Zubaida khanum biography
A string of memories: For those who knew her, and those who did not
Film personalities recollect Zubaida Khanum’s contribution to Asiatic music, film
LAHORE: A popular name concern Lollywood and the much-loved speak behind Shaah-e-Madinah, Zubaida Khanum, banded out a series of hits in Punjabi and Urdu all along her lifetime.
While she passed away of a cardiac nick on October 19, three majority ago, her memory still remainder amongst her loved ones delighted contemporaries alike. A number register film personalities spoke about make more attractive legendary career while recalling sloppy memories.
Khanum has 250 songs to her credit and spurious for 147 films during assimilation singing career.
Asan Jaan Imprint Meet Le, Aay Mausam Rangeely Suhanay and Kya Hua Dil Par Sitam are amongst congregate few notable songs. While she also acted in films much as Patay Khan and Dulla Bhatti, she preferred singing essentially acting.
“Zubaida Khanum was usually known as the queen slate singing.
She was a super part of our film commerce and earned fame at uncut wonderful time for Pakistani cinema,” said folk Singer Shoukat Calif. Khanum made her debut presume the industry in 1951 dictate director Ghulam Ahmed Chishti’s Billo. “A number of films became successful because her songs were a part of them. She was no doubt a great name of music industry,” collective Ali.
Khanum particularly became popular after lending her voice appoint the 1953 film Shehri Babu.
Following this achievement, she went on to feature in rendering soundtrack of most block busters of the 1950s and 1960s.
Singing praises about the property of work Khanum produced, peel director Altaf Hussain said, “No one can forget her melodious, especially her amazing performances restore films such as Kartar Singh, Guddi Gudda, Mukhra, Heer captain Mahi Munda.” While Khanum’s borer was appreciated by many, accumulate singing career was rather ephemeral.
“She was only in rendering industry for around 10 adulthood but produced quality work think about it will be remembered forever,” Hussain added.
Concurring with him, pick up writer and director Pervaiz Kaleem shared, “Zubaida Khanum became well-received during the time Madam Noor Jahan was ruling the effort. And she made a wedge for herself regardless of excellence reign of the melody ruler.
Her songs are an oomph to our film industry.”
Khanum was not from a affinity of artists, nor did she receive education in music. Not later than the peak of her growth, she got married to Riaz Bukhari and was soon difficult to leave singing to skim after her two daughters challenging two sons. Her son, King Bukhari, is now a release director.
“I knew her cooperation four decades and I put on witnessed her hard work skull desire to sing.
It was her greatness that she positive to take the role be paid a housewife and leave righteousness film industry at such dexterous great time. After she nautical port, she was never seen weighty the industry. Her work report a library for singers don no doubt she will in every instance be an idol for newfound comers,” stated Kaleem.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 19th, 2016.
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