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From the cover of Indian Listener in 1943
Now You Know!
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RMIMers were wondering how many Females were there as Music Directors, Singers and Lyricists. For one reason or another the Telugu list was completed first. Here we start with a table of Telugu music directors. The first column is the name of the MD, the second column is the number of songs that they have composed. After the name (F) indicates female, all others are male. We also we will be publishing lists of the lyricists and the singers.
All the work of coordinating the list was done by N Ramaswamy. He has the following to add:
'I would like to thank Venkata Vutukuri for sharing with me the comprehensive list of Singers, Lyricists and Composers which formed the base for this project. Of course this would have not been possible without the help of the following Helpers/Contributors listed below alphabetically".
Ambrish Sundaram
Balaji Murthy
Lakshmi Priya Pakanati
Sreenivas Paruchuri
UVRavindra
Now You Know!
|
Music Director Name |
Songs |
|
A A Raj |
100 |
|
A Krishnamurty |
29 |
|
A M Raja |
41 |
|
A R Rahman |
200 |
|
A S Gitakrishna |
7 |
|
A S Nageswara Rao |
1 |
|
A T Ramanujulu |
50 |
|
A T Umar |
11 |
|
Aabavanan |
1 |
|
Aadesh Srivatsava |
1 |
|
Addepalli Rama Rao |
130 |
|
Aditya Paudwal |
14 |
|
Adityan |
39 |
|
Agosh |
6 |
|
Akira Ifukube |
1 |
|
Akula Narasimha Rao |
116 |
|
Amar |
16 |
|
Anand |
25 |
|
Anand - Milind |
23 |
|
Anil - Arun |
1 |
|
Anna Saheb Mainkar |
14 |
|
Anu Malik |
7 |
|
Arabin Yusuf |
1 |
|
Aswatdhama |
392 |
|
B Chittibabu |
4 |
|
B G Tembe |
38 |
|
B Gopalam |
209 |
|
B Gururaj |
8 |
|
B Kumaraswamy |
47 |
|
B Madhava Rao |
8 |
|
B Narasimha Rao |
278 |
|
B Narasinga Rao |
5 |
|
B R Suresh |
11 |
|
B Rajanikanta Rao |
47 |
|
B Shankar |
117 |
|
B Vasanta (F) |
5 |
|
Babu Rao |
88 |
|
Babul Bose |
6 |
|
Balakrishna |
2 |
|
Balamuralikrishna |
53 |
|
Bappi Lahiri |
133 |
|
Ben Surendra |
7 |
|
Bhanuchander |
5 |
|
Bhanumathi (F) |
76 |
|
Bharani |
5 |
|
Bhuvan Hari |
1 |
|
Bhuvaneswar Misra |
1 |
|
Brahmanandam |
9 |
|
Brother Lakshman |
48 |
|
C Arjun |
5 |
|
C Ashwath |
11 |
|
C D Thakur |
1 |
|
C Mohan Das |
28 |
|
C N Pandurangan |
93 |
|
C R Subburaman |
224 |
|
C Ramachandra |
30 |
|
C S Diwakar |
14 |
|
C S Jayaraman |
10 |
|
Chaitanya |
8 |
|
Chakravarthy |
2750 |
|
Chakri |
5 |
|
Chanakya |
1 |
|
Chand |
2 |
|
Chandrabose |
53 |
|
Chandram - Suryam |
8 |
|
Chandrasekhar |
64 |
|
Chari |
18 |
|
Chitragupta |
17 |
|
Chitti Babu |
9 |
|
Christopher Franke |
