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A beautiful photograph indeed ! Taken on stage
from behind Talat whilst he was singing,
you can see
Talat's face
(looking right) silhouetted
against the stadium lights !
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Talat and singer Geeta Dutt
photographed
in a car whilst
leaving a concert venue
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'King of Ghazals' Talat Mahmood and 'Man With The
Golden Guitar' Van Shipley enjoy the view from atop the Empire State
Building in New York
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Talat with famous Indian Army General Thimayya
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Close buddies through life !
Talat with music director
Madan Mohan
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Talat in a pensive mood - photographed for a top selling film magazine
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Radio
singer Suman Hemmadey's ( later Suman Kalyanpur ) first film song was a
duet with Talat Mahmood in "Darwaza". A rank newcomer, her career hit
the big league when Talat agreed to sing the duet with her, making the
film industry sit up and take notice of her.
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Mohd. Rafi, the film industry's most versatile singer and Talat
Mahmood, the undisputed monarch who ruled the world of ghazals !
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Talat with co-singers
Jikki and Sudha Malhotra
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Lata, producer-director J. Om Prakash
and Talat Mahmood
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Talat joins in an impromptu jig
at a party!
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A rare photo !
All the singing greats at the
start of their careers - Talat Mahmood, Mohd Rafi, Kishore Kumar,
Mukesh,
Geeta Dutt, GM Durrani, Meena Kapoor, Kamal Barot, Mubarak Begum and others
At the
recording of their song are (left) C Ramchander and
(right) Lata Mangeshkar and Talat Mahmood
Mega film financier
B.C.Shankar, Music director duo Anandji,
guitarist C.Laxmichand,
Talat and
Kalyanji at recording of "Sunehri Nagin"
At the recording of the superhit NIGAH E KARAM song
"Aye meri jaane ghazal'
sung by Talat Mahmood
are (from left)
lyricist Ainsh Kanwal, Talat Mahmood,
music director Jatin Shyam,
radio great Ameen Sayani and producer Liyaqatullah
Talat on right, rehearsing 'Wohi chandni hai"
for film
RISHTA with music director Korgaonkar
Lata, Naushad, Hridhaynath
Mangeshkar
& Talat at the premiere of Lata's film 'LEKIN'
Mohd. Rafi,
Talat Mahmood, Indrani Mukherji, Sahir Ludhianvi, N.Dutta
At music launch of
Naushad's home production "TERE PAYAL MERE GEET" from left MEENAKSHI
SHESHADRI,
MAHENDRA KAPOOR, TALAT MAHMOOD, QATEEL SHIFAI, LATA MANGESHKAR, NAUSHAD
Talat Mahmood and Naushad go back a long way - as earlier in "MAALIK", a
film produced by Naushad's
own production house, singing star TALAT MAHMOOD was the hero and
SURAIYA was the heroine!
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TALAT MAHMOOD WITH THE WORLD FAMOUS
'TRAVANCORE SISTERS' OF SOUTH INDIA
Taking Superstar Talat
Mahmood's autograph backstage
after his concert are none other than the famous Travancore
Sisters Ragini and Padmini (star of Raj Kapoor's "Jis Desh
Men
Ganga Behti Hai")
with their equally famous cousin Sukumari
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'THE TALAT MAHMOOD
SHOW'
ENGLAND
For Talat's first Concert Tour Of England in 1964,
in his troupe of artistes, he had taken the 'Travancore
Sisters' as the dance attraction and Johnny Walker
as the comic and compere!
In this photo
the Indian Ambassador
is welcoming Talat (left)
and his troupe of Padmini, Ragini, Lalitha
and Johnny Walker
(far right) at SCALA THEATRE, London
Lord Mayor
of London thanks Talat (sitting on right) and his
troupe
for an
excellent evening of entertainment at Scala Theatre
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The great Madan Mohan conducts and the velvet voiced Talat Mahmood
sings
in a charity fund raiser
Shankar-Jaikishan (in white on left) conducting their full orchestra and Talat Mahmood
at the
mic on right singing the song that made
history - "Aye Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal" for film DAAG
Khaiyam
conducts and Talat Mahmood sings!
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Some rare press
clippings shown below are from the 40's and 50's and are faded and worn
out with time. They are included here for the sake of nostalgia even
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A rare photo of all the singers together in the early
years of their singing careers ! Can you spot
( front
row) Zohra Jan, Rajkumari, Amirbai Karnatki, Hamida Banu, Geeta Roy
(later Geeta Dutt),
Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Kapoor,
(and standing behind) Sailesh Mukherjee,
Talat Mahmood, Dilip Dholakia, Mohd. Rafi, Shiv Dayal Batish, G.M.
