SHAMSHAD BEGUM

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Shamshad Begum (April 14, 1919 - April 23, 2013) was one of the first in the Hindi film industry.
She was born in , Punjab.
She was awarded the in 2009.
She passed away at her residence on April 23, 2013 after prolonged illness.
She made her on radio on Peshawar Radio in Lahore in December, 1947, when her voice won the of many music lovers.
Until the end of the 1970s, very few knew her face, though almost everybody could recognise her voice , which was presented by the great maestros like Naushad Ali and O. P. Nayyar.
Even today, her songs from the 1940's, 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s are .
Sarangi maestro Ustad Hussain Bakshwale Saheb was highly impressed by her clear and sweet voice that he accepted her as his .
Naushad that the fame that he earned was mainly attributed to her who sang popular songs in his early days.
O.P. Nayyar described her voice as that of a " " for its clarity of tone.
Shamshad became a between the early 1940s and the early 1960s, having a voice different from her peers like Noorjehan, Mubarrak , Suraiya, Sudha , Lata , Bhonsle, Geeta and Amirbai .