Usha Khanna was born on 7 October 1941 and is an Indian music director in Hindi cinema.
11 Facts About Usha Khanna
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Usha Khanna is the third female music director to enter the Hindi film industry, after Jaddan Bai and Saraswati Devi and is one of the most commercially successful music directors in the male dominated music industry.
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Usha Khanna remained active for more than 3 decades from 1960s to 1980s.
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Usha Khanna is still active making some music for some movies and television-serials, more than 40 years after her debut as music director in Dil Deke Dekho.
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Usha Khanna received a Filmfare Award nomination for composing the songs for the huge hit film Souten.
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Usha Khanna sang a song for Mukherjee, and when he realised that she had composed the song on her own, he told her to compose two songs per day for one year.
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Usha Khanna often collaborated with Asha Bhosle, who referred to Usha Khanna as her daughter, and Mohammed Rafi.
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Usha Khanna directed and produced eleven movies she scored the music for.
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Usha Khanna remained quite active as a composer and the last movie she has given music to was in 2003.
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Usha Khanna often took inspiration from Arabic music, which she liked and she claims that she has never lifted any song directly, but that she has composed something along the lines.
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Usha Khanna herself sang a few songs as a playback singer.