Meena Kapoor

Bio: Meena Kapoor(1930-23 November,2017. 87 years) who was born in Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1930, was the daughter of actor Bikram Kapoor who worked with the New Theatres studio. Her family was also related to famed filmmaker PC Barua. Meena’s singing was noticed at a young age by composers like Ninu Mazumdar and SD Burman. She was a playback singer in Hindi cinema, during the 1940s and 1950s, singing hits such as "Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re" from Pardesi (1957) and 'Kachhi hai Umariya' picturised on Meena Kumari in Char Dil Char Rahen (1959).[1] She was a friend of the singer Geeta Dutt; the two had similar vocal styles.[2]