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her career progression. After his death, Shamshad became listless and lost the fighting spirit to pursue her career, which registered a sharp decline thereafter. Indeed, while
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the late 1940s and early 1950s which made
Naushad famous. After Naushad became successful he recorded songs with new singers as well in the early 1950s, but kept working with Shamshad in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Naushad chose his favourite singer Begum once again to sing four out of the twelve songs in
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from 1946 to 1960. Naushad acknowledged in an interview that he was indebted to Begum in reaching the top, as she was famous before he became known in the late 1940s; after his tracks sung by her became highly popular, his talent was recognised. It was Begum's solo and duet songs sung for
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said, "She was an artist of extraordinary talent and abilities, and the songs she has left behind in her long career, which she started with AIR in 1937, will continue to enthral music lovers." Her daughter Usha Ratra said, "She kept herself away from glamour of the industry despite being one of the
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sang as chorus boys for her songs at the
Filmistan Studio. Begum promised at this time that she would sing songs composed by Mohan once he started his career as a music director and would accept a lower fee. She also predicted that Kumar would become a great playback singer. She later recorded duets
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in 2009. Later, her daughter Usha said in an interview, "Because of the politics in the industry, she didn't want to work any more. This is one of the reasons why she wouldn't let me be a singer. I told her, let me sing for my self-satisfaction, but she said if you learn to sing, you will directly
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per song and was awarded 5,000 on the completion of the contract on
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In 1955, Ganpat Lal Batto died in a road accident. His death left
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brought
Shamshad Begum to Mumbai after telling her husband 'I will take her to Mumbai and give her a flat, car, conveyance and even if four to six people accompany her, it's fine. Please let her come to Mumbai'. Her father was not convinced at first but later gave in as Shamshad wanted to come to
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law student who lived in the same neighbourhood and who was several years older than her. In those days, marriages were performed while the bride and groom were very young, and Shamshad's parents were already looking out for a suitable alliance for her. Their efforts were on the verge of bearing
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Begum's talent was first spotted by her principal when she was in primary school in 1924. Impressed by the quality of her voice, she was made head singer of classroom prayer. At 10, she started singing folk-based songs at religious functions and family marriages. She received no formal musical
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Information and Broadcasting minister, Manish Tewari said, "The film industry has lost one of its most versatile singers. Shamshadji's style of singing set new benchmarks. Her melodious voice with powerful lyrics gave us songs that have remained popular even today." Prime Minister
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Although Burman started composing Bengali music in 1937, he achieved national fame with tracks sung by Begum in Hindi films. Burman was not well established as a music director in Hindi films until 1946; he then asked Begum to sing in his debut Hindi film as music director,
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family of limited means. Her father, Mian Hussain Baksh Maan, worked as a mechanic and her mother, Ghulam Fatima, was a pious lady of conservative disposition, a devoted wife and mother who raised her children with traditional family values.
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enter the industry. So, she wouldn't let me do so."
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1516:"Newsmakers – Shamshad Begum"
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1029:"Na Bol Pi Pi More Aangna" -
1022:"Chandni Aayi Ban Ke Pyar" -
647:, "Chhala Deja Nishani" from
1812:"Remembering Shamshad Begum"
1227:; (Music: Shankar-Jaikishen)
1216:"Dharti Ko Aakash Pukare" –
1195:"Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re" –
592:, "Thodasa Dil Lagana" from
430:(1943), where he introduced
7:
3746:20th-century Indian singers
1362:"Shamshad Begum dies at 94"
1091:"Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon" –
1084:"Ye duniya roop ki chor" –
1074:1954), (music: O.P. Nayyar)
1004:"Jab Usne Gesu Bikhraye" -
611:and "Mere Piyan Gaye" from
248:Shamshad Begum was born in
10:
3792:
3721:Bollywood playback singers
2600:Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti
2550:Madurai Narayanan Krishnan
2167:Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya
1206:1957; (Music: O.P.Nayyar)
1120: (1960) Punjabi Movie
1105:"Holi Aayee Re Kanhaai" –
1095:1949; (Music C.Ramchandra)
935:Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong
927:Main Papi Tum Bakhshanhaar
916:Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong
678:
464:
380:
320:
3731:Assamese playback singers
3644:
3478:
3292:
3214:Kavalam Narayana Panicker
3121:
2925:
2774:
2668:
2497:
2469:Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra
2361:
2190:
2132:Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
2079:
1423:"Who was Shamshad Begum?"
