Sharda & Mahendra Kapoor - patli qamar tirchhi nazar

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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[ndmisc]

The song is from the movie "Choronka chor" of 1970.Dara Singh,Madan Puri,Master Bhagwan,Agha,Roopesh Kumar,Meena T,Shetty.Music by Dattaram-SJ's life-time associate and their percussion master.If you get a chance,do see this movie-height of nonsense and therefore really enjoyable.Director-Mohammad Hussain.(Did they need him really ????)

[jagjitisher]

what a funny song sung y sharda n mahinder kapur, but quite good 2 listen. sharda has sung good songs 4 SJ but her bad luck other music directors didnt pay heed 2 her talent.

[SweetnSymple]

Wow very funny.

Amazing how these singers can adapt their voices to suit various singing styles.

[shaheenkhan61]

HEY FUNNY SONG

Cool to hear Mahendra Kapoor sing a funny song