Down melody lane:Suman Kalyanpur - Page 4

I was going to start a thread on Suman but then I saw three threads..and I think this one has the most info..So iam bringing this out..and adding to it...

Here is a list of her songs complied Vandana Venkatesan ..from http://www.geocities.com groups..


[1] Roshan
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Kaune rang mungwa, kawaane rang motiya (with Sudha Malhotra) [Heera Moti]
Garjat barsat saawan aayo re (with Kamal Barot) [Barsaat ki raat]
Na na na re na na haath na lagana (with Minoo Purushottam) [Taj Mahal]
Mero saiyyaan gulabiya ka phool hamaaro rang kesariya (with Usha Mangeshkar?) [N
ai umar ki nai fasal]
Aaja rasiya more man basiya [Pilot Officer]
Chaand takta hai idhar (with Rafi) [Dooj ka chaand]
Maine ai jaan-e-wafaa tum se mohabaat ki hai (with Rafi) [Bedaag]
Chura le na tumko ye mausam suhaana (with Mukesh) [Dil hi toh hai]
Yun hi dil ne chaaha thaa rona [Dil hi toh hai]
Aise toh na dekho ke behek jaayen kahin hum (with Rafi) [Bheegi Raat]
Sharaabi sharaabi yeh saawan ka mausam [Noor Jehan]

[2] Shankar Jaikishan
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Juhi ki kali meri ladli [Dil ek mandir]
Dil ek mandir hai (with Rafi) [Dil ek mandir]
Mere sang gaa, gunguna koi geet suhana [Jaanwar]
Pehla pehla pyaar hai yeh [Budtameez]
Jahan pyaar mile [Jahan pyaar mile]
Aaj kal tere mere pyaar ke charche (with Rafi) [Brahmachari]
Tujhe dekha tujhe chaha tujhe pooja (with Rafi) [Chhoti si mulaqaat]
Tumne pukaara aur hum chale aaye (with Rafi) [Raaj Kumar]
Tujhe pyaar karte hain, karte rahenge (with Rafi) [April Fool]
Itna hai tumse pyaar mujhe (with Rafi) [Sooraj]
Ajhuna aaye baalma (with Rafi) [Saanjh aur Savera]
Agar meri jalwa numaayi na hoti (with Rafi) [Beti Bete]
Dil ki kitaab kori hai, kori hi rehne do (with Rafi) [Yaar Mera]
Meri yaar ki yaari dekh ke (with Rafi) [Insaniyat]

[3] Dattaram Naik
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Na jaane kahan tum the (with Manna Dey) [Zindagi aur khwab]
Yeh nasheeli hawa aa raha hai maza (with Manna Dey) [Neeli Aankhen]
Kehti hai kuchh jhuki nazar [Zindagi aur khwab]
Beete hue din kuchh aise bhi hain [First love?/Jab se tumhe dekha hai?]
Yeh din, din hai khushi ke (with Manna) [Jab se tumhe dekha]

[4] Usha Khanna
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Ai zindagi ke saathi jaana na zindagi se [Fareb]
Mera tumhara saath ho (with Rafi) [Ek Paheli]

[5] Ghulam Mohammed
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Mere mehboob tujhe pyaar karoon ya na karoon [Shamaa]
Dil gham se jal raha hai [Shamaa]
Insaaf tera dekha ai saaqi-e-maikhana [Shamaa]
Ek jurm karke humne chaha tha muskuraana [Shamaa]
Yaas ke dar pe jhuka jaata hai sar (with Rafi) [Shamaa]
Dil gaya toh gaya dilruba mil gaya (with Shamshad Begum) [Shamaa]

[6] Khaiyyam
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Parbaton ke pedon par shaam ka basera hai (with Rafi) [Shagun]
Zindagi zulm sahi, jabr sahi, gham hi sahi [Shagun]
Bujha diye hain khud apne haathon [Shagun]
Thehriye hosh mein aaloon (with Rafi) [Mohabbat isko kehte hain]
Jo hum pe guzarti hai tanhaa kise samjhayen [Mohabbat isko kehte hain]
Mehfil mein aap aaye jaise ki chaand aaya (with Mubarak Begum, Jagjit Kaur) [Moh
abbat isko kehte hain]

