Kishore & Mahendra - Do Bichare, Bina Sahare - Victoria No. 203 [1972]

"Victoria No. 203" is a 1972 Hindi film produced and directed by Brij. The film stars Navin Nischol, Saira Banu , Ranjeet, Anwar Hussain, Helen and in an inspired bit of casting -Ashok Kumar and Pran - who play key supporting roles in the film and who earned the only Filmfare nominations for the film.

The music by Kalyanji Anandji and the roles of Ashok Kumar and Pran made this a "superhit" at the box office.
Lyrics by Indivar and Verma Malik..........

Kishore Kumar ( Hindi: किशोर कुमार) (August 4, 1929 October 13, 1987) was Indian film playback singer and actor. Along with Mukesh and Mohammed Rafi, he dominated Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. Kumar also achieved notable success as a lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.

Kishore Kumar was a prolific vocalist and sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. He is also widely regarded as the most versatile singer in the history of Indian cinema and a maverick of sorts for lending his voice to songs that did not conform to the norms of the day.

In October 1987, he died following a massive heart attack. He had been married four times and is survived by his two sons Amit Kumar, who made his career in playback singing in Bollywood and Bengali films, and Sumit Kumar.

Filmfare Awards;

Year ↓ Song ↓ Film ↓ Music director ↓ Lyricist ↓
1969 Roop tera mastaana Aradhana Sachin Dev Burman Anand Bakshi
1975 Dil aisa kisi ne Amanush Shyamal Mitra Indeevar
1978 Khaike Pan Banaras Wala Don Kalyanji-Anandji Anjaan
1980 Hazaar raahen mudke dekheen Thodisi Bewafaii Khayyam Gulzar
1982 Pag ghunghroo baandh Namak Halaal Bappi Lahiri Anjaan
1983 Hamen aur jeene ki Agar Tum Na Hote Rahul Dev Burman Gulshan Bawra
1984 Manzilen apni jagah Sharaabi Bappi Lahiri Anjaan
1985 Saagar Kinaare Saagar Rahul Dev Burman Javed Akhtar

Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards; * 1971 - Best Male Playback Singer for Aradhana * 1972 - Best Male Playback Singer for Andaz * 1973 - Best Male Playback Singer for Hare Rama Hare Krishna * 1975 - Best Male Playback Singer for Kora Kagaz............................

Mahendra Kapoor (January 9, 1934, Amritsar, Punjab, India - September 27, 2008, Mumbai, India) was an Indian playback singer.

In a career spanning five decades, his repertoire extended to 25,000 songs in various regional languages, including memorable hits like Chalo ek baar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono (Gumrah), Neele gagan ke taale (Hamraaz), and in various language, but he became synonymous with patriotic songs, with Mere Desh Ki Dharthi', in Manoj Kumars film Upkaar.

He sang many hit songs of yesteryears, and the most notable ones being those for B.R. Chopra's Films (Dhool Ka Phool, Gumrah, Waqt, Hamraaz, Dhund etc.) and for Legendary Actor/Director Manoj Kumar (Upkaar, Purab Aur Paschim etc.)

Mahendra Kapoor is well known as The Vibrant Voice of India. Just like Pavarotti, Mahendra too had a very large vocal range with a beautiful vocal timber. & was loved by all his composers and fans for the same. He was the first Indian Playback Singer to record music in English. He sang 'Oh Saly please Help me.. & I am Feeling Blue" both which were an amazing feat for an Indian singer to do. He was asked by the famous "Boney M" group to sing their songs in Hindi with Musarat from Pakistan & they recorded the EverHit Pop Album M-3

He has sung in almost every language in India, and has sung & covered almost every verity of songs such as Patriotic, Romantic, Bhajans, Qawwalis, Naats, & the TV Serial MAHABHARAT title song has been the umpteenth feather in his already crowned cap. He sang the highest number of songs in Gujrati, Punjabi & Marathi movies. In Marathi he was very popular for being the voice of Dada Kondke in all his movies. In spite of being associated with Dada Kondke's colloquial style his singing for Marathi movies was not limited to Dada Kondke's movies only. His son Rohan Kapoor ia an actor/Singer. He Acted in a few films in the 1980s such as Yash Chopra's Faasle (1985) and Love 86 (1986), Prakash Mehra's Imandaar and later did stage shows along with his father & is a well trained singer. He cut several Albums in India & UK.

All around the world Mahendra Kapoor is idolised by millions of his fans as The Voice Of Their Nation, India.
On September 27, 2008, he died following a cardiac failure, he is survived by his wife, three daughters and a son..........................
[Wikipedia & IMDb]

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[juneg1964]

Good song my good old student days. Thanks for posting.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@juneg1964 -You are most welcome, my dear friend Dr. Arjun.

[MrYogi1965]

Kishore + Mahender Kapoor = Dhamaal

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@chandrashekharjain - Thank you my dear friend.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@chandrashekharjain - I just finished reading about Pran in Wikipedia.

An amazing personality.

It says "...........His favourite line "Barkhurdaar" became immensely popular............".

What is "Barkhurdaar" please?

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@chandrashekharjain - You are most welcome, my dear friend.

Now that we have discussed about the best comedian at the time [Mehmood], it is time to discuss about the "best villain".

In my opinion, Pran was the best.

What do YOU think?