Cinemaazi remembers Meena Kapoor on her birth anniversary
27 Aug 1930
Meena Kapoor sang more than 100 songs in her short career. She was born on this day in 1930 to actor Bikram Kapoor. She was also related to P C Barua. S D Burman gave her a chance for the film Aath Din (1946). Most of the time she worked with music director Anil Biswas. He met Meena Kapoor during the recording of Anokha Pyar (1948), fell in love with her voice and then with her. Some of her popular songs include Ae dil meri wafa mein (Anokha Pyar, 1948), Kuch aur zamana kehta hai (Chhoti Chhoti Baatein, 1965), and Bheegi bheegi raat aayi (Mehmaan, 1953).
