Shamshad Begum, who died at 94, was among the first playback singers of Bollywood. Many of her hit songs have been remixed for modern listeners but little is known about the reclusive singer herself.

There was once a black and white era of sublime dimensions in the world of the arts here in this subcontinent. That world has been in steady erosion, through the ageing, and dying, of the artistes ...

Legendary playback singer Shamshad Begum, who mesmerised music lovers with her classic songs, passed away at her Mumbai residence from age-related ailments On April 23. Jitendra Kothari pays her a ...

Legendary singer Shamshad Begum, one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry and voice behind hit songs like Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon, Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar and Kajra Mohabbat Wala, has ...

A still of the song Teri mehfil mein from the movie Mughal-e-Azam (1960) featuring Nigar Sultana A singer with many hits, Shamshad Begum bid adieu to the world on Tuesday, but her songs will keep her ...

When her singing career began, Indian cinema had barely started talking. And by the time it got over, the Golden Age of melody in Hindi films was gone. The Amritsar-born playback singer, who passed ...

Shamshad Begum shifted to the city in the mid-1940s and established herself with such films as Taqdeer, Anmol Ghadi, and Shahjehan.Shamshad Begum’s distinct nasal voice and ghazal-inflected folk style ...

Bollywood today mourned the demise of legendary singer of Hindi Cinema Shamshad Begum, who passed away at the age of 94. Shamshad Begum mesmerized with her vocals in the 40s and 50s era of Cinema.

NEW DELHI, April 24: You could scarcely find a picture of hers until the 1970s, when she stopped singing, though her voice had regaled millions of moviegoers across the world from as early as 1941.

Were it not for Shamshad Begum, the element of naughtiness and the urge to tease by a female would not perhaps had created such an impact. In her passing away Hindi cinema or rather the world of ...

Shamshad Begum, the voice behind unforgettable melodies such as Kajra mohabbat wala, Leke pehla pehla pyar, and Kahinpe nigahen Kahinpe nishaana, has died at the age of 94. The Bollywood singer passed ...