Sharda - tere siva koun he mera

Sharda was a playback singer in Hindi films in the 1960s and 70s. She won the Filmfare best Female Playback Singer award for the cabaret "Baat zara hai aapas ki" in Jahan pyar Miley (1970).
Sharda belonged to a conservative Brahmin family from Tamil Nadu and was inclined towards music from childhood. She got her first big break in Bollywood with the song "Titli udi in Suraj" (1966). She was promoted by Shanker of the Shanker-Jaikishen duo.
"Titli udi" turned out to be a top chartbuster in 1966. Thereafter she continued singing for Shanker in nearly all his films while he was alive. Her voice was last heard in "Kaanch ki Deewar" (1987).
She sang with most of the top singers like Mohd Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Yesudas, Mukesh and Suman Kalyanpur. She lent her voice to top leading ladies of the time like Vyjayanthimala, Saira Banu, Hema Malini, Sharmila Tagore, Mumtaz, Rajashree and even Helen. She was the first Indian female singer to cut out her own pop album in India sometime in 1968. She also performed on stage on several occasions like Filmfare Awards Functions, charity shows, naval functions, and many others.
Sharda was somehow never able to reach the top bracket of singers and she blames some of the highly successful singers of the time to have deprived her of her chances by indulging in dirty politics. She also has the distinction of being a BA graduate, a qualification that Shanker tried his level best to highlight claiming that if the heroine is a college going girl, then only Sharda can sing for her as the other female singers of the time had not been to college. This remark was not well received by others and worked against Sharda. The critics also took digs at her highly South Indian accented pronunciations and nasal intonations which were very obvious. But in spite of all that she did manage to create a certain section of the music listeners as her fans and well wishers.
Shankar tried his level best to promote Sharda as the new generation Lata in the late 60s but somehow things did not really work out. Besides Shankar she also recorded songs with Usha khanna, Dattaram, Iqbal Qureshi and a few others.

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[dsamuel49]

I have seen this movie, and the song sung by Sharda was picturized on Saira Banu in the film. While the song is on, the scenes shown are so beautiful along with Shanker Jaikishen music. If we could get this video it will be fantastic to see again after somany years.

[evndas]

Yaar! Please get this into that "thick skull of yours"!...What has Shankar's wife's death and even if he had taken Sharada as his mistress got to do with either SJ's music or Sharada's talent as a singer? It is a known fact that there is no comparison between the voices of Lata and Sharada...to be honest with you they are worlds apart! You will truly appreciate a talent when others start "aping" their songs on stage or otherwise! Leave alone Lata that is also true in the case of Sharada!

[snfab1]

@evndas YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT LATA WAS TOTALLY ARROGANT AND SELF CENTERED AND OFTEN DITCHED THE SAME PEOPLE WHO HELPED HER TO BECOME A GREAT SINGER LIKE C RAMACHANDRA SALILDA AND OF COURSE THE GREAT S J AND RAJ KAPOOR BUT AS A SINGER SHE WAS DEFINITELY MORE TALENTED THAN SHARADA

[evndas]

RealMusicKing!

If you know so much you would have licked Shanker's balls and got a fraction of those purpoted billions...typical Indian mentality! When you look at an artise look at his/hers capability not monies! Go fly kites, yaar!

Das

[RealMusicKing]

Once Shanker was asked in an interview "what is the difference between Lata and Sharda?" He replied "Absolutely nothing. Lata sings for money, so does Sharda". Shanker never liked Lata. Always had problems with her. Somewhere in early to mid 1960's Shanker met Sharda, promised her a singing career & took her as his mistress. Sharda had zero- singing capability & a very tinny/screeching voice. Shankers wife died of cancer. He had no kids. After his death, guess who got the billions of Rupees?

[htgajjar]

What a Super voice of Sharda wish she was given chance to sing more songs

[Rmehtacpa]

@pulicdustpan - SEXY? SO that is why nice? The american verzion of everything SEXY, whether is true clean feeling, pretty/beauty or sheer art.........everything is SEX. And as far as SHARDA, sorry sorry, not a playback signer to get anywhere near true playback singing for Indian movies of those days..............SORRY.......­...

[buttegowda]

Sharda fits well for songs like "Deko mera dil Machal gaya " (SUraj ) ... In songs like these she sounds like a broken record.

[pulicdustpan]

I think she has got a great voice. So unique and sexy.

[Rmehtacpa]

I was shocked to read even Sharda was given best female singer Filmfare award in 1970.........But that exactly was the time Mafia money had started flowing into Indian film industry................profou­ndly affecting Art, Real artist and quality as well as honesty.

Rm