1199:1951; (Music: S.D.Burman)
1170:1956; (Music: O.P.Nayyar)
1088:1949; (Music: S.D.Burman)
584:, "Zara Pyar Karle" from
340:Mera yaar mujhe mile agar
315:
262:Jallianwala Bagh massacre
184:
174:
166:
156:
149:
140:O. P. Nayyar Award (2009)
136:
110:
80:
39:
30:
23:
3751:Punjabi-language singers
3455:S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
2635:Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
2510:Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
2328:Chitranjan Singh Ranawat
1192:; (Music: C. Ramchandra)
1134:(1951); (Music: Naushad)
1123:"Naina Bhar Aye Neer" –
1111:(1957); (Music: Naushad)
995:; (Music: Ghulam Haider)
991:"Savan Ke Nazare Hai" -
522:, which became popular.
3646:# Posthumous conferral
3491:Inderjit Kaur Barthakur
3375:Inderjit Kaur Barthakur
3325:Chandrashekhar Dasgupta
2998:Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
2726:Poornima Arvind Pakvasa
2721:Govindarajan Padmanaban
2676:Thoppil Varghese Antony
2595:Trichur V. Ramachandran
1967:Daily News and Analysis
1137:"Chod Babul Ka Ghar" –
1008:(1946) (Music: Naushad)
998:"Hum Dard Ka Afsana" -
3761:Hindi-language singers
3546:Sarvagya Singh Katiyar
3320:Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
3189:Rajan and Sajan Mishra
3184:Rajan and Sajan Mishra
3164:Gurcharan Singh Kalkat
3063:Pavani Parameswara Rao
2897:K. I. Varaprasad Reddy
2887:G. V. Iyer Ramakrishna
2802:Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri
2630:Hari Shankar Singhania
2605:T. V. Sankaranarayanan
1846:Business Standard News
1141:1950; (Music: Naushad)
1081:1957; (Music: Naushad)
1077:"O Gadiwale Dheere" –
976:
16:Indian playback singer
3756:Urdu-language singers
3726:Musicians from Lahore
3606:Gurdip Singh Randhawa
3486:Isher Judge Ahluwalia
3249:Chandra Prasad Saikia
3174:Prithipal Singh Maini
3053:Subramaniam Ramadorai
2968:Dinesh Nandini Dalmia
2953:Grigory Bongard-Levin
2912:Narasimaiah Seshagiri
2907:Girish Chandra Saxena
2857:Brijmohan Lall Munjal
2323:Sundaram Ramakrishnan
2117:Pavaguda V. Indiresan
2102:Sharan Rani Backliwal
1181:1960; (Music:Naushad)
993:Khazanchi (1941 film)
974:
852:" from the 1948 film
437:When Haider moved to
264:took place in nearby
3626:V. Ganapati Sthapati
3350:Nirmal Kumar Ganguly
2862:M. T. Vasudevan Nair
2832:Tarlochan Singh Kler
2741:C. H. Hanumantha Rao
2640:Narayanan Srinivasan
2580:Subhash Mukhopadhyay
2575:Bagicha Singh Minhas
2464:Natesan Rangabashyam
2409:Henning Holck-Larsen
2288:Rajendra K. Pachauri
2263:Yamini Krishnamurthy
2137:H. Y. Sharada Prasad
1522:. 15 November 2004.