[7] S.D.Burman
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Paani mein jale [Munimji]
Na tum hamen jaano (with Hemant Kumar) [Baat ek raat ki]
Yeh kisne geet chheda (with Mukesh) [Meri soorat teri aankhen]
Ai meri dilruba aa mere paas aa [Benazir]
Manmohana man mein ho tumhi (with Rafi, S.D.Batish) [Kaise kahoon]
Khwab hai wohi ka wohi [Miyan biwi raazi]
Chhodo Chhodo mori baiyan saanware [Miyan biwi raazi]

[8] Naushad Ali
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Mera pyaar bhi tu hai, yeh bahaar bhi tu hai (with Mukesh) [Saathi]
Dil-e-betaab ko seene se lagaana hoga (with Rafi) [Palki]

[9] Kalyanji Anandji
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Tumhi mere meet ho (with Hemant Kumar) [Pyaase Panchi]
Na na karte pyaar tumhi se kar baithe (with Rafi) [Jab jab phool khile]
bansuri banaike ho bansuri banaike [Geet]
Aapse hamko bichhRe huwe ek zamaanaa beet gayaa (with Manhar) [Vishwas]
Tu jangal ki morni to main bagana mor (with Rafi) [Raja Saab]

[10] Laxmikant Pyarelal
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Raat suhaani jaag rahi hai (with Rafi) [Jigri Dost]
Tumse O haseena kabhi mohabbat (with Rafi) [Farz]
Jaan chali jaaye jiya nahin jaaye (with Rafi) [Anjaana]
Na jaane kaise pal mein badal jaate hain [Badalte Rishte]
Aa hum ahd-e-wafa kar den (with Rafi) [Do Bhai]

[11] Sardar Malik
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Tere hum O sanam, tu jahan main wahan (with Rafi) [Bachpan]
Ab main jaaoon kahan, kahan jaaoon [Bachpan]

[12] Madan Mohan Kohli
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Baad muddat ke yeh ghadi aayi (with Rafi) [Jahan-ara]
Mujhe yeh phool na de (with Rafi) [Gazal]

[13] Salil Choudhary
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Tumhe dil se chaha tumhe dil diya hai [Chaand aur sooraj]

[14] Chitalkar Ramachandra
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Saanwariya re apni meera ko bhool na jaana [Aanchal]

[15] Ravi
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Yeh mausam rangeen sama (with Mukesh) [Modern Girl]
Zara si baat pyar ki (with Rafi) [Salaam Memsaab]

[16] Pandit S.N.Tripathi
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Tum hi keh do tumse mujhko itna pyaar kyon (with Mahendra Kapoor) [Pareeksha]

[17] Hemant Kumar
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Phulwa band mehke (with Geeta Dutt) [Hum bhi insaan hain]

[18] Nikhil Dutta
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Baharon se poocho mere pyaar ko tum (with Mukesh) [Mere armaan mere sapne]
Mohe laa de chunariyaa laal (with Geeta Dutt) [Chaandi kee deewaar]

[19] Chitragupta
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Jab se ham tum bahaaron men kho baithe (with Rafi) [Main shaadi karne chalaa]

[20] Pandit Shivram
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Apne piya ki main toh bani re joganiya [Kaan kaan mein bhagwaan]
Chamke chaand poonam ka (with Mukesh) [Mahasati Behula]

[21] Sapan Jagmohan
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Man mera tujhko maange [Chetna]

[22] Snehlal Bhatkar
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Haal-e-dil unko sunaana tha, sunaaya na gaya [Fariyaad]
Papiha dekho dekh raha hai papiha (with Mahendra Kapoor) [Fariyaad]

[23] Satish Bhatia
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Haan maine bhi pyaar kiya (with Mukesh) [Boond jo ban gaye moti]
akhiyan tarasan laagi main toh pi ki daras ki pyaasi [Boond jo ban gaye moti]

[24] Robin Banerjee
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Tum jo aao toh pyaar aa jaaye (with Manna Dey) [Sakhi Robin]
Iradha na tha aapse pyaar ka (with Rafi) [Aandhi aur Toofan]

