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6 unusual facts about G. M. Durrani


Ek Thi Ladki

This was the movie which had the famous Punjabi song "'Laara Lappa Laara Lappa Layi Rakhda" by Lata Mangeshkar, G. M. Durrani and Mohammad Rafi.

G. M. Durrani

Music Composer Khurshid Anwar in his first film Kudmai (Punjabi-1941)took him as his assistant and later gave him the film Angoori (1943)as Music Director.

He gave him his first chance around 1935-36 in the movie Saaed-e-Hawas, a historical under the music director, he classical musician Bundu Khan popularly known as "Taan-Talwar" Bundu Khan.

Later when the concept of playback singing started he was the first to lend his voice for a film titled Bahurani.

Thereafter he sang for, among others, noted music directors like Khurshid Anwar, Naushad, Shankar Rao Vyas and A. R. Qureshi (Better known as Alla Rakha, Pandit Ravi Shanker's famous tabla accompanist) for films like Mirza Ghalib, Humlog, Magroor, Shama, Namaste, Sabak and scores of others.

Qamar Jalalabadi

His songs were sung by many notable singers including Noor Jehan, G. M. Durrani, Zeenat Begum, Manju, Amirbai Karnataki, Mohammad Rafi, Talat Mahmood, Geeta Roy, Suraiya, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar.



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