Talat Mahmood

Talat Mahmood
Born(1924-02-24)24 February 1924
Lucknow, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died9 May 1998(1998-05-09) (aged 74)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other namesThe King of Ghazals
Shahenshah-e-Ghazal
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actor
Years active1939–1986
Known forBollywood ghazals
Playback singing
RelativesSahar Zaman (grand-niece)
HonoursPadma Bhushan (1992)
Websitewww.talatmahmood.net

Talat Mahmood (24 February 1924 – 9 May 1998) was an Indian playback singer who is considered as one of the greatest and most popular male Indian film song and ghazal singers. Although he tried his luck as a film actor, he did not succeed a great deal in acting.[1][2]

Talat Mahmood received the Padma Bhushan award in 1992, in recognition of his artistic contributions in the spheres of cinematic and ghazal music.[3][4]

He was particularly famous for singing soft and sombre ghazals in his quivering and silky voice. Romantic and tragic were the moods he liked most and it was he who helped a great deal in shaping the style and method of modern ghazal singing in India during the 1950s and 1960s.[1]

  1. ^ a b Avijit Ghosh (9 May 2008). "Remembering Talat Mahmood". Times of India. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Talat Mahmood – Part 1 (a profile)". Cineplot.com website. 3 July 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards List (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ^ Talat Mahmood's award in 1992 on Government of India (padmaawards.gov..in) website Retrieved 3 November 2020