Celebrated Indian Artiste

A great fan of K.L. Saigal, Mukesh Chandra Mathur was born July 22, 1923 in Delhi to an engineer Zorawar Chand Mathur and Chand Rani. He was very fond of acting and singing from a very early age. Mukesh was first discovered by Motilal, a famous actor, when he sang at his sister’s wedding. Motilal […]

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Mohammed Rafi the greatest Indian singer of the 20th Century was born on Dec. 24, 1924 in a small village called Kotla Sultan Singh, near Amritsar Punjab. He was the fifth child of Hajji Ali Mohammed. He started his training under the guidance of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan and Pandit

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Mehdi Hassan, the undisputed Ghazal King, was born in 1927 in Luna, State of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He was born into a distinguished family of musicians whose lineage was deeply rooted in the classical traditions of the Indian subcontinent. From an early age he was surrounded by music and received his initial training from his

Nephew of the celebrated actor and singer K.C. Dey, Prabodh Chandra Dey, better known by his nickname Manna Dey, was born on May 1st, 1919, in Calcutta, India, to Purna Chandra Dey and Mahamaya Dey. He was well educated and on his way to becoming a barrister, but he dropped out of school to follow

The all time great Playback Singer Mahendra Kapoor was born on January 9, 1934 in Amritsar, India. From a very tender age Mohammed Rafi was a great source of inspiration to him. He had an illustrious singing career through five decades, singing over 25,000 songs in many different languages. With his unique styling of singing Mahendra

On Sept. 28, 1929, Lata Mangeshkar was born in Sikh Mohalla, in the State of Indore, to Deenanath and Shevanti Mangeshkar, little did they know that in a few years she would change the face of the Bollywood Music Industry forever. She would grow up to be one of the most popular playback singers in

Kishore Kumar wasn’t just a voice; he was an emotion that resonated deeply within the heart of Indian cinema, and indeed, across distant shores. Born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, he arrived in the world with a song in his soul, eventually blossoming into a phenomenon whose versatility knew no bounds. While he graced the screen as

These are some photographs of Khurshid (actress and singer) taken from albums in our collection which we would like to share with you.