# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meena-kapoor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:00:13.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meena-kapoor"
name: "Meena Kapoor"
slug: "meena-kapoor"
description: "Meena Kapoor was an Indian playback singer.\nShe was the daughter of actor Bikram Kapoor who worked with the New Theatres studio. Her family was also related to famed filmmaker PC Barua. Meena's singing was noticed at a young age by composers like Ninu Mazumdar and SD Burman. She was a playback singer in Hindi cinema, during the 1940s and 1950s, singing hits such as \"Rasiya Re Man Basiya Re\" from Pardesi (1957), Ek Dharti Hai Ek Gagan from Adhikar (1954) and 'Kachhi hai Umariya' picturised on Meena Kumari in Char Dil Char Rahen (1959). She was a friend of the singer Geeta Dutt; the two had similar vocal styles."
tagline: "Indian singer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930"
deathDate: "2017-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.414112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438485/"
    handle:    "nm0438485"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "مينا كابور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "মীনা কাপুর"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meena_Kapoor"
    title: "Meena Kapoor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE_%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D"
    title: "ಮೀನಾ ಕಪೂರ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "मीना कपूर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B0"
    title: "ਮੀਨਾ ਕਪੂਰ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "மீனா கபூர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "మీనా కపూర్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dc2df628-a4db-4fd4-bb6f-96675fb3e2af"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6807583"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3538952"
    title: "Meena Kapoor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump