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Shamshad Begum | |
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| Born | 14 April 1919 |
| Died | 23 April 2013 (aged 94) |
| Spouse |
Ganpat Lal Batto
(m. 1934; died 1955) |
| Awards | O. P. Nayyar Award (2009) Padma Bhushan Award (2009) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Filmi |
| Occupation | Film playback singer |
| Years active | 1933–1976 |
Shamshad Begum (Urdu: شمشاد بیگم, IAST: Śamśād Bēgam; 14 April 1919 – 23 April 2013)[1][2][3] was an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry.
Notable for her distinctive voice and range, she sang over 6,000 songs in Hindustani, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Punjabi languages, among which 1287 were Hindi film songs.[4]
She worked with renowned composers of the time, such as Ghulam Haider who first discovered her.[5] She also worked with Naushad Ali and O. P. Nayyar, for whom she was one of their favorites. Her songs from the 1940s to the early 1970s remain popular and continue to be remixed.[5][6]
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- ^ "India singing legend Shamshad Begum dies". BBC News. 24 April 2013. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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