Pushpa Hans Kapoor (1926–2011) was an Indian

playback singer A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the ...

and actor of the

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

and

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabis, Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a ...

film industries in the 1940s and 1950s. She was known for her songs in the 1950 Hindi film, Sheesh Mahal and her acting in the 1949 film

Apna Desh ''Apna Desh'' () is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, produced by A.V. Subramaniam and T.M.Kittu and directed by Jambu. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz, Om Prakash, Jagdeep, Mukkamala, Madan Puri and the credited Roja Ram ...

. She was a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of the

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

Biography

Hans was born on 30 November 1917 at

Fazilka Fazilka, also known as Bangla, is a city and a municipal council in Fazilka district of Punjab, India. In 2011, it was made the headquarter of the newly created Fazilka district. The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAPI) project originating in T ...

in Punjab of the British India to Ratan Lal Kapoor, a lawyer and Janak Rani Kapoor. Her schooling was at the local school in Fazilka, after which she studied classical music at Patwardhan Gharana of Lahore from where she graduated in music. She started her career at the

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

station of the

All India Radio All India Radio (AIR), also known as Akashvani (), is India's state-owned public broadcasting, public radio broadcaster. Founded in 1936, it operates under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broa ...

and subsequently entered film industry as a playback singer. Later, she also acted in many Hindu films, notably in

, a 1949

Hindi film 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 " Hollywood". The industry, producing films in t ...

directed by renowned filmmaker, V. Shantaram. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honor of the

, in 2007, for her contributions to cinema. She received two more awards the same year, Punjabi Bhushan Award and Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award. Pushpa Hans, who was married to Hans Raj Chopra, a colonel in the

Indian Army The Indian Army (IA) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Land warfare, land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head ...

, died on 9 December 2011.

Selected songs

Punjabi Songs * ''Chan kithan gujaari saari raat ve'' * ''Sari raat tera takni ha raah tarean to puchh chann wey'' * ''Gallan dilan diyaan dila vich reh gayiyaan by shiv kumar batalvi'' * ''Channa meri bah chhad dey'' * ''Chunni da palla'' * ''Lutti heer wey faqir de'' Hindi Songs * * Chaman (1948) Punjabi movie * Kaale Baadal (1950) ( Punjabi movie ) * ''Apna Desh'' (1949) act as Mohini Devi * '' Sheesh Mahal'' (1950 act as Nalini * Vaisakhi (1951) Punjabi movie * ''Aadmi woh haay musibat se pareshan na ho'' * ''Bedard zamaana kya jaane'' * ''Bhoole zamaane yaad na kar yaad na kar'' * ''Dil kisise lagaake dekh liya'' * ''Dil-e-naadaan tujhe kya hua hai'' * ''Koi ummeed bar nahin aati'' * ''Meri khushiyon ke savere ki kabhi shaam na ho'' * ''Taqdeer bananewaale ne kaisi taqdeer banaayi hai'' * ''Tohe dil ki qasam tohe dil ki qasam'' * ''Tu maane ya na maane'' * ''Tum dekh rahe ho ki mite saare sahaare''

Awards and recognition

in 2007 * Punjabi Bhushan Award * Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hans, Pushpa Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts 1917 births 2011 deaths People from Fazilka district Punjabi-language singers Indian women playback singers Indian film actresses 20th-century Indian actresses 20th-century Indian singers 20th-century Indian women singers Actresses from Punjab, India Singers from Punjab, India Women musicians from Punjab, India People from Punjab Province (British India)

Biography

Selected songs

Awards and recognition

See also

References

External links