[25] Sonik Omi
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Dil ne phir yaad kiya (with Rafi and Mukesh) [Dil ne phir yaad kiya]

[26] Hansraj Behl
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Din ho ya raat hum rahen tere saath (with Rafi) [Miss Bombay]

[27] Ganesh
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Man gaaye yeh taraana [Chalaak]

[28] S.Mohinder
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Tum mard nikaaloge ghoonghat (with Rafi) [Reporter Raju]

[29] Jani Babu
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Mere mehboob na jaa, aaj kee raat na jaa [Noor Mahal]

[30] Rajesh Roshan
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Teri palkon mein (with Rafi) [Jay-Vejay]
Naaraazgi yeh aap ki (with Rafi) [Unnees-Bees]

[31] Ajit Merchant
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Raat ne gesu bikhraye (with Manna Dey) [Sapera]

[32] Babul
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Aankhon mein shokhi (with Manna Dey) [Reshmi Roomaal]

[33] Bipin
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Main is maasoom chehre ko (with Rafi) [Baghi Shahzada]

She has sung some marathi songs too..
this is one of the link..

This is another article.. donot think its been posted before..

Class act

Rajiv Vijayakar
Posted online: Friday, February 13, 2004 at 0000 hours IST

Catching up with the low-profile singer of yesteryears who confused many with a similar voice like Lata Mangeshkar's, and inspite of the stiff competition managed to hold her own with hit songs...

he leads a characteristically low-profile life in Khar, a Western suburb of Mumbai, cutting an occasional devotional album. You could superficially mistake Suman Kalyanpur for a housewife in her 60s, but to term her a hausfrau would be doing injustice to her talent. Here is a lady who took to the recording mike far less frequently than her talent deserved, and yet spawned an enviably extensive repertoire of good numbers and big hits, primarily in Hindi and Marathi films, and also in the arena of devotionals, Marathi bhavgeet and ghazals. Add to this, her occasional tryst with a thumri and songs in several languages, spanning from Gujarati, Kannada (interestingly the only songs she recorded in this language was under Hindi film composer Jaidev), Bengali, Punjabi, Maithili, Oriya, Rajasthani, Assamese, Bhojpuri and many other languages, including Chhattisgarhi, and you have an idea of her vocal range and skills.

Suman Kalyanpur under a spectrum of composers Dattaram: 'Sun le Bapu yeh paigham...'/ Balak Kalyanji-Anandji: 'Na na karte pyar...' (with Rafi)/ Jab Jab Phool Khile Khayyam: 'Parbaton ke pedon par...' (with Rafi)/ Shagoon Laxmikant-Pyarelal: 'Ke jaan chali jaaye...' (with Rafi)/ Anjaana Madan Mohan: 'Baad muddat ke...' (with Rafi)/ Jahan Ara Naushad: 'Dil-e-betaab ko...' (with Rafi)/ Palki Roshan: 'Sharabi sharabi yeh saawan ka mausam...'/ Noorjehan S.D. Burman: 'Na tum hamein jaano...' (with Hemant)/ Baat Ek Raat Ki Salil Choudhary: 'Tumhe dil se chaha...' (with Rafi)/ Chand Aur Suraj Sapan-Jagmohan: 'Jeevan hai ek bhool...'/ Chetna Shankar-Jaikishan: 'Dil ek mandir...'/ Dil Ek Mandir Sonik-Omi: 'Dil ne phir...' (with Rafi and Mukesh)/ Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya Usha Khanna: 'Allah karam karna...'/ Dada

