Author-journalist Sahar Zaman was in Kolkata for Jashn E Mausiqui, a music festival at The Bengal Rowing Club that featured a tribute session to Talat Mahmood. He recorded new Bengali songs, performed older ones and maintained a loyal audience. There were accounts of trains being stopped in East Africa so Talat Mahmood could perform for crowds that felt ignored. “In 1968, while the Beatles were creating waves in India, Talat Mahmood was experiencing the same kind of mania in the Caribbean. Talat Mahmood was Dilip Kumar’s singing voice and was offered songs in the film Madhumati.

Source: The Telegraph January 19, 2026 07:14 UTC