Angel- 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Thank you for making this topic, though I do not think there'll be many contributors here..
Talat! Sigh! I first heard him when ghazal singers like Jagjit Singh and Pankaj Udhas etc were at their pinnacle. And my dad used to scoff, saying they were not a patch on Talat. He had an enviable collection of his songs, film and non-film and used to play them often. I grew up listening to his songs, that prompted me to buy Talat collections later. I feel blessed that this man, his voice and his songs existed.
So exquisitely delicate, like a fragile flower and as beautiful. I felt as though it'd break, especially when he took on higher notes, but it never did. His range may have been limited but he was terrific at what he did. When he first came on the scene, his mentor Anil Biswas is the one who encouraged him to stick to his USP - the vibrato in his voice, that he was trying to cover up.
I haven't seen many of his movies, he wasn't much of an actor, but he seemed like a dignified, well-respected person. I haven't heard of any controversies surrounding him. He's also sung for most top composers and playbacked for most top actors of the time, and there was a time when he was the voice of Dilip Kumar just as Mukesh was RKs.
Naushad, it seems, caught him smoking one and was miffed thereafter and never worked with him, transferring his loyalties to Rafi instead. But Talat was still Talat. He ruled the roost when it came to ghazals - no one could beat him there.
I love all the songs you posted - Jalte hain jiskeliye is such a brilliant tune by S.D.B - and the lyrics by Majrooh are heart-stoppingly romantic. The cherry on the cake being Talat's voice and Sunil Dutt performing on screen. What's not to adore?
Ye nayi nayi preet hai from Pocketmaar is a beautiful duet composed by Madan Mohan, the only song in the album featuring Talat. I'm so glad they picked Talat to sing it.
And "Ye hawa ye raat ye chandni" is possibly one of my favorites ever. Such a wonderful melody by Sajjad Hussain and the lyrics by Rajinder Krishan are suitably satirical.
@Pallavi I don't remember watching 'Ek gaon ki kahani", but this song remains evergreen..Salilda sets the music to Shailendra's lyrics.
raat ne kya kya khwab dikhaye, rang bhare sau jaal bichaye
aankhein khuli toh sapne toote, reh gaye gham ke kaale saaye
[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD5pNcyQdGU[/YOUTUBE]
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