Talat Mahmood - Part 7 - Tribute To A Legend Of Our Time!

These are compilation of few popular songs sung by Late Mr. Talat Mahmood. I present these videos as a TRIBUTE TO A LEGEND OF OUR TIME.

Song No. 1 - Talat Mahmood - Meri Yaad Mein Tum Na - Madhosh [1951]

Song No. 2 - Talat Mahmood - Aye Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal - Daag [1952]

Song No. 3 - Talat Mahmood - Tasveer Banata Hoon, Tasveer Nahin Banti - Bara-Dari [1955]

Song No. 4 - Talat Mahmood & Sudha Malhotra & Jagjit Kaur - Mohabbat Ki Dhun - Dil-E-Nadan [1953]

Song No. 5 - Talat Mahmood - Itna Na Mujhse Tu Pyar - Chhaya [1961] Sad Version


Talat Mahmood (Urdu: طلعت محمود) (February 24, 1924 -- May 9, 1998) was a popular Indian playback singer and film actor. A recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1992, he had a unique style of singing. He was famous for singing ghazals. He is considered to be one of the best bollywood singers.

Talat Mahmood was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, to Manzoor Mahmood. Talat showed his musical leanings from a very young age and would enjoy sitting through all-night music soirees listening patiently to some of the biggest names in classical Indian music then.

Coming from a conservative Muslim background, singing was not encouraged. Talat had to choose between working in films and staying at home. Despite his parental objection he opted for the former, though his family accepted the fact only about a decade later when he gained respect in the industry.

Talat apprenticed classical music under Pandit S.C.R. Bhat at Morris Music College some time in the 30s. He started his career purely as a ghazal singer in 1939. Talat Mahmood began his singing career at the age of 16 in 1939 when he began singing the Ghazals of Daag, Mir, Jigar etc. on All India Radio, Lucknow. His voice had a quality distinct from all the other singers. HMV was quick to notice this and offered Talat his first disc in 1941 Sab din ek samaan nahin tha, Bun jaoon ga kya se kya main, Iska to kuch dhyan nahin tha.

His reputation as a ghazal singer was not limited to his hometown of Lucknow, but it reached the city that proved to shape his destiny - Calcutta. The then famous ghazal singers were Ustad Barkat Ali Khan, K.L. Saigal and M.A. Rauf. The classical songs he sang were " Sapnon Ki Suhaani Duniyaa Ko " for film Shikast and " Laage Tose Naina " for Chaandi Ki Deewar.

In 1944 came the hit Tasveer teri dil mera behela nah sake gi. Its popularity was so phenomenal and unrivalled that even today it remains one of the top selling non-film discs..............

Talat was considered a handsome man and a good singer, which prompted movie producers to try him as an actor. Talat acted in over a dozen films with top actresses of the time like Nutan, Mala Sinha, Suraiya and others. Later he decided to give up acting to concentrate on singing............

.........At the same time, the social changes and happiness brought about by increasing prosperity in India meant that blue mood ghazals and heart-rending ballads were not popular any more. Talat continued to record good songs, but less in number. His last soundtrack recording, in 1985, is the song "Mere Shareek-e-Safar", a duet sung with Miss Hemlata, from the movie "Wali-e-Azam" composed by Chitragupt and written by Ahmed Wasi.

However, Talat who was the first Indian singer to go on foreign concert tours in 1956 to East Africa found eager fans awaiting his arrival in other foreign countries. Jam packed audience in the United States, the UK, West Indies and other countries awaited his arrival enthusiastically.

He performed in famous Royal Albert Hall in London, Madison Square Garden in the States and Jean Pierre Complex in the West Indies. He continued singing in the packed auditoriums until 1991 when he toured Holland. Talat sang about 800 songs in his long career. His songs are still popular among the music lovers as they were in the days these were released.

People, who were close to Talat, describe his nature as a quiet one. He is often remarked as a decent man, and his velvety and silky voice also reflected that decency and sense of calmness. Music directors, who worked with him, claimed that while listening to him, one would develop the feeling that Talat was a soft-hearted man. Dilip Kumar termed Talat as "a perfect gentleman"!
[Wikipedia]

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[vaadaenmacchi]

for posting all of these oldies, we must confer legend status up on you yuan!

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@vaadaenmacchi - Thank you my dear friend for your, what to say? Extremely kind words!

Actually, all these songs what I have posted and thousands more are very popular in Sri Lanka too for generations..

And they were "re made" in to our local languages decades back.

So I thought op posting these gems, initially as a hobby but after some times I realized that this is the best way to HONOUR those legends.

The result?

THIS channel!

May God bless them.

May God bless you.

[dkmystery]

I highly appreciate the effort you put in bringing these wonderful golden songs! At times there are songs that I haven't even heard and they straightaway go in my fav list

Keep up the gud work :)

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@dkmystery - Thank you my dear friend for your kind words and I appreciate them very much.

Take care.

[MultiHarinarayana]

mr talat mahmood ---a tribute to a legend of our time ---part 7-----all the -5- songs are sweet ---lovely ---even though all the songs are popular ---people like to listen again ---and --again ---thanks for your golden service ---and taking care --music lovers --take care

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@MultiHarinarayana - You are most welcome, my dear friend Mr. Hari.

[dkmystery]

@yuanyuanyuanyin :)

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@rose19646 - You are most welcome, my dear friend Rose.

Take care.

[rose19646]

yuan my dear friend, all of my favorite songs you posted.sung by talatji.your love for hindustani music is very much appriciated. thanks again.good to know about your next project.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@unsuidojo - Thank you my dear friend once again for your extremely kind words.

I appreciate them very much.

Take care.