Suman Kalyanpur was quite close to late singer Lata Mangeshkar, she was seen recalling their memories together in a recent interview, know about her famous songs list
Suman Kalyanpur is a professional Indian playback singer. She is considered one of the well-known and most respected playback singers of India.
Suman Kalyanpur Biography, Age, Family, Education, Famous Songs List And vs Lata Mangeshkar
Suman Kalyanpur was born as Suman Hemmadi on the 28th of January in the year 1937 and presently her age is 85 years as of 2022. Suman Kalyanpur hails from Dhaka which is now is in Bangladesh.
Suman had always been interested in painting and music. After completing schooling at Mumbai’s famous St. Columbia High School, Suman got enrolled in the prestigious Sir J. J. School of Arts for her further studies in painting.
Suman got married to a Mumbai-based businessman, named Ramanand Kalyanpur in the year 1958 and she became Suman Kalyanpur from Suman Hemmadi.
Suman Kalyanpur Professional Career
Suman Kalyanpur began her professional career in the year 1954 and was a very popular and famous singer of the 1960s and 1970s. Suman recorded songs for movies in numerous languages including Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Bengali, Odia, and also in Punjabi.
Suman is regarded as one of the popular singers of her prime time and of the golden era of Hindi film music along with the legends like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Manna Dey, and Shamshad Begum. Suman has sung a total of 857 Hindi songs in her amazing voice.
Suman Kalyanpur has achieved three times the prestigious award of “Sur Srinagar Samsad” for making the best songs in Hindi movies.
Also, she was honored with the Lata Mangeshkar Award in the year 2009 by the government of Maharashtra. She got the Ga Di Ma Award from the Ga Di Ma Pratishthan. Her voice was said to emulate Lata Mangeshkar and have the same tone but she has said she had no competition with the departed singer.
The list of her famous songs can be heard here.
Suman Kalyanpur Net Worth
Suman Kalyanpur’s net worth is estimated to be around $1 million as of 2022.