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Occupation(s)
  
Singer, Actor

Genres
  
Role
  
Singer

Name
  
Sudha Malhotra

Years active
  
1954–1982


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Education
  
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University

Albums
  
Bankhand Ki Koyal (Marwari Byah Ra Geet)

Similar People
  
Sahir Ludhianvi, Manna Dey, Shiv Dayal Batish, Talat Mahmood, Geeta Dutt

Born
  
30 November 1936 (age 84), New Delhi

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Sudha Malhotra is an Indian Playback singer. She also acted in some Bollywood films and as a playback singer worked in popular Bollywood movies in the 1950s and 1960s, like Arzoo, Dhool Ka Phool, Ab Dilli Door Nahin, Girl Friend, Barsat Ki Raat, Didi, Kala Pani, Prem Rog, and Dekh Kabira Roya. She was last heard in Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog (1982) in the song Yeh Pyar tha ya kuch aur tha. Apart from Hindi songs Sudha sang many popular Marathi songs (Bhavgeet) with Arun Date.

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Early life and education

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Malhotra was born in Kurukshetra and grew up in Lahore, Bhopal and Firozpur. She did her graduation in music from Agra University.

Career

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Malhotra was discovered as a child artist by Ghulam Haider (a prominent music director of the 1940s). She debuted in the movie Arzoo. She retired from film industry in 1960, following her marriage with businessman Giridhar Motwani (whose family owned the Chicago Radio Mike Company). She recorded for a few albums in the following years, including for Jagjit Singh's In a Mood of Love. She also sang for Raj Kapoor's Prem Rog in 1982.

Some of her popular Marathi songs are (Bhavgeet) - Shukratara Mandwara, Haat Tuza Haataat, Divas Tujhe he Fulayche all duets with Arun Date. She has sung 264 songs in 155 films.

Filmography

  • Arzoo
  • Ab Dilli Door Nahin
  • Girl Friend
  • Dekh Kabira Roya (1957)
  • Dhool Ka Phool (1959)
  • Barsaat Ki Raat (1960)
  • Gauhar
  • Dil-e-Naadan (1953)
  • Babar
  • Didi
  • Kala Pani
  • Prem Rog (1982)
  • References

    Sudha Malhotra Wikipedia