Sunder has to his credit his 'discovery' of Mohammed Rafi. IfДЄsha Bhonsle came to be known as Helen's voice, then Shamshad Begum wasД¬uckoo's.В However, in this song, she is playback for Geeta Bali as Shamshad had only one solo in Baawre Nain. Rung of music directors in the Hindi film industry. Kidar Sharma, who was also Raj Kapoor's mentor, gave Roshan his secondД¬hance, and Roshan never looked back - the amazing score that he mountedДЇor the tragedy that played out on screen propelled him onto the top This was Roshan's chance to redeem himself after the devastating failure of his debut film, Neki aur Badi (1950).

The clarity of enunciation, theДepth of feeling, the effortless ease with which she 'emotes'. The best way of judging Shamshad's voice - without the added distraction OrДЇor any other from the film, for that matter. Is unfortunate that there aren't any videos available for this song.

My other choices for a Naushad-Shamshad collaboration were the lovely Chaman mein rehke veeranaВ from Deedar (1951) or Aag lagi tan man mein from Aan (1952). It is interesting to note that she was already anД®stablished singer when Naushad entered films. Naushad has often said that after Lata, Shamshad was his favouriteДЇemale voice. It was the beginning of a long and successful relationship. (1946), and she managed to hold her own among a plethora of KL Saigal Her first song for Naushad was for Jab usne gesu bikhrayefrom Shah Jehan Many of Shamshad's biggest hits came under music director Naushad's baton. And while S-J went on to make their fame andДЇortune, Ram Ganguly languished, not in the wilderness, perhaps, but However, Raj Kapoor always acknowledged the debt he owed her. Other than the one solo she sang in Awara. IДo not recall a single song that Shamshad sang for RK films after this. Was the film that set them all on the path to success) to Shamshad. Unfortunate, because S-J preferred Lata Mangeshkar ( Barsaat It is unfortunate that Raj Kapoor hadДЄ falling out with Ram Ganguly during the making of Aag and formed his own musical team with Shankar and Jaikishen. Was swamped with work at the time, she took on Aag because of Him introducing himself as 'Prithviraj Kapoor's son' - and though she To ask her to sing in the young man's directorial debut. Begum became a national rage between the 1940s and the late 1950s, having a voice different from her peers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Geeta Dutt and Amirbai Karnataki.Director Ganguly was the music director of Prithvi Theatres ShamshadД«egum talks of meeting him and the young Raj Kapoor, who had come to her Nayyar describes her voice as that of a 'temple bell' for its clarity of tone. She is credited with singing one of the first Westernised songs, Meri jaanвЂ¦Sunday ke Sunday by C. When he moved to Bombay in 1944, Shamshad went with him as a member of his team, leaving behind her family and staying with her Chacha (paternal uncle). Lahore-based composer Ghulam Haider used her voice skillfully in some of his earlier films like Khazanchi (1941) and Khandaan (1942). Her crystal-clear voice caught the attention of sarangi maestro Ustad Hussain Bakshwale Saheb, who took her as his disciple. Shamshad also recorded naats and devotional music for a couple of gramophone recording companies. The then AIR Lahore helped her entering the world of movies as they frequently broadcast her songs, which induced music directors to use her voice for their films. Even today, her songs from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s are popular and continue to be remixed by music directors.Д«egum sang for the All India Radio (AIR) through her musical group 'The Crown Imperial Theatrical Company of Performing Arts', set up in Delhi. Until the end of the 1970s, nobody knew her face at all, though everybody could recognise her melodious voice as it was used by the great maestros like Naushad Ali and O. Shamshad was very much conscious of her not so beautiful face and she never posed for any pictures and not many people saw her pictures anywhere. She earned 15 rupees per song and was awarded 5,000 on the completion of the contract on Xenophone, a renowned music recording company.Д«egum made her debut on radio on Peshawar Radio in Lahore on December 16, 1937, captivating the hearts of her listeners with the enchanting depth of her voice.

Shamshad Begum (born April 14, 1919) is an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry.Д«egum was born in Amritsar, Punjab.

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