Durrani,
Kishore Ganguli (later Kishore Kumar),
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The much respected Talat (centre)
putting across a point to
an attentive Lata and Mukesh |
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Talat Mahmood with Meena Kumari, Begum Para and
Mukesh, participating
in a charity show held in aid of Bengal Refugee Relief Fund |
Moti Sagar, Talat Mahmood and Premnath are judges at the Saigal
Memorial Trophy contest |
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Talat, Lata and ace comedian Agha |
Lata Mangeshkar, Nargis, David,
Jairaj,
Talat Mahmood
and kneeling down are
Raj Kapoor and Majnu |
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Kings of the music world - and close friends too
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Rafi, Mukesh, Talat |
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Bengal's Uttam Kumar, Mrs. Talat Mahmood,
Mrs.Uttam
Kumar and Talat
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Talat Mahmood (right) enjoys a joke with his co-artist
Abhi Bhattacharya and director Dulal Guha on the sets of "Ek Gaon
Ki Kahani" |
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Talat Mahmood with singer G.M.Durrani |
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Shobna Samarth with daughter
Nutan and Talat at the premiere
of their hit film "Sone Ki Chidiya" |
Talat Mahmood and Abhi Bhattacharya in the film
"Ek
Gaon ki Kahani" |
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At a party at their house, Talat and wife Nasreen look
after their guests music director and close family friend Madan Mohan
(left) and
singer S.D Batish |
At
the premiere of the film "Madhosh" are Meena Kumari,
producer Homi Wadia, Usha Kiron, Music director Madan Mohan
and Talat
Mahmood |
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Talat rehearses a song for music
director
C. Ramchander
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Singer C.H. Atma and Talat |
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Talat Mahmood records a song
for the film "Swami Vivekananda" for Maestro R.C. Boral
RARE PHOTO! The
famous recording of K.Asif's magnum opus "LOVE AND GOD" in which he got
the top 7 playback singers of the film Industry to agree to sing as a
chorus for one song - the enormous cost overrun notwithstanding!
TALAT MAHMOOD, MOHD. RAFI, MANNA DEY, HEMANT KUMAR, SUMAN KALYANPUR,
KHAN MASTANA, and BALBIR photographed during the rehersals of the
recording
Talat Mahmood
and Lata Mangeshgkar recording for Chitragupt BURMA ROAD "Mausam ye
pukare"
This is Talat's
own handwriting!
Recording a
duet song for Music Director CHITRAGUPT's "Wali E Azam" Talat Mahmood
borrowed a writing pad from Chitragupt to write down the song, a duet
with singer HEMLATA
"Mere shareek e safar ab tera khuda hafiz"
Talat's son KHALID and Chitragupt's sons ANAND and MILIND, who are
longtime friends,
were present at this songs recording too!
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KHALID MAHMOOD SINGS!
TALAT
FANS PACKED THE HALLS TO LISTEN TO KHALID MAHMOOD SING HIS LEGENDARY FATHER'S
HITS IN 'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM' CONCERTS AROUND THE WORLD!!!
SEE THE 2 ALL-NEW FULL
LENGTH VIDEOS BELOW!!! |
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BOSTON, USA
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'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM'
HYDERABAD
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The Man With The
Velvet Voice !
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Talat was
one of the most sober, polished and sophisticated dressers in the film
industry. Most of his suits were stitched abroad and his collection of
ties was easily the envy of all his friends ! |
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Geeta Dutt's last song was a duet which she sang
with Talat Mahmood in 1972 "Tum sa meet mila, dil ka phool khila" from
'Midnight' which released on long-playing disc/record. |
Mukesh, Talat, Sunil Dutt, Biswajeet |
Relaxing at home ! |
The
gleaming, shiny Hillman car of the 1950's.
Amongst it's it's proud owners were Talat and Dev Anand !
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Young singers !
