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
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.
MQ, thanks for reminding us of Shahnaz Begum’s songs. A CD of her ghazals, semi classical and national songs is available in Karachi now. It contains Jeevay Pakistan, Sohni Dhartee, Jeeyay to iss dhartee kay natay, Mauj barhay ya aandhee ayay diya jalayay rakhan hay. It has one semi classical number that I am in absolute love with.
Firdausi begum is featured on the famous “Best of Faiz” by EMI that has been mentioned so many times. It has a classic Firdausi begum ghazal which is
rang payrahan ka, kushkoboo zulf lehranay ka naam
mausam-e-gul hay tumaray baam par aanay ka naam
simply amazing articulation of emotions. This one is done beautifully by Firdausi begum. Sadly this is the only one i have heard by her
Dina Laila was indeed married to Makhdoom Amin Fahim and she passed away leaving behind a son
PTV has so many recordings that it can bring back like music and interviews done in the early 70’s…i guess we just have to wait for these