1277:on 24 September 2013
941:Retirement and death
200:: शमशाद बेगम, IAST:
3636:Sarojini Varadappan
3611:Brijendra Kumar Rao
3430:Sushil Kumar Saxena
3405:Suresh Kumar Neotia
3315:Jagjit Singh Chopra
3008:Ghulam Mustafa Khan
2842:Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
2792:Chandi Prasad Bhatt
2681:Soumitra Chatterjee
2585:P. S. Narayanaswamy
2429:V. C. Kulandaiswamy
2273:Raghunath Mohapatra
2182:Harbans Singh Wasir
1728:. 31 October 2005.
1573:The Express Tribune
1567:IANS (3 May 2013).
1457:The Express Tribune
1306:. 25 January 2009.
1236:"Door Koi Gaye" – "
1190:Patanga (1949 film)
1098:"Ek Tera Sahara" –
922:Teri Meri Ik Jindri
850:Aati Hai Yaad Humko
654:In the late 1940s,
651:became a mega-hit.
598:, and many others.
302:Hiranandani Gardens
206:Hindi film industry
92:Hiranandani Gardens
3771:People from Lahore
3561:A. Sreedhara Menon
3506:Shanta Dhananjayan
3390:Dominique Lapierre
3234:Tapan Raychaudhuri
3229:V. S. Ramachandran
3159:Jamshed Jiji Irani
3108:Vijay Shankar Vyas
3093:Vijaypat Singhania
2948:Ganga Prasad Birla
2756:Bijoy Nandan Shahi
2751:T. N. Seshagopalan
2696:Sardara Singh Johl
2645:Padma Subrahmanyam
2590:Arcot Ramachandran
2570:Sitakant Mahapatra
2545:Shri Krishna Joshi
2374:H. P. S. Ahluwalia
2293:Abdul Karim Parekh
2283:Mohan Singh Oberoi
2233:Swadesh Chatterjee
2097:Ram Narain Agarwal
2070:award recipients (
1906:The Times of India
1786:The Indian Express
1556:on 6 January 2009.
1487:Newstrackindia.com
1367:The Times of India
1270:The Times of India
1238:Baiju Bawra (1952)
1019:; (Music: Naushad)
977:
770:Mr. & Mrs. '55
575:Mr. & Mrs. '55
283:Lieutenant Colonel
3693:
3692:
3511:V. P. Dhananjayan
3300:Mian Bashir Ahmed
3098:K. G. Subramanyan
3083:Billy Arjan Singh
2827:Qurratulain Hyder
2716:Gopi Chand Narang
2439:Jagat Singh Mehta
2258:Lalgudi Jayaraman
2203:Viswanathan Anand
2147:Begum Aizaz Rasul
2112:Veerendra Heggade
1938:. 24 April 2013.
1878:. 24 April 2013.
1848:. 24 April 2013.
1818:. 24 April 2013.
1788:. 24 April 2013.
1698:. 24 April 2013.
1605:. 24 April 2013.
1399:. 24 April 2013.
937:remains popular.
892:Daku Mangal Singh
459:Amirbai Karnataki
191:
190:
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3631:Devendra Triguna
3586:Nagnath Naikwadi
3516:Ramachandra Guha
3415:K. Padmanabhaiah
3380:Ravindra Kelekar
3360:Vasant Gowarikar
3274:T. N. Srinivasan
3259:Shiv Kumar Sarin
3134:Gabriel Chiramel
3028:K. P. P. Nambiar
2902:K. Srinath Reddy
2892:V. S. Ramamurthy
2761:Krishna Srinivas
2731:Vishnu Prabhakar
2610:Naseeruddin Shah
2530:Coluthur Gopalan
2419:B. K. S. Iyengar
2394:Eugene Chelyshev
2223:Balasaheb Bharde
2208:Amitabh Bachchan
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1063:Kalyanji Anandji
1061:(1965); (music:
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1000:Dard (1947 film)
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3033:Nandan Nilekani
2933:Jaiveer Agarwal
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2882:A. Ramachandran
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2625:Ram Badan Singh
2615:T. V. R. Shenoy
2520:Herbert Fischer
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2479:K. K. Venugopal
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