Talat, G.M.Durrani, Mohd. Rafi |
Talat pulling Mukesh's leg ! Both shared a close bond of friendship through life |
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Hemant Kumar and Talat Mahmood |
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Talat with popular actor Shekher and music
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Talat gets mobbed by fans at Nairobi Airport |
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Talat in a London Hotel Suite |
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Talat pulling comedienne Agha's leg ! Enjoying
the banter at extreme left is
the film industry's top sound recordist Minoo Katrak |
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Talat, Mrs. Anil Biswas, Anil Biswas, Naushad,
Lata Mangeshkar |
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A Dutch official welcomes Talat Mahmood
in Amsterdam |
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Talat seen in a party at Calcutta with a
British Embassy Official |
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Producer-Director Mukul Roy,
Shahenshah E Ghazal Talat Mahmood and the most versatile singer of the
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Talat signs autographs for fans |
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KHALID MAHMOOD SINGS!
TALAT
FANS PACKED THE HALLS TO LISTEN TO KHALID MAHMOOD SING HIS LEGENDARY FATHER'S
HITS IN 'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM' CONCERTS AROUND THE WORLD!!!
SEE THE 2 ALL-NEW FULL
LENGTH VIDEOS BELOW!!! |
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'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM'
BOSTON, USA
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'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM'
HYDERABAD
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NOSTALGIA -
page 3
MOODS &
MEMORIES
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KHALID MAHMOOD SINGS!
TALAT
FANS PACKED THE HALLS TO LISTEN TO KHALID MAHMOOD SING HIS LEGENDARY FATHER'S
HITS IN 'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM' CONCERTS AROUND THE WORLD!!!
SEE THE 2 ALL-NEW FULL
LENGTH VIDEOS BELOW!!! |
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'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM'
BOSTON, USA
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'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM'
HYDERABAD
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Talat enjoying the magnificent view at Niagra Falls
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Talat Mahmood always treasured happy
memories of his concert trip to Africa and was proud
of the
fact that he had visited Africa during the 50's when the tribes and wildlife were
in their natural habitat and were just that - truly wild !
Here Talat
is photographed with
(1) the deadly Masai Warriors Tribe (2) Playing with the
kids
(3) Outside an African mud house
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Recognise the Sardarji on the right ? He is none other than Talat
wearing a false
beard and turban to fool friends at a party with the help
of close friend
Resham Singh Bharaj of London !
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The cyclist has just broken the record for the longest
non-stop cycling in Mumbai. It was his request that his favorite
singer Talat Mahmood be present during his moment of
triumph. Talat (seen here congratulating the cyclist) was happy to oblige and was there to encourage
him through the final moments of his record breaking endeavor !
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This newspaper photo of
Talat's is captioned :
"Talat Mahmood was one of those countless
contributors who swelled the fund for the benefit
of
ex-Servicemen on the Armed Forces Flag Day which was observed
throughout the country
on Wednesday last week. Here Talat's
little son, Guddu, is seen examining the token flag
pinned on
his fathers coat."
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Doordarshan's
documentary on Talat Mahmood "Sham e Gham Ki Qasam"
was to have been the first color documentary by Doordarshan
after television went color in early 80's, but it got delayed by
a few months and was released a little later than scheduled.
Viewers loved "Sham e Gham Ki Qasam" and
Doordarshan was flooded with requests for repeat telecasts of
this show. Even today it is shown on TV due to a public
demand for it ! This documentary on Talat was of one and
half hour duration and it's budget could rival that of a small
budget commercial film ! This was Doordarshan's
first color documentary on any playback singer ! It is shown regularly due to a public demand for it
from Talat fans. It is always telecast even now in the
Prime Time slots !!!
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Madan Mohan, Talat & Anil Biswas.
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Talat with singer
Manna Dey
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Talat recording a song for Salil Chowdhury
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Guess who is listening in rapt attention to the silken voiced
Talat Mahmood at a party
at close friend music director Anil Biswas' house ?
None other than the nightingale
Lata Mangeshkar (in white sari) and
actress Nutan amongst other celebrities !
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Rafi and Talat
enjoying themselves on a Picnic!
Talat Mahmood surrounded by the
natural beauty of Jog Falls
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KHALID MAHMOOD SINGS!
TALAT
FANS PACKED THE HALLS TO LISTEN TO KHALID MAHMOOD SING HIS LEGENDARY FATHER'S
HITS IN 'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM' CONCERTS AROUND THE WORLD!!!
SEE THE 2 ALL-NEW FULL
LENGTH VIDEOS BELOW!!! |
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'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM'
BOSTON, USA
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'EK SHAAM TALAT MAHMOOD KE NAAM'
HYDERABAD
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CLICK HERE TO GO TO VIDEO
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