Noor Jahan

NOOR JEHAN (BORN ALLAH RAKHI WASAI 21 SEPTEMBER 1925 – 23 DECEMBER 2000), ALSO KNOWN BY HER HONORIFIC TITLE MALIKA-E-TARANNUM THE QUEEN OF MELODY), WAS A PAKISTANI PLAYBACK SINGER AND ACTRESS WHO WORKED FIRST IN BRITISH INDIA AND THEN IN PAKISTAN. HER CAREER SPANNED MORE THAN SIX DECADES (1930S–1990S). SHE WAS RENOWNED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL SINGERS OF ALL TIME ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT SOUTH ASIA AND WAS GIVEN THE HONORIFIC TITLE OF MALIKA-E-TARANNUM IN PAKISTAN. 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 IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE MADE MORE THAN 40 FILMS AND SUNG AROUND 20,000 NUMBERS DURING A CAREER WHICH LASTED MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY. SHE IS THOUGHT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC SINGERS OF ALL TIME. HER PERSONA AND GLAMOUR IN THE EAST CAN EASILY BE COMPARED TO THAT OF MARILYN MONROE IN THE WEST. SHE IS ALSO CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST FEMALE PAKISTANI FILM DIRECTOR.

NOOR JEHAN WAS BORN INTO A PUNJABI MUSLIM FAMILY IN KASUR, PUNJAB, BRITISH INDIA AND WAS ONE OF THE ELEVEN CHILDREN OF IMDAD ALI AND FATEH BIBI.

JEHAN BEGAN TO SING AT THE AGE OF FIVE AND SHOWED A KEEN INTEREST IN A RANGE OF STYLES, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL FOLK AND POPULAR THEATRE. REALISING HER POTENTIAL FOR SINGING, HER MOTHER SENT HER TO RECEIVE EARLY TRAINING IN CLASSICAL SINGING UNDER USTAD BADE GHULAM ALI KHAN. HE INSTRUCTED HER IN THE TRADITIONS OF THE PATIALA GHARANA OF HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE CLASSICAL FORMS OF THUMRI, DHRUPAD, AND KHAYAL.

AT THE AGE OF NINE, NOOR JEHAN DREW THE ATTENTION OF PUNJABI MUSICIAN GHULAM AHMED CHISHTI, WHO WOULD LATER INTRODUCE HER TO THE STAGE IN LAHORE. HE COMPOSED SOME GHAZALS, NA`ATS AND FOLK SONGS FOR HER TO PERFORM, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS MORE KEEN ON BREAKING INTO ACTING OR PLAYBACK SINGING. ONCE HER VOCATIONAL TRAINING FINISHED, JEHAN PURSUED A CAREER IN SINGING ALONGSIDE HER SISTER IN LAHORE, AND WOULD USUALLY TAKE PART IN THE LIVE SONG AND DANCE PERFORMANCES PRIOR TO SCREENINGS OF FILMS IN CINEMAS.

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