There are 4 songs in this post.
While surfing on YouTube, I was happpily surprised to find followng songs by Runa Laila. Many of you may know that she is the world famous singer from Bangladesh. She has a huge contribution of singing Urdu songs in Pakistani movies. She has also sung Punjabi, Pashto and Bengali songs in Pakistan. Infact, she has sung in 17 different languages of the world.
In Pakistan, Runa Laila has won 2 Nigar Awards, 2 Graduate Awards, 1 Critics Award and a National Council of Music Gold Medal. Besides Pakistan she as won numerous awards in her native Bangladesh as well as in India. There is a large collection of her songs available on YouTube but I picked the 4 that I like the most. I hope you like them too.
(1 of 4)
Song Title: ranjish hi sahih, dil hi dukhanay ke liyay aa
Movie: Mohabbat, 1972
Music: Nisar Bazmi
(2 of 4)
Song Title: humeiN kho kar
Movie: Ehsaas, 1974
(3 of 4)
Song Title: kaaTay ne kaTTeN rattiyaaN, sayyaaN intzaar meiN
Movie: Umrao Jan Ada, 1974,
Music: Nisar Bazmi,
(4 of 4)
Song Title: un ki nazroN se mohabbat ka jo peghaam mila
Music: Nashaad
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Hello !!
I am a Bangladeshi and I saw some very disturbing comment from a certain individual. This is about Runa Laila’s beautiful songs. Why would someone even bring these discussions? Whatever happened in 1971, happened for the best. Lets move on and unite to create a better world for ourselves and the next generation where there is no room for hatred towards humanity. A true human being is the person who has compassion for all human beings; not only for those who have status and stature and who looks beyond negative social barriers such as religion, race, sexuality and so forth. Most of all let us enjoy the music of Runa Laila.
Thank you so much. She is one of my most liked singer. Ever since I have been hearing songs she is most briliant singer.
does nybody hv “tumhe ho na ho” from the film GHRONDA (1977)SUNG BY RUNA LAILA..PLZ HELP ME FIND IT
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[quote post="404"]a little known fact but something i cherish is runa laila’s sindhi kafi collection…yes, her pronunciation is so perfect that you would imagine that she is a native sindhi speaker… i also think her sister was married into the makhdoom family..the sister died when she was still quite young and i believe she left behind a son
another famous aspect of this association with the makhdoom family is that runa laila sang the kafi’s of makhdoom talib ul maula, makhdoom amin fahim’s father who was a renowned poet
in its cassette form which i have since converted onto a CD is titled “Runa sings Talib ul Maula”, her energetic voice has given an absolutely wonderful expression to this traditional form of music[/quote]
Hi Navid,
I would love to get a copy of the CD you made of her Sindhi songs. How can I do it?
ps: How do you know so much about the above?
Where’s De-de pyaar de?! It was one of my favourites–even before the Indian remake of it.
[...] Owais Mughal of All things Pakistan highlights four songs of Runa Laila, the famous Bangladeshi singer. She has a huge contribution of singing Urdu songs in Pakistani movies. She has also sung Punjabi, Pashto and Bengali songs in Pakistan. In fact, she has sung in 17 different languages of the world. [...]
Fawaad, you are right. The correct name is Nashaad. thanks for pointing it out. I’ll correct it here in next few days.
Owais, the second song is highly unlikely to have been composed by Naushad (the great Indian composer who passed away this year). I don’t know any compositions he did for any artists in Pakistan. Could it be that it was the Pakistani music director Nashaad instead who composed the Runa Laila song.