The voice that impressed the nation from the 50s to the mid-80s (technically her last release was Rajesh Roshan-composed Ek Aur Sikander in 1986, though her last hit song was 'Zindagi imtihan leti hai...' from the 1981-release Naseeb for Laxmikant-Pyarelal) was born Suman Hemmady, and married industrialist R.S. Kalyanpur in 1958. She never exactly craved for public attention, and even today wants to know the reason for an interview when we call for an appointment. Isn't it enough that she is the Suman Kalyanpur? Excerpts from an interview: You are still remembered, so you are your songs. Why have you stopped recording for films?
It's not as if I have stopped singing just because I have not sung for films. In any case, I never sang too many songs. From 1976 to 1977 I declined a good amount of work as I was preoccupied with my husband's ill-health. After that I never recorded for Marathi films as the trends had changed. But I did an occasional Hindi film song, and my songs from Badaltey Rishtey ('Na jaane kaise...', the title song) and Naseeb were hits. I also recorded for new composers like Rajesh Roshan, Bappi Lahiri and Anu Malik. But I have worked on various albums. T-Series released Sunehri Yaadein, a two-volume pack of my film hits in 1997. I recorded my songs afresh in the album, and Sonu Nigam and Babla Mehta sang the duets. I did Ashtavinayak, a Marathi album in 1994, followed by an album of Sant Tukaram's abhangs. I have done albums like He Govind He Gopal, Te Sur Aikataa and Kaise Karu Dhyan. I am open to albums that have quality, but the offers must come to me. Otherwise I am happy with my family, taking it easy and doing my riyaaz. What do you think about today's film music? Is that the real reason why you are staying away?
No, I think that the music scene is better than the phase some years back when it had reached a nadir. Lekin had such good music, and I like A.R. Rahman too. As for the remixes, I only hear them on television, I can't watch them. You never sang much. Was it because of the Mangeshkar monopoly?
I like to look back and think whatever came to me was my destiny. I never had any burning ambition and I think that I had a great career. I may have had 10 per cent of the quantity of work, but a very huge percentage of my songs have become hits. Actually I never had any specific intention of becoming a playback singer, and one more factor could be that someone always accompanied me to the recordings, so that a certain kind of association was kept away. I must add one more important point. I never sang cabarets, mujras or any songs with lyrics or situations where the visuals would have offended my sensibilities and upset my joint family, and later my in-laws. In any case, I always felt that I could not do justice to those kind of songs. My skills and tastes were both towards soft, melody-based numbers. What did you intend to be if not a singer?
My interests include painting, embroidery, flower arrangement and gardening, and I was in the second year of Arts when I recorded my first song. My family always loved music and I was quite fond of singing. Our neighbours included famed Marathi musicians Keshavrao and his wife Jyotsna Bhole. At one point I joined the music class in my school, where the famous music director Yeshwant Deo was a teacher. When I sang at a cultural programme in school, a relative of the Bholes was impressed and signed Yeshwant Deo and me for a Marathi film called Shukraachee Chandani. My friends coerced me too. The film was launched on Dassera day in 1953 with a recording, but never took off. After that I never sang in Marathi for a year.

List of awards given to the singer Maharashtra Vaibhav Puraskar — 1998 P. Savlaram Memorial Award — 1997 Dr TMA Pai Foundation Award for Outstanding Konkani Artiste — 1999 Sur-Singar Samsad Miya Tansen Award for 'Manmohan man mein...' (Kaise Kahoon) Same award in 1969 for 'Ankhiyaan barsan laagi...' (Boond Jo Ban Gaye Moti) Same award in 1970 for 'Aayi re aayi re...' (Sati Sulochana) Four consecutive Gujarat State Awards from 1970 to 1973 Fifth annual Punjabi Film and Drama Award for Dupatta in 1972 Maharashtra State Award for Best Playback Singer in 1965 and 1966

And then?
Talat Mehmood Sahab had heard me and put me in touch with HMV, where I took a voice-test. Mohammed Shafi also heard me and signed me for his film Mangu. But soon afterwards, the film went to O.P. Nayyar, and of the four songs that I had recorded, only one was retained, the lori 'Koi pukare dheere se tujhe...' Then I sang for small-time composer Nashad, a great talent, in Darwaza in which I had two solos, 'Aag lage iss saawan mein...' and 'Chale hum to...' My breakthrough came with the song 'Meri preet mera pyar...' (Teerth-Yatra) in 1958. Did you ever get to sing for Nayyar Sahab?
No, he was the only exception to my list of music directors. That is one thing you share with Lata Mangeshkar apart from a similar vocal flavour that proved your undoing, and a song that you sang together in Chand under Hemant Kumar.
Well, why should I artificially change my voice? And how was it possible to change my style just to make it totally different from Latabai's? Which composer do you think really exploited your skills?
All my music directors had their own styles and strong points. All of them had something to teach and enhance your skills. If one music director's songs were like basundi, another's were like shrikhand. I must say that I was lucky to get memorable songs with every composer, including those who recorded only one or two songs with me, like R.D. Burman and Salil Choudhury. Quantity-wise I sang most for Usha Khanna — over 100 songs — and Shankar-Jaikishan, for whom I sang over 50 songs that were mostly hits. Actually I am grateful to their assistant Dattaram, who employed my voice in almost 15 films like Shreeman Satyawadi and paved the way for Shankar-Jaikishan calling me. My last song for Dattaramji, 'Sun le Bapu yeh paigham...' from the 1969 release Balak was a major hit.

