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	Playback singer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A playback singer is a singer whose song is pre-recorded for use in films.
		The singer records the song on a soundtrack and the actors or actresses lip sync the song for the cameras.
		Playback singing is a very important part of Indian culture; most hit Bollywood films are musicals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Playback_singer (190 words)

	Asha Bhosle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pyaar Ka Tarana (1993) (playback singer) (as Asha Bhonsle)
		Pyaar Ka Saaya (1991) (playback singer) (as Asha Bhonsle)
		Aaj Ka Mahaatma (1976) (playback singer) (as Asha Bhonsle)
	us.imdb.com /name/nm0080427 (1599 words)

	Playback singer: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Asha bhosle () (born september 8, 1933) is one of the leading singers of the indian subcontinent...
		Udit narayan is a well established playback singer in the hindi bollywood industry....
		Alka yagnik (the last name is pronounced yaaj-nik) is a playback singer in bollywood, the hindi language indian movie industry....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pl/playback_singer.htm (796 words)

	Is it necessary for a playback singer to have learnt classical music?
		To be precise, the singer should first be practical try to grasp the raga and sing as per the raga and as per the tala.
		Singers were expected to have carnatic music knowledge, good saareeram and proper pronounciation etc to qualify as a playback singer.....
		Playback singing is a different ball game which involves that the singing is flawless with respect to thalam, sruthi and clarity.
	www.tfmpage.com /forum/29174.23.24.25.html (1361 words)

	The Music Magazine -- India's first and finest music e-zine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Track singers, who double for celebrity playback singers, are the unheard voices of the music industry.
		Here a singer is paid something like Rs 300 a song, but it could go up by a couple of hundreds if the producer is big.
		Playback singers like Kavita Krishnamoorthy, Rajesh Krishnan and L S Shastri began their careers as track singers.
	www.themusicmagazine.com /track.html (767 words)

	Playback - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Playback, an album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
		Playback Theatre, an improvisational form of community theatre.
		Gapless playback, the seamless playback of digital audio formats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Playback (99 words)

	Mohammed Aziz (I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Zakhmo Ka Hisaab (1993) (playback singer) (as Mohd.
		Pyaar Ka Toofan (1990) (playback singer) (as Munna Aziz)
		Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988) (playback singer) (as Mohd.
	indie.imdb.com /name/nm0044297 (371 words)

	Udit Narayan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Udit Narayan is a well-established playback singer in the Hindi-language Bollywood film industry.
		His second wife Deepa Narayan, whom he "married" in 1985, is also an accomplished singer and the two have recorded an album together titled Dil Deewana.
		He is also married to Ranjana Jha of Patna which has been kept secret so far until April, 21 2006, where she confronted him at his hotel room in Patna with host of TV news reporters forcing him to leave the hotel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Udit_Narayan (486 words)

	singer-yesudas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His father himself was a well-known singer and stage actor who rode the Kerala stage like a colossus for over a quarter of a century.Eldest of the four sons and one daughter of the Joseph couple, Yesudas took to music at a very early age.
		The budding singer took lessons under several musical wizards in and around Cochin and nurtured his native talent with discipline, dedication and determination.He learnt music from Kunjuvelan Aasan, who was a disciple of nagaswara vidwan Rajaratnam Pillai.
		He is one of the few singers in the world who sings in the classical idiom as well as he does in the popular.
	www.hindilyrix.com /singers/singer-yesudas.html (841 words)

	IndiaStar: "Playback as Mass Fantasy: The Hindi Film Experience" article by Ajay Gelhawat
		Playback singing was officially recognized in the second decade of sound cinema.
		Playback singers learned to adapt their voices to suit the many and varied screen characters for whom they had to sing.
		Additionally, playback singers had to be proficient in a variety of song types employed by the film music directors to suit the needs of the film, the film song situation and the screen characters.
	www.indiastar.com /Gehlawat.html (3037 words)

	Kishore Kumar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 - October 13, 1987), born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was a Bollywood film playback singer (Hindi, Bangla, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Oriya) and actor of Bengali Indian origin.
		Manna Dey who is a trained classical singer found it preposterous that he should lose the song fight to an untrained voice like Kishore Kumar and he refused to be a part of the song.
		Kishore's son Amit Kumar was already a popular singer in 1980s, thanks to patronage by R D Burman and Rajesh Roshan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kishore_Kumar (3645 words)

	Ahmad Rushdi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		was a top playback singer in the 60s and 70s.
		He was honoured to sing The National Anthem of Pakistan with other ten singers in 1955.
		Ahmad Rushdi's first film as playback singer was "Karnama" but "Anokhi" was first released film.
	mazhar.dk /film/singers/ahmadrushdi (181 words)

