When Ghulam Mohammed passed away during the making of Pakeezah, Naushad was brought in to compose the film’s background score. ‘Mora Saajan Sautan Ghar Jaye’ ( Pakeezah, 1971) It is not hard to see how Vani Jayaram’s rendition of the song could make even the most accomplished of singers insecure. My pick from Guddi is probably one of the best examples of a Hindi film song based on Raag Miyan Ki Malhar. Although it has never been substantiated, the change was said to be a conciliatory gesture to appease Lata Mangeshkar. A strange thing happened after the movie was released- one of Vani Jayaram’s songs, the bhajan ‘Hari Bin Kaise Jiyoon Ri’, was edited out of the film and replaced with a newly shot sequence featuring Jaya Bhaduri singing Lata Mangeshkar’s “Aaja Re Pardesi” ( Madhumati, 1958). With the songs of Guddi making waves, Vani Jayaram more than justified Vasant Desai’s faith in her. Considering Lata Mangeshkar’s dominance at the time, this was a brave decision. Impressed by her classically trained voice, Vasant Desai gave all three songs in Guddi to her. Here are five Hindi film songs to celebrate this versatile singer.Īlthough Vani Jayaram made a career primarily in South Indian films, she debuted as a playback singer in the Hindi film Guddi. (Shreya Ghoshal won it for ‘ Vijanathayil’.) Just a few months ago she was nominated for Filmfare South’s Best Female Playback Singer for the song ‘Olanjali Kuruvi’ from the 2014 Malayalam film 1983. Vani Jayaram turned 70 last week on November 30 but continues to work, singing for films, performing concerts and judging TV talent shows.

Her numerous awards are an indication of how diverse her discography is- National Film Awards for Tamil and Telugu films and State Awards for Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Odiya films. The singer found tremendous success in films of other Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Unlike Sudha Malhotra, however, Vani Jayaram enjoyed a long and fulfilling career- just not in Hindi films. Like Sudha Malhotra, the singer covered in last week’s post, Vani Jayaram was a tremendously talented singer who did not get her due in Hindi films.

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