Female lyricist in Bollywood

Abhay Jain

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Oct 31, 2002, 8:42:23 PM10/31/02

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It just occured to me that there has been no female lyricist
who wrote songs for a Hindi movie to my knowledge. Were there any ?
Regarding female MDs, only Usha Khanna comes to mind.

Abhay Jain

SKalra902

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Oct 31, 2002, 8:52:26 PM10/31/02

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What about Maya Govind!

Happy listenings.

Satish Kalra

Surjit Singh

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Oct 31, 2002, 9:16:43 PM10/31/02

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I believe the following lyricists to be female:

Amrita Pritam
Geeta Bali
Geetanjali Singh
Indu Jain
Jaddan Bai
Kalyani
Meera Bai
Miss Vimal
Munni Bai
Nirupa Roy
Rani Malik
Sai Paranjpe
Saroj Mohini
Shabanam
Smt. Bhagyawati Ramya

Homework:

Name at least one song and its P-stats for each female in the above
list. It is an open book test; you may use HFGK.

SKalra902 wrote:

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Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period.
http://films.hindi-movies-songs.com/
http://worldline.hindi-movies-songs.com/

Surajit A. Bose

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Oct 31, 2002, 9:21:43 PM10/31/02

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In article <3_kw9.1315$S44...@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>,
"Abhay Jain" <abay...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> It just occured to me that there has been no female lyricist
> who wrote songs for a Hindi movie to my knowledge. Were there any ?

Indu Jain. Padma Sachdev. Saba Afghani, perhaps?

> Regarding female MDs, only Usha Khanna comes to mind.

Saraswati Devi.

-s

Surjit Singh

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Oct 31, 2002, 9:49:32 PM10/31/02

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I believe the following to be female MDs:

Ameer Bai Karnataki
Isharat Sultana
Chitra
Kishori Amonkar
Meena Mangeshkar
Mohindar Kaur
Mohindar Kaur
Neeta Sen
Neetu Sen
Nirmala Devi
Rani
Saraswati Devi
Sheetal
Usha Khanna
Usha Shukla
Jaddan Bai

Same Home work. BTW the total number of lyricists and MDs is about 1,070
each from 1931 to about 1995.

UVR

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Oct 31, 2002, 10:22:22 PM10/31/02

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SKalra902 wrote:
>>It just occured to me that there has been no female lyricist
>>who wrote songs for a Hindi movie to my knowledge. Were there any ?
>>Regarding female MDs, only Usha Khanna comes to mind.
>>
>>
>>Abhay Jain
>
>
> What about Maya Govind!

And what about Amrita Pritam with her delicious 'Vilayat Khan'ii
"ambar kii ik paak suraahii"?

Or Indu Jain, with "kahaa.N se aaye badaraa" and Saba Afghani
with "mere mahabuub na jaa"?

-UVR

vsr...@hclinfinet.com

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Oct 31, 2002, 11:45:43 PM10/31/02

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Surjit Singh wrote:
>
> I believe the following lyricists to be female:
>
> Amrita Pritam
> Geeta Bali
> Geetanjali Singh
> Indu Jain
> Jaddan Bai
> Kalyani
> Meera Bai
> Miss Vimal
> Munni Bai
> Nirupa Roy
> Rani Malik
> Sai Paranjpe
> Saroj Mohini
> Shabanam
> Smt. Bhagyawati Ramya
>
> Homework:
>
> Name at least one song and its P-stats for each female in the above
> list. It is an open book test; you may use HFGK.
>

It was specified in the query to mention those who have
written for HFM. Those whose poem/ nazm has been taken from
some publication and set to a composition should have been
excluded.

But, if that criteria is relaxed, the tragedy Queen Meena
Kumari should be included.

It will be interesting to know who among the above knowingly
wrote for HFM.

Regards.
-Rawat

Vish Krishnan

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Nov 1, 2002, 2:44:43 AM11/1/02

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UVR <u...@usa.not> wrote in message news:<3dc1f...@nopics.sjc>...

Does Meerabai count? She didn't write FOR a Hindi movie, strictly speaking.

vish

Ashok

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Nov 1, 2002, 7:09:02 AM11/1/02

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In article <3DC1EBBC...@yahoo.com>, surjit...@yahoo.com says...

>
>I believe the following to be female MDs:
>
>Ameer Bai Karnataki
>Isharat Sultana
>Chitra
>Kishori Amonkar
>Meena Mangeshkar

Hindi film song(s) by her? Interesting.

>Mohindar Kaur
>Mohindar Kaur

Is it a duplication due to oversight or there really are
two distinct women MDs by that name?

>Neeta Sen
>Neetu Sen

Hmmmm....

>Nirmala Devi
>Rani
>Saraswati Devi
>Sheetal
>Usha Khanna
>Usha Shukla
>Jaddan Bai

Sudha Malhotra ought to be there in the list.
Is Jayanti Joshi a male or a female?

>Same Home work. BTW the total number of lyricists and MDs is about 1,070
>each from 1931 to about 1995.
>
>Surjit Singh wrote:
>
>> I believe the following lyricists to be female:
>>
>> Amrita Pritam
>> Geeta Bali
>> Geetanjali Singh
>> Indu Jain
>> Jaddan Bai
>> Kalyani
>> Meera Bai
>> Miss Vimal
>> Munni Bai
>> Nirupa Roy
>> Rani Malik
>> Sai Paranjpe
>> Saroj Mohini
>> Shabanam
>> Smt. Bhagyawati Ramya

Add Maya Govind, Padma Sachdev, Ila Arun and perhaps Saba Afghani.

>> Homework:
>>
>> Name at least one song and its P-stats for each female in the above
>> list. It is an open book test; you may use HFGK.

>Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period.

Ashok

Abhay Jain

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Nov 1, 2002, 8:23:36 AM11/1/02

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"Vish Krishnan" <vishkr...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I thought I was clear in stating "who wrote for Hindi films". By that token
Meera Bai and other songs taken from other publications don't count.

Abhay Jain

Surjit Singh

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Nov 1, 2002, 10:22:56 AM11/1/02

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Ashok wrote:

> In article <3DC1EBBC...@yahoo.com>, surjit...@yahoo.com says...
>
>>I believe the following to be female MDs:
>>
>>Ameer Bai Karnataki
>>Isharat Sultana
>>Chitra
>>Kishori Amonkar
>>Meena Mangeshkar
>>
>
> Hindi film song(s) by her? Interesting.
>
>
>>Mohindar Kaur
>>Mohindar Kaur
>>
>
> Is it a duplication due to oversight or there really are
> two distinct women MDs by that name?

stupid Excel. Just one.

>
>
>>Neeta Sen
>>Neetu Sen
>>
>
> Hmmmm....

There are 2.

>
>
>>Nirmala Devi
>>Rani
>>Saraswati Devi
>>Sheetal
>>Usha Khanna
>>Usha Shukla
>>Jaddan Bai
>>
>
> Sudha Malhotra ought to be there in the list.
> Is Jayanti Joshi a male or a female?
>

Male, I belive, but not sure.

Surjit Singh

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Nov 1, 2002, 10:25:36 AM11/1/02

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vsr...@HCLInfinet.com wrote:

I agree. Throw miiraabaa_ii out.

Srinivas Ganti

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Nov 1, 2002, 2:06:53 PM11/1/02

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Sharda composed for a few movies. I think Bhanumati has composed
for Hindi movies also.

sg.

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Vinay

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Nov 1, 2002, 6:08:54 PM11/1/02

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Add Khursheed Hallauri to the list. She wrote a couple of beautiful
songs for Parinda.

Vinay

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