Shama and Friends




	Gopura-s, namely the North gopura by Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagar Dynasty, the Easern Gopura by the Pallava King Kopperunjinga Deva and the South Gopura by the Pandya King. Amongst these, the eastern Gopura has the 108 Karana-s described in the 4th chapter of Bharata's natya Shastra. In the 16th century, Magadi Kempegowda an illustrious vassal of the Vijaynagar Dynasty laid the their family, so she had to start singing. She got her first break in 1946 for Chunariya.

	In 1946, the sixteen-year-old Geeta Roy made her playback debut with a couple of lines in "Bhakt Prahlad". Those two lines so impressed music director Sachin Dev Burman that he signed her up for "Do Bhai"and was a great hit, especially Geeta's "Mera Sunder Sapna Beet Gaya". For the next three years she ruled as the undisputed queen of Hindi playback singing.

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