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The Begum of
music industry
THE songs sung by this singer became popular while three of her films - Mughal-e-Azam, Mother India and CID - made her immensely popular. No prize for guessing that we are talking of Shamshad Begum who ruled the playback industry for two full decades - ‘40s to ‘60s. Shamshad Begum, the mother of Naseem Bano and grandmother of Saira Bano, was the first female singer to hit the silver screen. The Mangeshkar sisters had not even been introduced to filmdom when this singer had already attained celebrity status. Born in Amritsar, Shamshad started her singing career when radio was launched in Lahore on Dec 16, 1937. Shamshad has sung many solos and duets. Her pairing with Umrazia Begum (who later became Mrs. Ghulam Haider) is well known in musicdom. Composer Ghulam Haider signed Shamshad for his earlier films, most of which were Punjabi. The songs, Kankaan deyaan faslaan pakkiaan nain, aya, hai bulaawa mujhe darbar-e-nabi se, made her fans go crazy in late thirties. Ghulam Haider shifted to Mumbai in 1944. Shamshad accompanied him as a troupe member. The same year, she recorded Nainaan bhar aaye neer for Mehboob Khan’s film Humayun. Shamshad Begum, died in Mumbai on August 14, 1998 at the age of 100 nearly. www.musicindiaonline.com/music/l/030312 There are 18 songs available for listening online. This is the biggest collection of Shamshad Begum’s songs available on one page. Famous songs of the singer are listed here. The site doesn’t allow download. www.indianmelody.com/shamshadarticle1.htm This is site that gives the choice of new and old songs. Songs of ‘40s or ‘50s are also available on this site. The main categories of the site are Latest hitz, Old songs, Remixes, Pop songs, Ghazals, Bhajan. This page offers us to listen four very famous songs of Shamshad Begam, which are Mera dil todne wale, Milte hi, aankhen dil hua, Leke pehla pehla pyar, O gadiwale. These songs can’t be downloaded and only played online. The files are available in Real Media format. www.raaga.com/channels/hindi/movie/H000108.html
The songs of the film,
CID (1956), are available here for online listening. Leke pehla pehla
pyar, Kahin pe nigahen kahin pe nishana, Boojh Mera Kya Naam Re are
the songs which are available for online listening. Lyrics of the songs
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