twin songs are songs that meet the following criteria.

male and female version or solo and duet or happy and sad version.

I will start with the first set. Anyone is welcome to add

movie jab pyar ki sise hotahai(1961) md shanker jaikishan
singers rafi and lata
3:27/192 3:24/224

movie kudrat 1981 mdr.d.burman

kishore kumar and lata
4;17/192 4:56/192

movie jahan pyar mile 1969 md shanker jaikishan

solos by rafi and suman kalyanpur

4:56/224 4:42/192

Lakshmi,

The female version of the song from Kudrat is NOT by Lata but
the well known Hindustani classical singer Parveen Sultana.

thanks for the information.

movie mehbooba(1976)
md r.d.burman
solos kishore kumar lata
5:26/320 7:07/212

Baith Mere Pas - Yadon Ke Mausam...

I've the female version picturised on Zeenat.
Anyone got the male version on Mithun?

the next one is from movie miss mary (1957) music hemant kumar

solos byrafi and lata
2:57/220 2:57/199

movie bahu begum(1967) musiv roshan

solo by rafi ,
and duet by rafi and asha

3:24/256 3:32/320

Wonderful uploads Lakshmi.

Thanks.

Ketaki.

you are welcome ketaki.

The next set is from maalik(1972) music kalyanji anandji

solo mahendra kapoor 6:20/192
duet(courtesy hamara forum) mahendra and lata 3:42/128

movie hum sab ustadhai(1965)
md laxmikant pyarelal
solos by kishore kumar lata
3:33/217 4:05/256

movie phir subah hogi(1958)
md khayyam
solo by mukesh and duet by mukesh asha
2:05/146 3:38/192

movie sehra(1963)
md ramlal
solos by rafi and lata
4:26/211 5:36/256

Lakshmiji, I always notice.. Ur uploads are always gr888.. Do u have the song 'Tose nahi bolu, ja main tose nahi bolu' from 'Sautela Bhai'??? I am sure, u must behaving this song.. Ur collection is terrific!!

Thanks for all these twin songs... (a small mistake in it, Hamein tumse pyar kitna is sung by Parveen sultana.. by mistake u named it as Lata's version)

Thanks again and waiting for 'Tose nahi bolu' from u

OMkar

sorry to disappoint you ,Omkar. I don't have the song you have requested. I will definitely search for it.


next set is from chhaya(1961)
md salil chaudhary
solo by talat and duet by talat and lata
3:34/195 3:55/224

Dear Lakshmi,
A good effort at making HFers start thinking..thinking..I want to add, whenever one comes across a twin number where one of the singers is Lataji, she is undoubtedely better than her counterpart,I suppose u will agree.This particular song falls in a category of twin songs where the aforementioned notion does not stand true !!!

Chandrashekhar.

Koi baat nahin, Laxmiji!! I am sure u will definately find it. If I get it before u, I will definately upload it.. Meanwhile I am uploading the version of the same song sung by Sanjeevani in Sa Re Ga Ma. I am also sure, when u hear this song, u will start ur search with lot more force

Enjoy Sanjeevani version!!

OMkar
p.s. Hope I am not disturbing thread u created, Laxmiji!!

I beg to differ..relapsing into your words, whenever one comes across a twin number where one of the singers is Lata, other is undoubtedely better than her
striking examples

1 above song
2 jeevan ke safar mein- kishore
3 jayen to jayen kahan- talat
4 mujhko is raat ki tanhai mein- mukesh
5 rimjhim gire sawan- kishore
6 teri ankhon ke siva-rafi
7 zindagi bhar nahi bhulegi-rafi, lata's version is I think a duet with Rafi, but still rafi's solo is mindblowing
8 mere mehboob- rafi
9 hamen aur jeene ki chahat -kishore
10 yeh raat yeh chandani- hemant , lata's version is exactly not the same but Hemant kumar
11 samay ae dheere- rudali - asha
12 jis dil mein basa tha pyar tera- saheli mukesh

I dont remember more right now.. there are many many... and the BIGGEST EXAMPLE is KUCH NA KAHO... a singer(??????????) like kumar sanu sounds much better in this song

but if you compare Geeta with others, Geeta's versions sound better.. two examples

1 na yeh chand hoga- shart
2 hai ye duniya kaunsi- sailab
in both cases, hemant was the counterpart

Of course this is my opinion
cheers
shama

Thanks Shama for such a perfect analysis.

