#Lata mangeshkar and shamshad begum movie

Others historians like Mukund Joshi admit that her signature voice made a big difference. When Ghulam Haider moved from Lahore to Mumbai, Shamshad Begum went with his team. These frequent broadcasts on AIR Lahore, saw music directors lining up at her door with offers. While the legend made her singing debut on Peshawar Radio on December 16, 1947, she was soon singing for All India Radio as part of Delhi's Crown Imperial Theatrical Company of Performing Arts. Shamshad Begum's earliest film songs were in Ghulam Haider's Khazanchi (1941) and Khandaan (1942). She learned briefly under the tutelage of sarangi maestro Ustad Hussain Bakshwale Saheb and composer Ghulam Haider (who also gave Lata Mangeshakr her break). In fact through the 30s and 40s she was the highest paid singer earning a princely Rs12.50 per song. The response to the 13-year-old's singing led to her being signed by a record company for whom she recorded 200 non-filmi songs over nearly a decade. 'This young singer who would later prove lucky for music composers Naushad, OP Nayyar and Shankar-Jaikishan and lyricists Sahir Ludhianvi and Majrooh Sultanpuri was known for standing away from the microphone while singing because of her powerful voice.' 'But once she began singing the throw of her voice had everyone enthralled,' says music historian Mukund Jha. When a young Shamshad first sang at a Lahore concert, she had to be picked up so that she could reach the mike.

A promise, that meant that her first photographs could only be clicked after a lot of persuasion in the 70s, though her voice was already well known. A promise that she would never face the camera helped her in getting their approval to record.

#Lata mangeshkar and shamshad begum movie

'Where was the film industry which calls itself a big family and rallies around the rich and powerful, when she was suffering and was all but forgotten?' she asked.Д«orn in Amritsar, on April 14, 1919, this movie buff was such an ardent fan of KL Saigal that she by her own admission in an AIR interview in the 80s, admitted watching Devdas 14 times! Despite her deep desire to be an actor, she found formidable opposition from her conservative parents. 'Though her songs are on everybody's lips she lived and died unsung,' lamented a saddened family friend. Advanced age added to her health complications and she breathed her last on Tuesday night.'ДЇor someone whose songs are chartbuster remixes, to which generation Y grooves, the funeral in the early hours of Wednesday was a very simple affair with only a handful attendees. Her daughter Usha Ratra, 71 told DNA, 'She'd been unwell and was admitted in hospital for the past few months. Singer Bappi Lahiri said Begum's death was a huge loss to the industry, which is celebrating its 100 years in May.Barely 10 days after her 94th birthday, Bollywood's first playback singer breathed her last after a prolonged battle with ill-health and complications at a Powai hospital in Mumbai. She was a lively and simple person.) Reacting to her death, megastar Amitabh Bachchan said, 'The golden voice of Shamshad Begum, playback singer of great eminence in some of the most historic film songs. I felt very sad as I sang with her in many films.

('I got to know about the demise of famous singer Shamshad Begumji today. 'Aaj subha mujhe pata chala ki mashhoor playback singer shamshad begumji humare beech nahi rahi, ye sunke mujhe bohot dukh hua, maine unke saath kafi filmo mein gaane gaaye, wo bohot acchhi hasmukh aur sidhi saadhi shakhsiyat thi, main unko shraddhanjali arpit karti hun,' Mangeshkar tweeted. Mangeshkar, who sang many duets with Begum like 'Darna Mohabbat Karle from 1949 film 'Andaz', 'Pyar Ke Jahan Ki from 1949 film ' Patanga' and 'Bachpan Ke Din' 1951's 'Deedar', said she was saddened to hear about her death. Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar started her playback singing when Begum was at the peak of her career.

Hindi film fraternity on Wednesday mourned the demise of legendary singer Shamshad Begum, calling her death the end of an era in Hindi cinema music.Д«egum died last night at her Powai residence in presence of her daughter Usha Ratra and son-in-law Yog Ratra.Д«egum, who ruled playback singing in the '40s and 50s, was the voice behind evergreen hits like ' Kahin Pe Nigahen Kahin Pe Nishaana', 'Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon', 'Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar' and 'Kajra Mohabbat Wala'.