But a lot of your songs have been duets.
Yes, in Hindi films I was considered lucky for duets. But it is a myth that I sang very few solos, and I don't know why the media perpetuated it. Again, I also sang a lot for B-grade films, but I still have a 70 per cent hit percentage.

What about your Marathi career? When did that take off?
My first song in Marathi was 'Bhaatuklichaa khel maandila...' for Vasant Prabhu, for the film Pasant Aahe Mulgi, which I recorded in 1954. After that I never looked back for over 20 years. Putra Vhawa Aisaa, Ekti, Manini, Annapoorna were some of my memorable films.

Are you satisfied with what you achieved?
Which musical artiste can ever be truly satisfied? Can you ever reach perfection or complete satisfaction in the matter of learning music?

It says she never sang for OP nayyar !!...but she did sang for him..

She forgot her songs from Darwaaza (1954), the duet with Talat - "ek dil do hain talabgaar badii mushkil hai". 😕and i think she also sang in Aar paar..

Suman has sung 2 duets with Lata...


o Kabhi aaj kabhi kal kabhi parson - Chaand (1959), Music: Hemant Kumar

o Unse nazar mili aur jijaab aa gaya - Gazal (1964), Music: Madan Mohan

In the movie Gazal (her name is there in the movie credits) for the song. For the gramaphone record (and ultimately the CD), Minoo Purshotam replaced Suman!

Another fact is...
In 60s there was a rift between Rafi and Lata and that time because of that Suman was benefited..she sung some of the great duets...and even people who love Lata so much I think will agree in those songs you can't miss Lata ji!!!
some of them are..
1.'Tumne pukaara aur hum chale aaye' (Rajkumar, 1964),
2.'Dil ek mandir hai' (Dil Ek Mandir, 1963),
3.'Dil ne phir yaad kiya' (Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya,1966),
the rift lasted for almost 5 years...

That velvet voice

source: http://www.screenindia.com

Ravi Patil
Posted online: Friday, April 25, 2003 at 0000 hours IST

SUMAN KALYANPUR

'Yunhi dil ne chaha tha rona rulana teri yaad to ban gayi ek bahana...' This song composed so effectively by Roshan for Nutan in the film Dil Hi To Hai touches our heart to the core. And the singer Suman Kalyanpur has had her share in making it heart-rending. In the early stage of her career she was known as Suman Hemmady, and she was lucky to have got to sing a duet with the great Talat Mehmood right at the outset. The song 'Ek dil do nain talabgar badi mushkil hai...' from Darwaza was a hit. Then Suman Kalyanpur went on to sing many songs and carved a niche for herself in the music world. Her landmark song is surely 'Na tum hamen jaano na hum tumhe jaane magar lagta hai kuch aisa mera humdum mil gaya...' from Baat Ek Raat Ki, alongwith Hemant Kumar. Another wonderful duet of hers is 'Tum jo aao to pyar aa jaye zindagi mein bahar aa jaye...' with Manna Dey from a film unusually titled Sakhi Robin. Listening to this song one gets totally absorbed. 'Mere mehboob na ja aaj ki raat na jaa...' from Noor Mahal can be labelled as the trademark song of Kalyanpur. The classic film Barsaat Ki Raat has a classical number sung by her with Kamal Barot which goes 'Garjat barsat sawan aayo re, laayo na sang mein humre bichde balamwa...' Avid radio listeners may recall that the prelude music to this song was used as a signature tune for the programme Sangeeth Sarita on Vividh Bharati. 'Juhi ki kali meri laadli, o meri laadli...' from Dil Ek Mandir is easily one of the best children's song. Think of a lullaby and you have the best coming from Kalyanpur again in 'Chaand kanwal mere chaand kanwal chup chaap so jaa yun na machal...' from Saanjh Aur Savera. On every Gandhi Jayanti, Kalyanpur's song from Baalak becomes a must-hear, and that is 'Sun le Baapu ye paigham, meri chitthi tere naam, chitthi mein sabse pehle likhta tujko Ram Ram...'. More Kalyanpur gems include: 'Sharabi sharabi ye sawan ka mausam Khuda ki kasam khoobsurat na hota...' from Noorjahan; 'Bujha diye hain khud apne haathon mohabbaton ke diye jalake...' from Shagun; 'Apne piya ki main to bani re joganiya hasee udaye chahe sari duniya...' from Kan Kan Mein Bhagwan; 'Ae zindagi ke saathi jaana na zindagi se...' from Fareb; 'Chodo chodo more baiyyan saanware laaj ke maare...' from Miya Biwi Raazi; 'Mere sung gaa gungunaa koi geet sunana mere sung gaa...' from Jaanwar; 'Paani mein jale mera gora badan...' from Munmji (in the early 70s); 'Woh jidhar dekh rahe hain sab udhar dekh rahe hain...' from Sabak; and 'Man gaaye woh tarana jisse sunte chale aana...' from Chalak.

