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From: sm0e@Lehigh.EDU (SAMIUDDIN MOHAMMED)
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Subject: Just the facts: Naushad's singers
Date: 20 Feb 1996 15:33:23 GMT
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It has been alleged that Naushad's drawback was that he didn't use many
singers in his career. While I personally find this criterion for judging an
MD totally absurd, it turns out that MANY singers have sung under Naushad's
baton. Of course, Rafi and Lata turn out to be by far his main singers. Here's
an almost complete list (excluding the very recent songs) of all the singers
who have sung for Naushad. This list was originally posted on RMIM by Chetan
Vinchhi and I've added the names that he had missed:

1. Saigal, 2. Noorjehan, 3. Mohd. Rafi, 4. Lata Mangeshkar, 5. Asha Bhosale,
6. Suraiya, 7. Mukesh, 8. Manna Dey, 9. Talat Mehmood, 10. Hemant Kumar,
11. Geeta Dutt, 12. Shamshad Begum, 13. Zohrabai Ambalawali, 14. Amirbai
Karnataki, 15. Parul Ghosh, 16. Mahendra Kapoor, 17. Suman Kalyanpur,
18. Naseem Akhtar, 19. Shyam, 20. Uma Devi, 21. Vani Jairam, 22. Rajkumari,
23. Shanti Mathur, 24. Surendra, 25. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, 26. Amir Khan,
27. D V Paluskar, 28. Parveen Sultana 28. Ramanand, 29. Pati Prasad Gulzar,
30. Husn Bano, 31. Sharda (old), 32. Bimal Kumari, 33. Miss Rose, 34. Vrijmala,
35. Bholaram, 36. G.M. Durrani, 37. Jyoti, 38. Meera, 39. Prem Adeeb,
40. Bhoodo Advani, 41. Nirmala Devi, 42. Rajkumar, 43. Charlie, 44. Hamida,
45. Shahu Modak, 46. Allaudin, 47. Karan Diwan, 48. Manju Diwan, 49. Amar,
50. Saadat, 51. Preeti Sagar, 52. Usha Mangeshkar, 53. Meena Mangeshkar,
54. Sushma Shresta, 55. Bhupendra, 56. S.Malbir, 57. Khan Mastana,
58. Hridaynath Mangeshkar, 59. Mubarak Begum, 60. Niaz Ahmed, 61. Aziz Naazan,
62. Mohammed Aziz, 63. Anuradha Paudwal

Malayalam: 64. Yesudas and 65. P.Sushila.


Hmm, 65 singers sang for someone who was accused of not utilizing many
singers. Yes, the list does include several singers who have sung only a
couple of songs for Naushad. But there are many singers who have sung more
than Uma Devi, who sang about 5-7 songs in 2-3 films. Naushad, if you recall,
was acknowledged for using Uma Devi.

It was also alleged that Naushad used Mukesh in Andaaz in order to further his
own career and then dumped him. He then returned to Mukesh in Saathi when his
career was on the downswing. Now, it is common knowledge that Naushad made a
name for himself with Ratan (1944). Between Ratan and Andaaz (1949), were the
following films: Sanyaasi, Queemat, Anmol Ghadi, Shahjehan, Natak, Ailaan,
Dard, Anokhi Ada, Mela (with Mukesh) and Dulaari. Atleast three of the above
films which didn't feature Mukesh, viz. Anmol Ghadi, Shahjehan and Dulari were
BIG hits which indicates that the maestro had already established himself
before the advent of Andaaz, although the success of this Mehboob film did
boost his career further. On the other hand, Mukesh was still establishing
himself as a singer and the success of Andaaz helped him a LOT. It is
ridiculous to say that Naushad used Mukesh only when he had problems with his
own career.

Sami Mohammed (A Naushad fan)

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