
Since ‘'Darwaza’' released first, it is generally believed to be Suman Kalyanpur's first Hindi film. Immediately after the film ‘'Mangu’', Suman sang 5 songs under the baton of composer Naushad for the film Darwaza (1954), which was produced by Ismat Chugtai and directed by Shahid Lateef. Thus, I entered Hindi cinema with the 1954 release ‘Mangu’. Nayyar replaced Mohammed Shafi and only one of my three songs, a lullaby "Koi Pukaare Dheere Se Tujhe" was retained in the film. However, due to some unknown reasons, later O.P. Sheikh Mukhtar was so impressed with my ‘'Shukrachi Chandni'’ songs, that he got me to sing 3 songs for the film ‘Mangu’. At that time, Sheikh Mukhtar was making the film Mangu whose composer was Mohammed Shafi. This was my first public performance after which I got a chance to sing for the Marathi film Shukrachi Chandni released in the year 1953. Still, I could not say 'no' to an offer to sing for the All India Radio in 1952.

Suman Hemmady married a Mumbai-based businessman Ramanand Kalyanpur in the 1958 and thus, became Suman Kalyanpur from Suman Hemmady. Suman's younger sister Shyama Hemmady was also a singer. According to Suman, initially singing was just hobby to her but gradually her interest in music increased and she started learning it professionally from Ustad Khan, Abdul Rehman Khan and Guruji Master Navrang. Simultaneously, she started learning classical vocal from Pune's Prabhat Films' music director and a close family friend, Pandit Keshav Rao Bhole. School of Arts for further studies in painting. Columba High School, she got admission in the prestigious Sir J. After completing schooling from Mumbai’s famed St.

Suman had always been interested in painting and music. In 1943, her family moved to Mumbai, where she received her musical training. Apart from father and mother Seeta Hemmady, there were 5 daughters and one son in the family with Suman being the eldest among her siblings. He served on a top post in the Central Bank of India and was posted to Dhaka for a very long period.

Hemmady is a village in Kundapur Taluk of Udupi District, Karnataka. Suman Kalyanpur's father Shankar Rao Hemadi hailed from a Saraswat Brahmin family belonging to Mangalore. Suman Kalyanpur was born as Suman Hemmady on 28 January 1937 in Dhaka (now in Bangladesh).

Apart from Hindi and Marathi, she has sung in Bengali, Assamese, Kannada and Bhojpuri. In 2010, Kalyanpur was awarded the Lata Mangeshkar Award 2009 by the Maharashtra government.
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She was nominated for the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award in 1975 for the song Behena Ne Bhai Ki Kalai Main from the movie Resham Ki Dori.Īajkal Tere Mere Pyaar Ke Charche is actually one of Kalyanpur's famous songs often mistaken to have been sung by Lata Mangeshkar, which highlights the similarity in their voices. She made a mark with her distinct voice regaling audiences all over India with her songs in both Hindi and Marathi. Kalyanpur got a gateway into the Hindi film industry as a playback singer in 1954 after her voice was noticed by the legendary Talat Mehmood during a concert. Kalyanpur, a contemporary of Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosale and Sudha Malhotra, carved a niche for herself with her songs. The function is being organized under the umbrella of the Mumbai-based Kanara Saraswat Association. The event conceived, authored and compered by Mangala Khadilkar will start at Tilak Smarak Mandir in the city at 7 pm. On Tuesday, in the run-up to her 75th birthday, veteran playback singer Suman Kalyanpur will be felicitated by the Saraswat Cultural Forum.
