'तितली उड़ी उड़ जो चली, फूल ने कहा आजा मेरे पास, तितली कहे मैं चली आकाश' The legendary playback singer and music director Sharda Rajan Iyengar 'The butterfly’ flew far away, from where nobody ever returns. Millions of her fans are inconsolable, as if they are crying 'Don’t go away, stay my love: चले जाना, ज़रा ठहरो (Around the World) . Sharda had done playback singing for many superhit Bollywood films in her vivacious, youthful and melodious voice like the tinkling of temple bells. Her musical journey began with Rajendra Kumar-Vyjayanthimala starrer golden-jubilee "Suraj" (1966) and continued till her end, be it playback singing/music-direction, pop music/ghazals/bhajan albums or grand musical events etc. Sharda's full name was Sharda Rajan Iyengar and she was born on 25 October 1933 in a Vaishnava Iyengar family of Kumbakonam (Thanjavur district), Tamil Nadu. The family first shifted to Chennai and then to Mumbai. She received training in Sanskrit and
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