage.

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[Milahi1935]

A medium composition made great by the voices of Suman and Rafi. Rafi was perfect as usual. The voice of Suman was sweeter than Lata's. The composer did not blend any high notes in this duet so neither Rafi nor Suman could show us their excellent control of the high notes, which they have done in a couple of other duets. Suman had a higher range than Lata, but she was seldom given the music to dispay those high notes due to the inability of the composers of her era to blend high notes into thei

[Shaam44]

@Milahi1935 I truly understand how you love Suman`s voice :) Thanks 4 watching.

[paru60]

The song is so beautiful, I dont know why they had to dance so agrresively.

[khaiyyam1]

What a romantic song ! The voices are very melody and Mumtaz looks so young and gorgeous.

[rajivvijayakar]

No singer can be great unless the composition is. Singers, even Lata and Rafi, are couriers of the creation of the lyricists and composer. Yes, they can enhance a song to an extent.

[jalgaonkardewang]

@Milahi1935 My thoughts are very much similar to you. been very happy reading this comment

[Milahi1935]

Shaam44: suman is only 72 years old and she has some songs recently with sonu nigham. I hope she will sing many more songs as she is classically trained and has retained her perfect voice.

[Rmehtacpa]

For this pretty good song, what a third grade cheap scene/picturization......

[charuprakash1]

lovely song, wasted on two clowns

[vinodmk23]

WOW........Melodious song with enchanting music by LP, melodious song with excellent lyrics by AB ...sung by Rafi saab and Suman kalyanpuri....touches your heart