ON THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF THE KING OF SILKEN VOICE SHRI TALAT MAHMOOD

On this 90th Birthday of  the great singer of Hindi silver screen Shri Talat Mahmood. I am again reminded of  numerous soul stirring melodious songs rendered by him.The complete lyrics of all the film and non -film songs sung by him are collected in the book form named as 'TALAT GEET KOSH' complied by Dr. Rakesh Pratap Singh from Kanpur ( U.P.). 
                                                 

Myself with TALAT Mahmood at his residence.

Shri Talat Mahmood with me in Kanpur

Myself at the release function of Talat Geet Kosh in 1992 at Talat Mahmood's residence,

How can I forget those moments when we were at his residence in Bandra,Mumbai.Veteran music director of Hindi films Shri Naushad Ali was the chief guest of this function.Also journalist Raju Bharatan  from Times Of India and Shri Gopal Sharma of Radio Shrilanka were special invited guests.The completion of this book was also the dream of Talat Ji, which was completed and was in his hands.I marked a solace and happiness in his expressions on that evening of 26th August,1992. 

EK SHAAM SHRI TALAT MAHMOOD JI KE SAATH

MY POEM ON SHRI TALAT MAHMOOD,printed in 'TALAT GEET KOSH'

I  HONOURED TALAT JI WITH A GARLAND

MYSELF WITH KHALID MAHMOOD

TALAT JI AND ME AT HIS RESIDENCE IN BANDRA

TALAT JI AND NAUSHAD ALI RELEASING THE BOOK

MYSELF WITH TALAT JI IN KANPUR

Evening of 26th August,1992, was a memorable evening of my life,when a few lines written by me on the art of great artist Talat Mahmood's singing,were recited by famous journalist Shri Raju Bharatan before Shri Talat Mahmood himself in his own drawing room ,at his Bandra residence,in Mumbai.The occasion was the release function of 'TALAT GEET KOSH' compiled by my childhood friend Dr.Rakesh Pratap Singh.It is a collection of  lyrics of all the film songs,geets, ghazals ,non-film songs and even regional language songs, recorded in Talat Mahmood's voice. This event was hosted by Shri Talat Mahmood himself.Chief guest was music director Shri Naushad .Other distinguished persons present were Shri Gopal Sharma( of radio Celyon),Shri Raju Bharatan (Times of India),Raju Naushad and Khalid Mahmood etc.As the book got released, turning its pages Raju Bharatan taking everyone's attention started rcitation of my poem on Talat's speciality of singing.I was overwhelmed with inner joy when clappings and appreciation came from all sides.Talat Ji took my copy of the book and put his autographs on that very page ,where my Poem is printed.( it can be seen in the picture).How can I ever forget those precious moments of my life?You may also enjoy two of his songs ,of my choise.