1 |
|
Chunduru Satyanarayana Murty |
29 |
|
D Babu Rao |
11 |
|
D C Dutt |
2 |
|
D Madhava Chowdary |
4 |
|
David Arnold |
1 |
|
Deva |
287 |
|
Devadas Kote |
6 |
|
Devarajan |
45 |
|
Devendran |
49 |
|
Devi Sri Prasad |
12 |
|
Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam |
6 |
|
Dhenuvakonda Subba Rao |
20 |
|
Dikshith |
1 |
|
Duggirala |
13 |
|
Durga Sen |
13 |
|
E S Murty |
5 |
|
Eemani Sankara Sastry |
16 |
|
Eeshwar |
8 |
|
Ella Venkateswara Rao |
5 |
|
G Devarajan |
1 |
|
G K Venkatesh |
200 |
|
G Madhava Tambe |
44 |
|
G Ramanathan |
167 |
|
G Surendra Reddy |
1 |
|
Gali Penchala |
390 |
|
Gangai Amaran |
35 |
|
Garimella Gopala Rao |
3 |
|
Ghantadi Krishna |
1 |
|
Ghantasala |
1110 |
|
Ghantasala Vijayakumar |
29 |
|
Gnyani |
1 |
|
Gopala Krishna |
4 |
|
Gopi Radha (F) |
6 |
|
Guna Singh |
7 |
|
Gundopanth Valvalkar |
22 |
|
Gurukiran |
11 |
|
Gyan Varma |
1 |
|
H R Padmanabha Sastry |
323 |
|
Hamsalekha |
151 |
|
Haranath |
1 |
|
Harikesava Nellore Brothers |
15 |
|
Hariram |
2 |
|
Hemant Kumar |
1 |
|
Hombal |
9 |
|
Ilayaraja |
1646 |
|
Inder John Babu |
12 |
|
J Purushottam |
19 |
|
J Ramakrishna |
6 |
|
J V Raghavulu |
668 |
|
Jagadeesa Rao Saligram |
20 |
|
Janaki (F) |
6 |
|
Jandhyala |
39 |
|
Jatin Lalit |
7 |
|
Jeevan |
13 |
|
Jeriri Usha Khanna (F) |
1 |
|
Jerry Amaldev |
6 |
|
Joel McNeely |
1 |
|
John Scott |
1 |
|
Johnson |
8 |
|
Joseph |
11 |
|
Joseph Krishna |
7 |
|
Joy Raja |
10 |
|
K Bhagyaraj |
21 |
|
K Bhujanga Rao |
18 |
|
K Devadas |
9 |
|
K Lakshminarayana |
1 |
|
K Prasada Rao |
47 |
|
K Raghavan |
3 |
|
K S Dandayudapani Pillai |
10 |
|
K S R Murthy |
4 |
|
K S Raghunathan |
2 |
|
K V Mahadevan |
2133 |
|
K V Mahadevan - Musical Supervision |
72 |
|
K Vaidyanathan |
2 |
|
K Veeru |
31 |
|
Kalyanji - Anandji |
1 |
|
Kamar |
1 |
|
Kanna Babu |
4 |
|
Karthik Raja |
13 |
|
Kavi |
11 |
|
Kelkar |
17 |
|
Kha Sahib Burjikhaw |
38 |
|
Kopparapu Subba Rao |
71 |
|
Koti |
436 |
|
Krishna - Chakra |
130 |
|
Krishna - Neeraj |
8 |
|
Krishna Prasad |
13 |
|
Krishna Teja |
28 |
|
Krishnasri |
2 |
|
Kumar |
4 |
|
L Malleswara Rao |
97 |
|
L Vaidyanathan |
33 |
|
Laay |
3 |
|
Lakshmana Sai |
2 |
|
Lakshmi Kiran (F) |
10 |
|
Lakshminarayana |
47 |
|
Laxmikant - Pyarelal |
39 |
|
Leela (F) |
5 |
|
M B Srinivas |
30 |
|
M B Srinivasan |
2 |
|
M B Valke |
23 |
|
M Chittaranjan |
4 |
|
M D Parthasarathy |
59 |
|
M G Radhakrishnan |
3 |
|
M Janardhan |
8 |
|
M Jayachandran |
1 |
|
M Krishna Ganga |
1 |
|
M M Keeravani |
647 |
|
M M Srilekha (F) |
109 |
|
M Muttu |
10 |
|
M Poornachandra Rao |
31 |
|
M Ranga Rao |
203 |
|
