Sharda & Rafi - Jaane Chaman Shola Badan - Gumnaam [1965]

"Gumnaam" (Urdu for "unknown" or "anonymous") is a 1965 Bollywood film directed by Raja Nawathe, starring Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Pran, Helen and Mehmood. The film became a box office hit. Music is by Shankar Jaikishan.

The film came to wider attention when its opening song Jaan Pehechan Ho (a Hindi phrase roughly translated as "We should get to know each other") was in the opening credits of Ghost World. It is sung by Bollywood legend Mohammed Rafi, although he is not the man pictured; the main dancer is Laxmi Chhaya.

Awards and nominations; * Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actress-Helen * Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actor-Mehmood * Filmfare Best Art Direction Award- Colour Movie- S.S. Samel.............

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 Shankar of the Shankar-Jaikishan duo.

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 Shankar 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.

Filmfare Awards Nominations and Award; * 1968 - Tumhari bhi jai jai-(Diwana) - nominated * 1969 - Mere ang ka rang -(Chanda Aur Bijli) - nominated * 1970 - Baat zara hai-(Jahan pyar miley) - won * 1971 - Aapke piche pad gayi-(Ek nari ek brahmchari) - nominated..............

Mohammed Rafi (Hindi: मोहम्मद रफ़ी, Urdu: محمد رفیع; December 24, 1924 July 31, 1980), often addressed as Rafi Sahib, was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades and is one of the most versatile male singers in the history of Indian cinema. Rafi sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada and Telugu. He also recorded English and Persian songs. He is primarily remembered, however, for his Hindi songs, which still remain very popular in India today and also among the Indian diaspora. He dominated the Bollywood music industry from the 1950s to the 1970s along with Mukesh, Manna Dey, and Kishore Kumar.

Between 1950 and 1970, Rafi was one of the most sought after singers in Bollywood.

In 1965, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Sri award.

Awards; * 2001 - Rafi was honored with the "best singer of the millennium" by Hero Honda and Stardust magazine in Mumbai on Jan 7, 2001.

Government Awards; * 15Th Aug 1947 - Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru given hug after his song * 1948 - Rafi received a silver medal from the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, on the first anniversary of the Indian Independence Day. * 1965 - he was honoured with the Padmashri by the Government of India.

Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards; * 1965 - Best Male Playback Singer for Dosti[27] * 1966 - Best Male Playback Singer for Arzoo.........
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[hello34341]

hmm, at last i got this song'been searching it 4 a long time, brings back old memories. love the movie "Gumnaam" very much 2

[SureshJha74]

Nicely picturised song with great singing & equally great soothing music. All in one a 24 carat song!!!!

[madhumatharu70]

i love this song.......xx

[khumare1]

great song

[Sonicizza]

Everything good about the song. Music, lyrics, picturisation ,acting. Perfect combination of violins,guiter, piano. Such songs relieves stress.

Arun

[Parmsingh1234]

Nanda is simply devine and so too is the voice of Sharda

[rupeshkantvyas]

nice romantic song with golden voice

[dptxp]

someone has put a thumbs down!

[moizgroup]

Nobody does rain drenched women in slithery clothes better than bollywood!