Rather its a very well know fact that Lata ji's number has always been less effective in case of tandem songs. (This small little thing does not demean her status of numero ono female singer of HFM in any ways. I myself love hundreds of her songs..No harm intended at all !)

This issue was dicussed in detail in RMIGM (did I get that acronym correctly ?) and it was a firm conclusion that the other singer's tandem version is better when Lata ji has sung the tandems.

Many of die-hard fans of Lata ji also agree to this.

Regards
Parag

and kuch na kaho is the biggest example of that

shama

One more tandem song of Geeta ji is "Kaise koi jiye" from Badban. Again the other version is sung by Hemantda.

Parag

oh yes I forgot that...

Hemant kumar is the suffering person...

but lata is more effective in "vande mataram" than hemant..

shama

Well, I dont know if there are 2 versions of Vande Mataram (Anandmath). I remember only Lata ji's version..

that probably tells the story..



Shama , a kind request to you. It will be great if you could have a look at Geeta Dutt forum as well. Last few months we have been taking lot of efforts to make it live and active..

Would love to have your participation there..

Thanks in advance
Parag

I joined this forum on 20th Dec, but I havent been to Geetaji's forum yet, but its lata all the way for me..
I like Geeta's voice, what I like about her voice is the spontanity .. thats why she was more effective than Asha in the decade of 1950-60
Even Lata has once addmitted that she was always afraid of singing with Geeta..

I will visit the forum.... and try to paricipate( though I dont have much to talk about her)

shama
hats off to her for "dekho jadubhare more nain"

Does anybody have "lata's mujhko is raat ki tanhai mein" from dil bhi tera hum bhi tere
shama

Yes, Shama Ji,

You get your song here.

Details:

Film:DIL BHI TERA HUM BHI TERE 60
Lyrics: Shamim Jaipuri
MD:Kalyanji Anandji

Enjoy,

Kamala Mohanty

thanks kamala ji

Ashaji's voice matched Gitaji's to a great extent. Remember ' Bhanwara bada nadan hai '

Don't know whether this fits the twins definition (as lata sang this in tribute to Rafi). Anyway thought of sharing this (rafi's original is a beauty)
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Enjoy
Sanjkash

My two cents on this topic:

Here are some examples where Lata's songs have not been as popular as their male counterpart:

1. Aa Laut Ke Aaja Mere Meet (Rani Rupmati). Male version by Mukesh
2. Ae Dil Kahan Teri Manzil (Maya). Male version by Dwijen Mukherjee
3. Ae Mere Dil Kahin Aur Chal Gham Ki Duniya (Daag). Male version by Talat Mahmood
4. Ajanabi Tum Jane Pahechane Se Lagte Ho (Hum Sab Ustad Hain). Male version by Kishore Kumar.
5. Bas Ek Chup Si Lagi Hai (Sannaata). Male version by Hemant Kumar
6. Dil Beqarar Sa Hai Humko Khumar Sa Hai (Ishara). Male version by Mohammed Rafi.

There are many more songs on my list. Notice that in each of these cases, I have picked a different male artist. What is interesting about this list is that the Lata’s version of these songs have been obscured by the corresponding male version against many different male singers.

To be faire, in many of these songs, the two versions of the songs don’t have identical lyrics or the tempo of the female version is slower than the male version of the songs. And there are a handful of Songs where Lata’s version has done very well. For example,

1. Aaj Kal Me Dhal Gaya (Beti Bete). Male version by Rafi is equally popular.
2. Chandan Sa Badan (Saraswati Chandra). Male version by Mukesh is equally popular.