M S Babu |
8 |
|
M S Gnanamani |
16 |
|
M S Murari |
2 |
|
M S Prakash |
23 |
|
M S Raju |
12 |
|
M S Rama Rao |
11 |
|
M S Sriram |
38 |
|
M S Viswanathan |
750 |
|
M S Viswanathan - T K Ramamurty |
5 |
|
M Subrahmanya Raju |
61 |
|
M Venkat Raju |
14 |
|
Madhavapeddi Suresh |
177 |
|
Madhusudan - Srinivas |
6 |
|
Mahesh |
25 |
|
Mallikarjun |
13 |
|
Mani Sharma |
136 |
|
Manoj |
20 |
|
Manoj Gyan |
29 |
|
Mansoor Ali Khan |
1 |
|
Manuvanti Venkateswara Rao |
1 |
|
Maruti Sitaramaiah |
61 |
|
Master Venu |
425 |
|
Mohan Sitara |
7 |
|
Motibabu |
194 |
|
Mullick |
56 |
|
Murali |
11 |
|
N S Prakash |
4 |
|
Nadeem Shravan |
17 |
|
Nagaiah |
282 |
|
Nagaraja Iyer |
8 |
|
Nalam Nageswara Rao |
33 |
|
Nalin |
1 |
|
Nalluri Sudheer Kumar |
16 |
|
Narahari |
1 |
|
Naraj |
1 |
|
Narasimham |
1 |
|
Natarajan |
8 |
|
Naveen - Jyothi |
18 |
|
Nawaj |
1 |
|
Nelluri Subhash |
4 |
|
Nihan |
1 |
|
Nimmagadda Paradesi |
50 |
|
Nirmal Kumar |
1 |
|
Nityanand |
19 |
|
Nityanandam |
5 |
|
O P Nayyar |
10 |
|
Ogirala |
356 |
|
Ouseppachan |
1 |
|
P Adi Narayana Rao |
305 |
|
P B Sreenivos |
1 |
|
P Munuswamy |
103 |
|
P R Moni |
3 |
|
P S Diwakar |
33 |
|
P Samudrala |
4 |
|
P Shamanna |
26 |
|
P Surapa Raju |
4 |
|
Pamarty |
325 |
|
Panyam |
1 |
|
Parthasarathy |
36 |
|
Pendyala |
956 |
|
Pendyala Srinivas |
25 |
|
Philips |
4 |
|
Prabhala Satyanarayana |
140 |
|
Pradeep Ravi |
1 |
|
Prapulla Mitra |
29 |
|
Prasanna Sarraju |
11 |
|
Premji |
5 |
|
Puhalendi |
35 |
|
Purushottam |
9 |
|
R D Burman |
24 |
|
R Govardhanam |
126 |
|
R N Chinnayya |
13 |
|
R P Patnaik |
18 |
|
R Pandyarajan |
1 |
|
R R G |
1 |
|
R Rajagopal |
2 |
|
R Sudarsanam |
212 |
|
R Vaidyanathan |
13 |
|
Raaz |
11 |
|
Raghu Kumar |
1 |
|
Rahul Ranade |
1 |
|
Raj |
65 |
|
Raj - Koti |
879 |
|
Raj Bhaskar |
2 |
|
Raja |
5 |
|
Rajamani |
10 |
|
Rajan - Nagendra |
339 |
|
Rajaram |
1 |
|
Rajasri |
13 |
|
Rajasri Sudhakar |
5 |
|
Rajendra Prasad |
5 |
|
Rajesh |
7 |
|
Rajesh Ramanath |
3 |
|
Rajesh Roshan |
15 |
|
Raju |
6 |
|
Ram - Laxman |
33 |
|
Ram Chakravarthy |
8 |
|
Ramakrishna Raja |
4 |
|
Ramana |
9 |
|
Ramana Gogula |
31 |
|
Ramani Bharadwaj |
58 |
|
Ramani Prasad |
6 |
|
Ramasubrahmanyam |
8 |
|
Ramesh |
11 |
|
Ramesh Naidu |
525 |
|
Ramji |
12 |
|
Ramkadam |
9 |
|
Randy Edelman |
1 |
|
Ranjit |
6 |
|
Ratnam |
11 |
|
Ravi |
27 |
|
Ravi Shankar |
1 |
|
Ravindra Jain |
9 |
|
Ravindran |
5 |
|
S A Rajkumar |
196 |
|
S B Dinakar Rao |
98 |
|
S D Babu Rao |
13 |
|
S D Santha Kumar |
8 |
|
S Gama |
4 |
|
S Hanumanta Rao |
274 |
|
S L Merchant |
18 |
|
S M S Babu Rao |
1 |
|
S M Subbaiah Naidu |
75 |
|
