Born and raised in Byculla, Bombay, daughter of a cop who used to be responsible for Mahatma Gandhi’s security bandobast, and adopted for life by Calcutta, Usha Uthup is the voice and spirit of the Swinging Sixties that the eastern metropolis was synonymous with till the Bangladesh War and the red shadow of Naxalism changed it forever.
Now, honoured with the Padma Bhushan, along with her ‘Disco Dancer’ star Mithun Chakraborty, 12 years after she was conferred the Padma Shri, Usha Uthup (formerly Iyer), the Queen of Indian Pop famous for her husky voice, boundless energy, distinctive red bindi and tastefully selected Kanjivarams, sang herself into popular imagination with two anthemic numbers of Hindi cinema’s disco era — Hari Om Hari and Aha Nache Nache.
Not formally trained in music, Uthup got her first singing break in a nightclub in Madras before she moved to Trincas, the Mecca of Park...
Now, honoured with the Padma Bhushan, along with her ‘Disco Dancer’ star Mithun Chakraborty, 12 years after she was conferred the Padma Shri, Usha Uthup (formerly Iyer), the Queen of Indian Pop famous for her husky voice, boundless energy, distinctive red bindi and tastefully selected Kanjivarams, sang herself into popular imagination with two anthemic numbers of Hindi cinema’s disco era — Hari Om Hari and Aha Nache Nache.
Not formally trained in music, Uthup got her first singing break in a nightclub in Madras before she moved to Trincas, the Mecca of Park...
- 1/26/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Muzaffar Ali’s Jaanisaar, which releases on 7th August, has generated such a huge craze among music lovers in the Indian film industry that, ever since the audio launch, the acclaimed filmmaker has received calls from many famous people in the industry to spare a CD for them.
Zee Music Co, who realised the potential for this once-in-a-lifetime soundtrack, were quick to seal the deal without delay or negotiation after just one hearing of the album, which features music by Shafqat Ali Khan and the director Muzaffar Ali himself. The lyrics are written by some of the best names in industry such as Wajid Ali Shah and Dr Rahi Masoom Reza. The songs and qawalis, rendered by Abida Parveen, Sukhvinder Singh and Shreya Ghosal, are a delight to the ears.
No wonder Zee Music Head Anurag Bedi says, “This is the first film we are holding the music rights for,...
Zee Music Co, who realised the potential for this once-in-a-lifetime soundtrack, were quick to seal the deal without delay or negotiation after just one hearing of the album, which features music by Shafqat Ali Khan and the director Muzaffar Ali himself. The lyrics are written by some of the best names in industry such as Wajid Ali Shah and Dr Rahi Masoom Reza. The songs and qawalis, rendered by Abida Parveen, Sukhvinder Singh and Shreya Ghosal, are a delight to the ears.
No wonder Zee Music Head Anurag Bedi says, “This is the first film we are holding the music rights for,...
- 8/4/2015
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
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