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
i would leave aide mr. younis’s comments as our collective guilt over 1971 is clearly acknowledged by all..that owais did not make any claims that she was a pakistani is as appropriate as his entire post. so a very sweet blog indeed
firstly thank you Owais. i absolutely love runa laila…i just wish i was a little older when she was doing her dance numbers in the early 70s.
coming back to runa laila, the 4 songs mentioned are unique.. in addition to ranjish hee sahee another ghazal which surprisingly does not feature in her own collection but does make it to EMI’s best pakistani ghazals is “ab is qadar bhee na chahoo kay dam nikal jayay” (sorry i am forgetting the first misra is it qareeb itna he rakho kay jee behal jayay?)
and how about “champa aur chambaylee yeh kaleeyaan nayaee navaylee” and there are several other filmi numbers like “dil dharkay main tum say yeh kaisay kahoon” (and how about oyay hooyay hoy when she starts this one :)
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
runa is my all time favorite alongwith shahnaz begum…my father tells me of other bengali singers (firdousi begum etc who has sung Faiz beautifully) whose migration to bangladesh left a huge void on the music scene
thans very much for sharing with us nice flash back and yonus snap out of yourself pakistani do not hate bangladeshi,indian.srilankan etc etc pakistanis r art lover,they enjoy art regardless of nationality or language or riligion as MQ explian very well
Younis,
It seems you want to pick a fight unnecessarily. Hassan Abbas has already answered your question. Pakistanis don’t hate Bengla Deshis. They are are ashamed of what happened in 1971.
As for music, it has no boundaries. People enjoy all kind of music regardless of the language or the nationality of the singer. If Runa Laila has no problem singing in Urdu in Pakistan, you shouldn’t have it either. So, relax and enjoy Runa Laila singing!
How do you copy a Youtube clip and paste it? I’d like to copy this Runa Laila video
isn’t this supposed to be pakistani web site, not bangladeshi web site, or do you claim others things as “made in Pakistan”, if you want to publicise pakistan , stict to pakistan