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Ahmed Rushdi
The men hovering around that brilliant playback singer, Ahmed Rushdi, who played such important cameos in his career, like Parvez Malik, Waheed Murad, Suhail Rana and Masroor Anwar were all greats in their own capacity. They had all brought about a sort of revolution in our films, which could be called neo-romanticism in our cinema ...
Kauser Parveen
Kauser Parveen was one of the most popular playback singers of the 50s. Third, and best known of the 3 famed Nath sisters (the other two being Asha Posley and Rani Kiran), she was born in Patiala – India, in 1933. She started her singing career in early 50s and came into prominence when she ...
Naheed Niazi
Naheed Niazi was one of the popular playback singers of the late 50s and 60s. She was discovered by Khurshid Anwar, who wasn’t happy with the available choices of playback singers (with the exception of Noor Jehan). Khurshid Anwar wanted Noor Jehan to sing Zehr-e-Ishq’s songs. Noor Jehan refused to sing because she was still ...
Irene Parveen
Amidst the constellation of Lollywood, once entered a girl with a schoolgirl’s voice. She sang merrily and won the day. The senior artistes appreciated her songs, and she was inducted into the starry constellation with all her songs. This smiling, young crooner, who adjusted so easily and naturally to the film fraternity, was Irene Parveen. ...
Shamshad Begum – Interview
____________________ Profile – Interview – Gallery Back to Legends – Shamshad Begum ____________________ Shamshad Begum, the undisputed melody queen of yesteryear, lives the life of a recluse today. This reclusiveness gives her an aura of mystery befitting her personality. She was, and remains, a reserved person. If she is known and loved today — six ...
Naheed Akhtar
Naheed Akhtar remained an unavoidable part of the titles of almost all Pakistani films between the mid-70′s to the late 80′s. In so many ways, she was the female counterpart of Ahmed Rushdie, even though coming a generation later. Naheed suddenly found her place as one of the most versatile singers around mid-70′s when it ...
Zubaida Khanum – Profile
____________________ Zubaida Khanum’s Profile | Zubaida Khanum’s Song List ____________________ Zubaida Khanum epitomized the robustness of the rhythm- based music of Lahore, the city that gave us singing stalwarts like Noor Jehan, Suraiya, Shamshad Begum, Zeenat Begum, S.D. Batish, and of course the inimitable Zubaida Khanum herself, whose soft and heavenly vocals sent her fans ...
Iqbal Bano
Coming from a family of rigid social customs, Iqbal Bano was an icon of the typical style of ghazal singing, making her style known not only throughout the country but across borders. She ranks among the few vocalists who will be remembered as a symbol of ghazal singing at a time when Pakistan had none. ...
Zubaida Khanum’s Song List
____________________ Zubaida Khanum’s Profile | Zubaida Khanum’s Song List ____________________ Song Film Year Singers Composer Bol tere saghar mein kiya hai Inteqam 1955 Zubaida Khanum Inayat Hussain Jane de, jane de Inteqam 1955 Zubaida Khanum Inayat Hussain Deep bujhay tera gham kahay Anokhi 1956 Zubaida Khanum Timir Baran Gari ko chalana babu zara halkay halkay ...
Zeenat Begum
Zeenat Begum (not to be confused with actress Zeenat) was a kothewali (courtesan). Her first recorded songs mostly composed by Pandit Amarnath and mostly sung in Punjabi language for HMV and Jienophone appeared around 1937. Her first success as a playback singer came in 1942 when she sang for Pt. Govind Ram for Punjabi film ...
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Madhubala Zaveri:
Madhubala Zaveri was introduced as a playback singer by music director Hansraj Behl probably ar...
Mohammad Rafi - Part 1: When a 12 year old boy went searching for his inspiration in the Bhendi Bazar area of Mumbai, he was...
S.D. Burman's Song List (1946 - 1950):
Song
Film
Year
Singers
Lyricist
Ummed Bhara Panchi tha khoj raha sajni
Eight...
Esraj (Israj):
It is a stringed instrument akin to the dilruba sounding like sarangi with a sharper but mellowe...
Lata Mangeshkar's Song List - 1958: ____________________
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