	Film-maker assaulted after molestation bid : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The playback singer arrived with her sister and stayed at the hotel.
		He used objectionable language during the call and the playback singer directed the hotel manager not to transfer any call to her room.
		When the playback singer opened the door, the drunk producer attempted to molest her, but her sister called the reception and asked for help.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Sep/17/5922_1493136,0015002500030003.htm (260 words)

	AR Rahman Live - The 3rd Dimension - Co Singers
		She is one singer who has successfully broken the North-South divide and blazed a trail of glory in both worlds.
		He was born to on the border of India and Nepal.Udit's capability as a playback singer knows no bounds, as he has been magnanimously acclaimed in every kind of melody - soulful, romantic, fast-paced and recently, even pop.
		She is known as one of the finest singers in the Indian Cinema.
	www.arrahmanlive.com /cosingers.htm (1150 words)

	Indiainfo: Interviews - K J Yesudas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The hallmark of this gifted singer has been his ability to defeat a hostile environment; a propensity for hard work and a never-ending quest for excellence in a field that he has turned his own.
		All that the young singer needed was a break.
		But the noted stage singer suggested the name of the upcoming singer, who was by then making a mark through his ganamelas.
	movies.indiainfo.com /interviews/south/malayalam/yesudas.html (1123 words)

	TAMIL POP PAGE
		An accomplished Carnatic, Hindustani and Western vocalist and film playback singer, Anoorada's transition from the chaste classical realm to the light and breezy world of pop was prompted by her unsatiable desire to use her voice in various musical cultures and explore a palette of expressive and virtuosic singing styles.
		Renuka, a well-known Playback singer in Tamil and Malayalam films of the 1960's, Anoorada Sriram is also on the path to becoming a top-ranked Playback singer.
		Anoorada Sriram was awarded the Best Female Playback singer Award for her song in the film "Aasai" by the Tamilnadu State Cinema Kalai Manram, in January 1996.
	www.angelfire.com /ma/tamilpop (1771 words)

	Welcome to S.P.Balasubrahmanyam (playback singer, producer, actor, music director) home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam, or SPB or "Super Playback Singer" to his countless fans and followers in many a country, besides his Motherland - India, is one of the leading figures of Indian Cinema, more particularly, South Indian moviedom.
		He is one of the most sought after "playback” singers of South Indian Cinema.
		Music, a part and parcel of Indian films plays a big role in the ever-growing popularity of the medium and playback singers are as much stars like those who appear on screen.
	www.spbala.com (358 words)

	The Hindu : Metro Plus Madurai : Breaking into the top league
		Meet playback singer V.V.Prasanna, another worthy addition to the young brigade of promising singers.
		But for an inquisitive singer like Prasanna it will not suffice, as he continues to learn Hindustani music from Sanjah Nadkarni of Mumbai who visits Chennai every month for 15 days.
		Though he wants to be a good singer, he also loves to compose music, of course, only in classical.
	www.hindu.com /mp/2006/05/13/stories/2006051300520100.htm (881 words)

	webindia123.com-personalities- Musicians-Musicians, K.S.Chitra
		Born in Thiruvananthapuram the capital of Kerala state, K.S.Chitra, with her melodious voice, has built a formidable reputation as a playback singer for South Indian as well as Hindi films.
		The gifted singer learned music at the graduate and post-graduate levels and completed her B A in music with the third rank from the university.
		The Kerala government has heaped upon her the best playback singer award more than 12 times and she has the unique distinction of being the first female singer in the history of South Indian film playback singing to be honoured by all the four southern state governments as the best playback singer.
	www.webindia123.com /personal/music/chitra.htm (523 words)

	Welcome to yesudas.com
		His father, Augustine Joseph was himself a well-known singer and stage actor who rode the Kerala stage like a colossus for over a quarter of a century.
		From there, the budding singer took lessons under several musical wizards in and around Cochin and nurtured his native talents with discipline, dedication and determination.
		He received the award for the best playback singer for the year 1988 from Tamil Nadu Government and Andhra Pradesh Government respectively.
	www.yesudas.com /php/showContent.php?linkid=1 (671 words)

	Lata Mangeshkar
		Bharat Ratna Latabai Mangeshkar, who, as a playback singer, enjoys today, a clout, which even the movie moguls of the country's film industry cannot dream of.Lata Mangeshkar's songs have captured the hearts and imagination of millions of her admirers around the world.
		She has charmed her fans with thousands of songs she has sung as a playback singer in films, her name was in the
		She has surprised even her fans with the range of her singing in the film DIL SE with the song "Jiya Jale" on her turning 70, which was a huge hit and was recorded in just 40 minutes.
	www.angelfire.com /oh5/cis365ark0/LataM.htm (620 words)

	RBC RADIO - Century - Lata Mangeshkar
		Putting the skills of singing and acting as taught to her by her late father, Lataji would go on to act in Eight films between 1942 and 1948.
		During this period and especially before1946, she was almost always turned down everywhere she went trying her luck as a playback singer.
		Mostly dismissed as the girl with a voice too thin for playback, she was again determined to succeed.
	www.rbcradio.com /lata.html (558 words)

	Telugu Cinema - Research - Analysis - A Muse on Telugu Music Today - Sreya Sunil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There was a time when just one singer ruled the roost for many years at a stretch singing for all the heroes or heroines in almost all the movies.
		Life for the female playback singers is not as complex as their male counterparts.
		But just like the way they make sure the singer is singing the song in a manner the music director wants to, it's the music director's sole responsibility to also make sure that singer is uttering the words, written with great care by the lyricists, properly.
	www.idlebrain.com /research/anal/museontelugumusic.html (1210 words)

	Screen The Business Of Entertainment-Music-Cover Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ten years back, he was introduced by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and K. Sashilaal Nair as playback singer with Angaar.
		I have a style of my own, and fortunately I will never be offered the ‘Sarkailo khatiya...’ kind of song, unlike a full-fledged playback singer who cannot afford to be choosy and refuse a song he does not like, because it can hurt the ego of a composer who may not call him again.
		In playback, your success depends on your catching the wavelength of the composer.
	www.screenindia.com /20020111/mcov1.html (1171 words)

	Indian playback singer thrills South Africans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Salaamat, on a month-long tour of South Africa with his troupe, sang immortal favourites of his idol, the legendary playback singer Mohammad Rafi, and had the audience pleading for more at the Emperor's Palace entertainment centre.
		Although Salaamat also performed a few more recent playback songs, including the title song of the film "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam", with which he got his first break into the industry, it was left largely to other artists to provide the balance for the younger set in the audience.
		Of the female singers, the younger Sheetal appeared to be more confident on stage as she belted peppy numbers.
	www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?it=4882 (291 words)

	Shreya Ghoshal : : One of the best female playback singer bollywood
		A good singer with a good a voice – a rare phenomenon that has happened to Bollywood.
		Her early days as a singer started from the age of four.
		Her father is an Engineer in the nuclear power plant by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. and mother is a postgraduate in literature.Her mother was a good singer and whenever she used to play any note on the harmonium,Shreya used to sing correctly of her own.
	www.indiaoye.com /shreya.htm (360 words)

	Lata Mangeshkar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Agneepath (1990) (playback singer: "Raat Bhi Hai Kuch Bheegi Bheegi") (uncredited)
		Ek Mahal Ho Sapnon Ka (1975) (playback singer)
		Jab Yaad Kisi Ki Aati Hai (1967) (playback singer)
	us.imdb.com /name/nm0542196 (799 words)

	The Hindi Film Song
		Giving playback for some children, she astonished Music Director Hanuman Prasad and all present in the recording studio with her rendering of those two lines.
		Such was Lata Mangeshkar's impact that within a year she had changed the face of the playback singer as her highly trained high-pitched singing rendered the nasal, basy voices of the day totally obsolete.
		The only two singers to survive the Lata onslaught were Geeta Roy and to a certain extent Shamshad Begum as Lata went on to conquer all and sundry with her magical voice…
	www.upperstall.com /hindisong6.html (1186 words)

	The Tribune...Sunday Reading
		Kishore made his debut as a playback singer with the song—Shaadi qismat ki baat hai and thereafter, he never looked back.
		This proved to be a blessing in disguise for Kishore because as he continued weeping throughout the night his voice became clear." Unlike others, Kishore took to playback singing when his career as an actor was at the peak.
		It was at the humble request of a producer that he tried out his luck as playback singer.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jul04/sunday/head3.htm (844 words)

	Assignment 3, Art 2
		The 'masseuse' of this all-pervading music and the queen empress of India's immensely popular light music industry, is a portly, dark, camera-shy, plain-as-jane, woman, Latabai Mangeshkar, who, as a playback singer, enjoys today, a clout, which even the movie moguls of the country's film industry cannot dream of.
		She also made her debut as a playback singer in the Marathi film Kiti Hasaal (1942) but the song was edited out!
		Though Lata sang under the baton of all the top composers barring O.P. Nayyar and with all the top playback artistes of the day, special mention must be made of her work for C. Ramchandra who made her sound her sweetest and Madan Mohan who challenged her voice like no other music director.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/j/n/jnd130/assign_3.htm (861 words)

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