Episode 4 - Composers and their pet singers
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While the emerging stars of late 40s Bollywood had their preferred on screen voices, which we discussed in Episode 3, the composers as the rightful creator of song, had their preferences as well. Naushad Sb introduced Mohammed Rafi. Shankar Jaikishan got Manna Dey to sing songs for them in non Raj Kapoor movies and S D Burman Sb got Hemant Kumar to give voice to his creations.
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