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Born | Lucknow, United Provinces, British India | 24 February 1924
Died | 9 May 1998 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged 74)
Other names | The King of Ghazals, also Shahenshah-e-Ghazal |
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Years active | 1939–1986 |
Known for | Bollywood Ghazals, Playback singing |
Awards | Padma Bhushan Award by the Indian government in 1992 |
Website | Official website |
Talat Mahmood (24 February 1924 – 9 May 1998) was an Indian playback singer who is considered as one of the 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]