About

Known credits:
27
Birthday:
1937-01-28
Place of birth:
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Suman Kalyanpur

Overview

Suman Kalyanpur (born Suman Hemmady; 28 January 1937) is an Indian playback singer. One of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Many people believe that she could not reach the stature and position which her talent really warranted, in spite of having all the mandatory characteristics required to make a mark in the field of playback singing like great knowledge of classical music, a melodious voice and a wide range.

Her voice was often mistaken to be that of Lata Mangeshkar. Suman Kalyanpur's career started in 1954 and was very popular singer in the 1960s and 1970s. She recorded songs for movies in several languages besides Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Bengali, Oriya and Punjabi. She is considered among the popular singers of her prime time and golden era of Hindi film music, along with Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Geeta Dutt, Asha Bhosle, Hemant Kumar, Talat Mahmood, Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor and Shamshad Begum. She has sung a total of 857 Hindi songs.

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Known for

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1988 Veerana Sound Playback Singer 58
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1976 Gapa Hele Bi Sata Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1975 Samaya Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1974 Insaaniyat Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1972 Rivaaj Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1971 Ek Paheli Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1971 Patanga Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1971 Woh Din Yaad Karo Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1970 Suhana Safar Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1969 Ustad 420 Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1969 Jahan Pyar Miley Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1969 Raja Saab Sound Playback Singer 59
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1968 Saathi Sound Playback Singer 59
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1968 Juari Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1966 Tasveer Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1966 Suraj Sound Playback Singer 59
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1966 Monihar Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1966 Biradari Sound Playback Singer 59
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1965 Jab Jab Phool Khile Sound Playback Singer 59
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1965 Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1965 Noor Mahal Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1965 Aadhi Raat Ke Baad Sound Playback Singer 59
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1964 April Fool Sound Playback Singer 58
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1964 Darasingh Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1963 Cobra Girl Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1962 Mehndi Lagi Mere Haath Sound Playback Singer N/A
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1957 Mr. X Sound Playback Singer N/A
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