Kamal Barot (born 18 November 1938) is an Indian female playback singer mainly worked in

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

Career

Born on 18 November 1938 (Dar es-Salaam at

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) and She debuted in Bollywood in 1957 with the film Sharada. She later went on to sing 140 songs in 117 films. One of her most popular and distinctive solo was in the film, Ramu Dada, Suna hai jabse mausam hai pyaar ke kaabil. She usually sang duets with either

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar (; born Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. He ...

, or

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; ; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur, actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the ...

. But she made a memorable collaboration with great

Mukesh Mukesh is an epithet for the Hindu god Shiva, and literally means "conqueror of the Muka demon". It is commonly used as a male given name in India. People with the name Mukesh include: * Mukesh (singer) (1923–1976), Indian playback singer from ...

. They together have sung songs like "''Chand Kaisa Hoga''" from Rocket Girl (1961), "''Jab se hum tum, baharon mein''" from Mein Shadi Karne Chala (1962), "''Hum Bhi Kho Gaye''" from Madam Zorro (1964). Other songs from her vocal include "Tera Nikhra Nikhra Chehra" and "Dhadka To Hoga Dil Huzoor" from C.I.D. 909 with legends

and

Mahendra Kapoor Mahendra Kapoor (9 January 1934 – 27 September 2008) was an Indian playback singer. In a long career spanning decades, his repertoire included popular songs such as ''Chalo ekbaar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono'' ( Gumrah) and ''Neele Gagan ...

, composed by maestro

O. P. Nayyar Omkar Prasad Nayyar (16 January 1926 – 28 January 2007) was an Indian film music composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the most rhythmic and melodious music directors of the Hindi film indust ...

. She sang some very successful female-female duets with top singers. Most popular of them is "Hansta Hua Noorani Chehra", a dance song from

Parasmani ''Parasmani'' ("Philosopher's stone" that converts iron into gold) is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language film. The film is a musical fantasy drama shot partly in Black and White and partly in colour. It was directed by Babubhai Mistri, who is known as ...

(1963) and Kamal's co-singer was

. It is believed by many to be the best song of her career at the time; it became a chartbuster with an entry to

Binaca Geetmala ''Binaca Geetmala'' () was a weekly countdown show of top filmi songs from Hindi cinema. It was broadcast on Radio Ceylon from 1952 to 1988 and then shifted to the Vividh Bharati Service of All India Radio network in 1989 where it ran until 199 ...

's top 10. Some other timeless hits by her are "Daadiamma Daadiamma Maan Jao" with

, composed by Ravi from

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(1961), "Garjat Barsat Sawan Aayo" with

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, composed by Roshan from

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(1960). Nasihat (1967) and "Jigar mein dard kaisa....(Apna Ghar Apni Kahani AKA Pyas (1968), a duet with Mahendra Kapoor were her final renditions of the career.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barot, Kamal Bollywood playback singers Indian women playback singers Living people 20th-century Indian women singers 20th-century Indian singers 1938 births