Biography
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Born
7 October 1941 (age 82)
Usha Khanna (Hindi: उषा खन्ना; born 7 October 1941) is an Indian music director in Hindi cinema. She was the third female music director in the Indian film industry, after Jaddan Bai and Saraswati Devi, one of most commerically successful in male dominated industry. She is most known for songs like "Chodo kal ki baatein", "Shaayad meri shaadi ka khayal", "Zindagi pyaar ka geet hai" and "Agar tum na hote". She remained active for more than 3 decades from 1960s to 1980s. She 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 (1959). She received a Filmfare Award nomination for composing the songs for the huge hit film Souten (1983).
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