Suman Kalyanpur, the Indian playback singer known for songs in Bidesiya, Laagi Nahi Chhute Ram and Vidhana Naach Nachawe, died on May 31, 2026.
She was 89. Born Suman Hemmadi on January 28, 1937, in Dhaka, then in British India, she began her career in 1954 and went on to become a familiar voice in Hindi cinema and other Indian-language film industries.
Her repertory extended beyond Hindi to Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Angika, Bhojpuri, Rajasthani, Odia and Punjabi, and her tone was often compared with that of Lata Mangeshkar. Wikidata records that she was also a singer, composer and actor, and that she received the Padma Bhushan.
Suman Kalyanpur, 89, Indian playback singer (Bidesiya, Laagi Nahi Chhute Ram, Vidhana Naach Nachawe).