Shamshad Begum And Cukoo, The Seductive Combo Options

[hildebrand]

As oldtimers maybe aware Cukoo was probably the best dancer in the late 40s right into the 50s.
Shamshad Begum was the voice associated with Cukoo in the film industry. Cukoo had a husky voice which matched well with Shamshad Begum's voice. It is said that Raj Kapoor had to give Shamshad Begum the song Ek Do Teen in Awara because he had no other choice since the song was to be picturised on Cukoo! Apparently, the same thing happened with composer Sajjad Hussain He also had to use Shamshad's voice for Cuckoo in Saiyaan (1951). Cuckoo had husky voice and Shamshad voice suited her to T. I believe Cuckoo songs were sung by Shamshad in films like Amber, Anokhi Ada,Andaz, Awaara, Afsana, Paras, Hulchul, Saiyaan, Shabnam, Patanga and many others. Would love to know which songs were these and we can make list.

Starting the token List:-
1. Ek Do Teen - Awara
2. Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon - Patanga
3. Meri Jaan Mohabbat Karo - Saiyaan


This post has been edited by hildebrand: Mar 9 2009, 02:14 AM

[Ummer]

Amber, Anokhi Ada,Andaz, Awaara, Afsana, Paras, Hulchul, Saiyaan, Shabnam, Patanga

Here are more :-

Aan milo balma taroun ki chaoun mein (Hulchul)
Meri jaan mohabbat karo chupke chupke (Saiyyan)
Qadar meri na jani chod kai janey waley (Shabnam)
Mohabbat ka donoun kai dil pai asar hai (Afsana)

Cuckoo was in Anokhi Ada, and most of the songs were sung by Shamshad too.. but none of her songs were picturized on Cuckoo.. Cuckoo dances to some instrumental music in the film.