Interestingly, other female artists, such as Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt and Suman Kalyanpur have fared better than Lata in this aspect. The following songs from these artists are as popular as their counterparts sung by the male artists.


1. Jahan Me Aisa Kaun Hai by Asha is as popular as the male version (Abhi Na Jao Chhodkar by Rafi)
2. Dil Laga Kar Hum Ye Samje (Zindagi Aur Maut) sung by Asha is more well known than the version sung by Mahendra Kapur.
3. Na Yeh Chand Hoga (Shart) sung by Geeta Dutt has done as well as the Hemant Kumar version.

I don't know whether to categorize the next set of songs as twin songs. he wordings are different but the tune is similar.

movie arzoo(1965)
md shankar jaikishan
solos byrafi and lata
1:56/192 5:09/128

movie raat aur din(1967)
md shankar jaikishan
solos by lata happy and sad versions
3:44/192 5:16/192

Can we also have the pleasure to hear Lata & Mukesh Jee`s versions each of

JIS DIL MEIN BASA TH PYAR TERA
US DIL KO KABHI KA TOD DIYA

FIlm saheli

Anyone please

Cheers!!!
Puneet

here you go puneetadaniya

movie sahel(1965)
md kalyanji anandji
solos by mukesh lata

movie dil hi to hai(1963)
md roshan
duet mukesh suman, solo suman
3:15/320
3:16/256

Since you are downloading twin songs, I would like to request a couple. One twin song is from Nishan starring Sanjeev kumar and the song is: haye tabassum tera sung by rafi and asha. Another one is from Raj kapoor starrer Diwana:" taaron se pyare dil ke ishare" sung by mukesh and Sharda (yes there was one by Sharda released on one of the EPs for the movie). Yet another request is a song (perhaps very rare) from the movie Kunwari (starring Indrani mukherji) sung by lata as well as talat: pyar ke pal chin beete huye din.


Yunus

While I agree that the above songs have not been as popular as their male counterparts,
I would like to say that PERSONALLY, I think that in the case of #2 and #5, Lata is just
brilliant and I think it is sad that her version did not become more popular.

I am sorry to disappoint you. I have none of the songs from the movies you have requested. I hope someone will upload them

movie anokha pyar(1948)
md anil biswas
solos by mukesh and lata
2:27/227 2:34/256

good uploads and nice innovative concept

Here is one from Lata (3:25, 128kbps) & Talat (3:11, 128kbbps)
Film: Roop ki rani choron ka raja (1961)
Format: mp3
Lyrics: Shailendra
Music: Shankar Jaikishan
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Enjoy
Sanjkash

Thanks sanjkash for your contribution. I didn't have those songs.
lakshmi

You are most welcome Lakshmiji!
One more good Twins, this time from Ahsa (152 kbps vbr, 3:50m) & Mahendra (150kbps vbr, 4:03m)
Film: Sawan Ki Ghata 1966
Music: OP Nayyer
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Enjoy again.
Sanjkash

movie shikast(1953)
md shankar jaikishan
rafi lata chorus and lata chorus
3:10/160 259/153

"AADMI MUSAFIR HAI" by RAFI SAHAB and LATA

"AADMI MUSAFIR HAI" sad version by LATA


MOVIE:Apnapan

Where is Tji and her tandem tunes ?

Nice to have this concept back at HF! Will try and upload Haaye Tabassum Tera, both Rafi and Asha versions, soon.

As for which tandem tune sounds better..... well, lets leave it to one's own subjectivity

Here you go, yunus-ji.

Song: Haaye Tabassum Tera
Film: Nishaan
Year: 1965
Music: Usha Khanna
Lyrics: Javed Anwar
Singers: Asha solo and Rafi solo

Courtesy: Priya Click to view attachment
Courtesy: HF Click to view attachment
Sorry for the very high bitrate of 320 kbps on the Rafi version. If anyone has a decent 128 kbps version of the same, I'll be glad to delete mine. Thanks

thanks to sanjkash and visuja for their contributions to this thread.

Lakshmi

movie ek saal(1958)
md ravi
solos talat and lata
3:26/128 3:53/126