S N Tripathi |
9 |
|
S P Kodandapani |
551 |
|
S P Kodandapani Eswar |
4 |
|
S P Rao |
6 |
|
S P Venkatesh |
37 |
|
S Rajeswara Rao |
1347 |
|
S V Krishna Reddy |
163 |
|
S V Ramanan |
1 |
|
S V Venkatraman |
92 |
|
S Vedachalam |
25 |
|
SPB |
160 |
|
Sadhu Kokila |
9 |
|
Sai Lakshman |
16 |
|
Sai Shankar |
5 |
|
Saladi Bhaskar Rao |
1 |
|
Salil Chowdhury |
11 |
|
Saluri Babu |
8 |
|
Sampath |
1 |
|
Samrat |
7 |
|
Sandeep Chowtha |
40 |
|
Sangita Raja |
11 |
|
Sanjay - Manikya |
2 |
|
Sankar |
3 |
|
Sarat |
1 |
|
Sardar Malik |
8 |
|
Sashi Preetam |
46 |
|
Satya |
5 |
|
Satya Rao |
8 |
|
Satyam |
1701 |
|
Seenu |
1 |
|
Shankar |
6 |
|
Shankar - Ganesh |
296 |
|
Shankar - Jaikishan |
16 |
|
Sheik Imam |
26 |
|
Shiv Hari |
11 |
|
Shyam |
52 |
|
Shyam - A A Raj |
9 |
|
Siddhardh |
1 |
|
Sirpi |
65 |
|
Sivaji Raja |
71 |
|
Sivakumar |
1 |
|
Sivasankar |
6 |
|
Sreeraj |
4 |
|
Sri |
129 |
|
Sri Ganesh |
4 |
|
Sri Murty |
4 |
|
Sri Nityanand |
10 |
|
Srikant |
1 |
|
Sriramulu |
12 |
|
Stalin Varadarajan |
1 |
|
Subhash Gopi |
11 |
|
Subrahmanya Devara |
14 |
|
Sudhir Phadke |
19 |
|
Suresh |
5 |
|
Suresh Peter |
1 |
|
Suribabu |
155 |
|
Suryam |
5 |
|
Susarla |
361 |
|
T A Kalyanaraman |
75 |
|
T Chalapati Rao |
533 |
|
T G Lingappa |
101 |
|
T K Kumaraswamy |
36 |
|
T K Ramamurty |
252 |
|
T K Ramanathan |
15 |
|
T L Narasimhan |
4 |
|
T M Ibrahim |
61 |
|
T Poornanandam |
16 |
|
T R Papa |
30 |
|
T R Ramanathan |
10 |
|
T Rajendar |
70 |
|
T V Raju |
783 |
|
Tangirala |
1 |
|
Tangutoori Suryakumari (F) |
15 |
|
Tatachari |
10 |
|
Thani - Srini |
1 |
|
Thayanban |
4 |
|
Tungala |
35 |
|
Turaiyur Rajagopala Sarma |
9 |
|
U Saroja (F) |
6 |
|
Udayakumar |
5 |
|
Unknown Music Director |
692 |
|
Upendra Kumar |
30 |
|
Usha Khanna (F) |
8 |
|
Ushakant |
3 |
|
V Dakshinamurty |
35 |
|
V J Gopal Singh |
83 |
|
V Kumar |
40 |
|
V Manohar |
15 |
|
V Narendranath |
10 |
|
V Ravichandran |
1 |
|
V S Narasimhan |
11 |
|
V Siva Reddy |
20 |
|
V V Hanumanta Rao |
17 |
|
Vaidhi |
5 |
|
Vamsy |
29 |
|
Vanraj Bhatia |
8 |
|
Vandemataram Srinivas |
399 |
|
Vasant Desai |
22 |
|
Vasantakumar Nayudu |
30 |
|
Vasu Rao |
122 |
|
Veda |
44 |
|
Vedavyas |
5 |
|
Veenapani (F) |
11 |
|
Veluri Krishnamurty |
87 |
|
Vidyasagar |
342 |
|
Vijay Raghava Rao |
1 |
|
Vijaya Bhaskar |
126 |
|
Vijaya Krishnamurty |
115 |
|
Vijaya Kumar |
1 |
|
Vijaya Sekhar |
6 |
|
Vijayanand |
13 |
|
Vinayaka Rao |
3 |
|
Vinjamuri Krishnamurty |
11 |
|
Vinjamuri Seetha (F) |
3 |
|
Vishal |
12 |
|
Viswanatha Satyanarayana |
5 |
|
Vosapuchan |
1 |
|
Yarlagadda |
8 |
|
Yehasan |
3 |
|
Yugandhar |
5 |
|
