Malika-e-Tarannum Noor Jehan | |
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 Noor Jehan in 1945 film Zeenat | |
| Born | Allah Rakhi Wasai 21 September 1926 |
| Died | 23 December 2000 (aged 74) |
| Resting place | Gizri Graveyard, Karachi |
| Nationality | British India (1926–1947) Pakistani (1947–2000) |
| Other names | The Nightingale of The East Queen of Hearts[1] Daughter of Nation[2] The Nightingale of Punjab[3] |
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| Years active | 1930 - 2000 |
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| Title | "Malika-e-Tarannum" (Queen of Melody) |
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| Children | 6 , including Zil-e-Huma, Nazia Ejaz Khan |
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| Awards | 15 Nigar Awards |
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Noor Jehan, sometimes spelled Noorjehan[4][5] (born Allah Rakhi Wasai (Punjabi / Urdu: اللہ رکھی وسائی); 21 September 1926 – 23 December 2000[6][7]) also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Tarannum (Queen of Melody), was a Pakistani playback singer and actress who worked first in British India and then in the cinema of Pakistan. Her career spanned more than six decades. Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers in the Indian subcontinent, she was given the honorific title of Malika-e-Tarannum in British India.[5] She had a command of Hindustani classical music as well as other music genres.
Along with Ahmed Rushdi, she holds the record for having given voice to the largest number of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema. She recorded about 10,000 songs in various languages, including Urdu, Punjabi, and Sindhi.[8] She sang a total of 2,422 songs in 1,148 Pakistani films during a career that lasted more than half a century.[9] She is also considered to be the first female Pakistani film director.[10]
- ^ "Queen of hearts". The News International. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "'Noor Jehan infused a new spirit of patriotism, motivated Armed Forces during the 1965 war'". Daily Times. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Noor Jehan lives on in her songs". The Tribune India. 18 June 2022.
- ^ Firoze Rangoonwalla, Indian Filmography, publisher: J. Udeshi, Bombay, August 1970, passim.
- ^ a b Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema, British Film Institute, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002, pp. 166.
- ^ https://minutemirror.com.pk/remembering-legendary-madam-noor-jehan-on-her-97th-birthday/[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Death anniversary of Malika-e-Tarannum Noor Jehan observed". Radio Pakistan. 6 September 2023.
- ^ "'Queen of Melody' Noor Jehan remembered on 94th birth anniversary". Daily Times. 1 September 2022.
- ^ Azad, Arif (5 January 2001). "Obituary: Noor Jehan". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Remembering the legend of Noor Jehan", The News International, retrieved 22 July 2021