
She introduced Allah Wasai to her husband Agha Hashar’s Maidan Theatre and there she got the new nickname “Baby Noorjehan”, a name she carried all her life, and is known to this day. Mukhtar Begum encouraged Allah Wasai (who later took the stage name Noor Jehan) and helped launch her into the film and music industry. While in Calcutta, singer Noor Jehan, who at the time was unknown and went by her birth name of Allah Wasai, met Mukhtar Begum. She became a huge singing sensation owing to her performances on the radio. After migrating to Pakistan in 1947, she performed in a public concert in 1950, and her career took off. It was in fact Mukhtar Begum who got Noor Jehan her initial break in the music and film world. Farida Khanum (1935 present) Born in Calcutta and raised in Amritsar, Farida received music lessons from her sister, Mukhtar Begum, and Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan. Mukhtar Begum was the idol of the very popular Pakistani Ghazal singer Noor Jehan. Mukhtar Begum sang in the Punjabi and Poorbi style of thumri. M Sayeed Malik, a music connoisseur, commented “There was a certain uniqueness and vivacity in her vocals, which distinguished her from her contemporaries”. Her thumri-accented ghazals by Urdu poets recorded for gramophone companies and radio became her hallmark and left quite a legacy. Towards the end of her career, she recorded several ghazals, many of them were by Agha Hashar. Mukhtar Begum participated in a number of music conferences in pre-partition India. She played the lead role in stage plays, scripted by Agha Hashar.Īll India Radio would also broadcast her performances. Mukhtar Begum shifted to Calcutta, the hub of theater and films in those days. Her musical skills were greatly honored in the many courts of British India. Elite society invited her to perform at their mansions. As melody queen her fame spread in Punjab, which was as yet undivided and under British rule. She was already a singer and artist in her own right during the 1930s and 40s. Her exceptional training made her an expert in the many genres of classical music – Thumri, Dadra and Ghazal. Subsequently she underwent a lengthy apprenticeship under Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan of the Patiala Gharana. She also visited Kabul, Afghanistan in the late 1960s or early 1970s for concerts, she collaborated with Afghan musicians and sang Persian-language ghazals there. Her initial training was under the tutelage of Mian Mehrban Khan. Farida Khanum's live concerts in India have been very popular. Her stepson Ejaz Zaman (from Qamar Zaman's first marriage) is married to her sister Farida Khanum's third daughter Farzana, and they currently reside with their children in New Jersey NY. She remained with Qamar Zaman till the end of her days in Karachi. Her second marriage was to the already married Qamar Zaman, who already had children from his first marriage. She is the elder sister of ghazal singer Farida Khanum and guardian of film actress Rani. She sang as long as her health allowed her to sing.
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Listen to all songs in high quality & download Malika E Ghazal - Farida Khanum songs on. Malika E Ghazal - Farida Khanum Album has 45 songs sung by Farida Khanum. Malika E Ghazal - Farida Khanum is a Hindi album released on. In 1947 during partition she left India and settled in Lahore. About Malika E Ghazal - Farida Khanum Album. When they got married, Mukhtar Begum continued to perform in her husband's theater and her fame reached the absolute heights of popularity. She met her first husband Agha Hashar during one of her theater performances. Mukhtar Begum was born in Amritsar India. During her last years Mukhtar Begum lived in Karachi, and she passed away February 25, 1982. Part of her legacy are her students, whom she trained in music, singing, and the art of performance, these include her sister, the illustrious Farida Khanum, playback singer Naseem Begum, and film star Rani (who died of cancer). Although Mukhtar Begum starred in only a few films, her singing of thumris, ghazals and dadras led her to be named one of the sub-continent’s most iconic artists. She is also known for her work in films like Matwali Meera (1947), Majnu (1935) and Indrasabha (1932). She was a stunning beauty and an enchanting stage dancer in the 1930s, she was counted as one of the radiant divas of that era. Notable ghazalsĪs for Begum’s hit ghazals, the list is nearly endless – listen to Munni Begum’s famous ghazals online.Mukhtar Begum was born in 1907, she was an exceptional ghazal singer. On March 23, 2008 Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan has conferred the Pride of Performance award upon legendary female singer Munni Begum at a simple ceremony held at Governor’s House in Karachi. It became a smash hit and broke all previous records. Begum released her first album of ghazals in 1976. Munni Begum began career as a singer in Karachi in 1970s. Munni Begum is a famous Pakistani ghazal singer. Her real name is Nadira She is American National ,based in Chicago, IL, USA.