Yuvan Shankara Raja |
6 |
|
Yuvaraj |
12 |
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When Har Mandir Singh Hamraaz published Hindi Film Geet volume II (1941 to 1950) in February 1984 (32 years old), he knew that the compilation work was not complete. Many films remained unknown. Movies are not available. Old film magazines were not available. Old Newspapers were not available. Mostly he had to rely on was film booklets, some records and perhaps some articles and books. Perhaps the biggest problem was knowing the names of the actual singers of the songs. This was because it was usual in those days to put the name of the character in the movie rather than the name of the actual singer. A very famous example that everybody knows is the song Ayega Ane Wala from Mahal, which was actually sung by Lata Mangeshkar but the name mentioned was Kamini, which was the name of the actress Madhubaala in the film.
His hope was that once the book is published the fans of old Hindi films will realize that he needs help and they will help him to complete the book. That is exactly what happened. For the last 41 years generous people from all over the world have been helping him with film magazines, film books, newspapers, record labels and all kinds of information. The singer name problem has largely been solved and there have been large number of updates to this information.
This is definitely a very big and long-awaited update.
When he and I decided to convert all of his work into database in mid 2018, and make it available to the public completely free without any advertisements on a website, we had no idea how long it was going to take. Both of us have been working very hard on this project to try to cover as much as possible, gather information from everywhere possible and putting it together. I'm happy to report that we see now the end of the project, at least this phase anyway. Hamraaz has just handed over the files for volume V (1971 to 1980) to me.
I have finished converting the files for volume II (1941 to 1950), both for the filmography and the songs. The picturization of the songs remains, for which I have started to watch all the 161 movies available to me.
Today we are announcing that information from 1,233 films from this decade that have been added to the Filmography section of the database, bringing the total number of films to 5,056. As usual, the filmography books will be published and will be announced.
Here is the link
https://hindi-movies-songs.com/hfgk/
Also Happy birthday Hamraaz (74) Call!
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