The queen of Indian pop : the authorized biography of Usha Uthup / Vikas Kumar Jha ; translated by Srishti Jha
By: Jha, Vikas Kumar.
Contributor(s): Jha, Srishti, tr.
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TextPublisher: Gurugram, Haryana, India : Ebury Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2022.Description: xvi, 290 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 978-0-670-09587-2.Subject(s): Uthup, Usha | Singers -- Biography -- India | Popular music -- IndiaDDC classification: 782.0092 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Preface -- The kite-flying girl -- Never know how much I love you -- Listen to the pouring rain -- The eternal five women -- Bombay police's Sherlock Holmes -- Sami Sisters -- Matilda -- That monsoon in Calcutta -- Listen to your voice -- And then, Usha Vaidyanath Sami -- That evening in Autumn -- J.C. -- Cochin Days -- The Dolan Champa tree, studio vibrations -- Rambha ho -- Usha in court -- Malligai Poo: The Jasmine flowers -- Duet with the World -- Stage craft -- Actress Usha -- Usha and her running train -- Magic of the shoe -- Thoes unforgettable faces of power -- Many flaws, many fears -- The only matchstick -- The blossoming family tree of madras -- Loving friends -- Umbuka -- An invisible world -- Appemdix
Usha Uthup, India's undisputed icon of pop music, has enthralled an entire generation of listeners with her unforgettable voice and continues to do so. Completing fifty years as a professional singer in 2020 was just another milestone in her fabled career.
In this vivid biography, which was originally written in Hindi, Vikas Kumar Jha captures the entire arc of Uthup's career in music. From her childhood days in Mumbai and her first gigs singing with jazz bands in Chennai's glitzy nightclubs to her meteoric rise as India's musical sensation and her philanthropic work, Jha covers it all and manages to weave a narrative that is colourful, inspiring and bound to keep any reader engrossed till the end.
Uthup is known for such evergreen hits as 'Hari Om Hari', 'Rambha Ho' and 'Jeete Hain Shaan Se', and her voice transcends genres. When she takes the stage, in her elaborately designed sarees and trademark bindis, she embodies a unique liveliness, unparalleled in the realm of Indian music. Jha meticulously explores Uthup's sense of freedom, her struggles, and her constructive and creative attitude towards work and life.
This pitch-perfect English translation, by Srishti Jha, offers the reader a front-row seat to the life and times of the inimitable Usha Uthup. -- Book cover
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