Talking of duets, Kalyanpur was at her best in them, singing with all the leading male playback singers, especially her duets with Mohd. Rafi proving to be a rage. The following duets with Rafi will justify the above claim: the ghazal 'Baad muddat ke ye ghadi aayi, shukriya ae huzoor aane ka...' from Jahan Ara, the classical 'Ajhun na aaye baalma saawan beeta jaaye...' from Sanjh Aur Savera, the melodious 'Parbaton ke pedon par shaam ka basera hai...' from Shagoon, the soft romantic 'Itna hai tumse pyar mujhe...' from Suraj, and the soul-stirring 'Dil ne phir yaad kiya barf si lehrayi hai...' from Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya, Mukesh further adding to the beauty of the song, 'Din ho ya raat hum rahen tere saath ye hamari marzi...' from Miss Bombay, 'Tere hum o sanam tu jahan main wahan...' from Bachpan, 'Tujhe pyar karte hain karte rahenge dil banke dil mein dhadakte rahenge...' from April Fool, 'Tumne pukara aur hum chale aaye, jaan hatheli par le aaye re...' from Rajkumar, 'Na na karte pyar tumhi se kar baithe, karna tha inkar magar ikrar...' from Jab Jab Pool Khile, 'Aajkal tere mere pyar ke charche har zabaan par...' from Bramhachari, 'Tumse o haseena kabhi mohabbat na maine karni thi...' from Farz and 'Raat suhani jaag rahi hai dheere dheere chupke chupke...' from Jigri Dost.

Kalyanpur's popular duets with other singers are 'Tumhi mere meet ho tumhi mere preet ho...' with Hemant Kumar from Pyaase Panchi; 'Mera pyaar bhi tu hai ye bahar bhi tu hai...' with Mukesh from Saathi; 'Ye kisne geet cheda dil mera naache thirak thirak...' with Mukesh from Meri Surat Teri Ankhen; 'Ye mausam rangeen sama thehar zara o jaane jaan...' with Mukesh from Modern Girl; 'Na jaane kahan tum the na jaane kahan hum the...' with Manna Dey from Zindagi Aur Khwab; 'Ye din hai khushi ke aaja re...' with Manna Dey from Jabse Tumhe Dekha Hai; 'Chale kahan ho mere dhadkane badhake na door jao itne kareeb aake...' with Mahendra Kapoor from Tasveer; and 'Aapse humko bichde hue ek zamaana beet gaya...' with Manhar from Vishwas.

Some of Suman's popular duets ---

ajhun aye balama sawan bita jaaye -- sanjh aur savera(with rafi)

aaj kal tere mere pyar ke charche (with rafi)

tujhe pya karte hai karte rahenge (with rafi)

na jane kahan tu the, na jane kahan hum the (with manna dey)

mera pyar bhi tu hai yeh bahar bhi tu hai (with mukesh)