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Gravestone of Madam Noor Jahan,Gizri Graveyard near the Saudi Consulate in Karachi.

The back of the gravestone.of Melody Queen Noor Jahan

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Born into a Punjabi family of musicians, Wasai was pushed by her parents to follow in their musical footsteps and become a singer but she was more interested in acting in films and graced the earliest Pakistani films with her performances. She has recorded about 10,000 songs in various languages of India and Pakistan including Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, and Sindhi languages. Along with Ahmed Rushdi, she holds the highest record of film songs in the history of Pakistani Cinema. She is also considered to be the first female Pakistani Film Director.

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Early life

Noor Jahan was born into a Mulsim family in Kasur, Punjab, British India and was one of the eleven children of professional musicians Madad Ali and Fateh Bibi.

Wasai began to sing at the age of five or six years old 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 Ustab 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.

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At the age of nine, Wasai drew the attention of Punjabi musician Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, who would later introduce her to stage in Lahore. He composed some ghazals, naats and folk songs for her to perform, although she was more keen in breaking into acting or playback singing. Once her vocational training finished, Wasai pursued a career in singing alongside her sisters in Lahore and would usually take part in the live song and dance performances prior to screenings of films in cinemas.The family moved to Calcutta in hopes of developing the movie careers of Wasai and her sisters. Mukhtar Begum encouraged the sisters to join film companies and recommended them to various producers. She also recommended them to her husband, Agha Hashar Kashmiri, who owned a Maidan theatre (a tented theatre to accommodate large audiences). It was here that Wasai received the stage name Baby Noor Jahan. Her older sisters were offered jobs with one of the Seth Sukh Karnani companies, Indira Movietone and they went on to be known as the Punjab Mail.

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In 1935, K.D. Mehra directed Pind di Kuri in which Jahan acted along with her sisters. She next acted in a film called Missar Ka Sitara (1936) by the same company and sang in it for music composer, Damodar Sharma. Baby Noor Jahan also played the child role of Heer in the film Heer-Sayyal (1937). After a few years in Calcutta, Noor Jahan returned to Lahore in 1938. In 1939, Ghulam Haider composed songs for Jahan which led to her early popularity. She then recorded her first song Shala Jawaniyan Mane for Dalsukh M. Pancholi's movie Gul Bakavli.

In 1942, she played the main lead opposite Pran in Khandaan. It was her first role as an adult, and the film was a major success. Khandaan's success saw her shifting to Bombay, with director Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. She shared melodies with Shanta Apte in Duhai (1943). It was in this film that Noor Jahan lent her voice for the second time, to another actress named Husn Bani. She married Rizvi later the same year.

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She shared melodies with Shanta Apte in Duhai (1943). It was in this film that Noor Jahan lent her voice for the second time, to another actress named Husn Bano. She married Rizvi later the same year.

Jahan's last film in India was Mirza Sahibaan (1947) which starred Prithviraj Kapoor's brother Trilok Kapoor. Noor Jahan sang 127 songs in Indian films and the number of talking films she made from 1932 to 1947 was 69. The number of silents was 12. Fifty-five of her films were made in Bombay, eight in Calcutta, five in Lahore, and one in Rangoon, Burma.

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After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Rizvi and Jahan decided to move to Pakistan. They left Bombay and settled in Karachi with their family.

Three years after settling in Pakistan, Noor Jahan starred in her first film in Pakistan, Chan wey (1951), opposite Santosh Kumar, which was also her first Punjabi film as a heroine. Shaukat and Noor Jahan directed this film together making Noor Jahan Pakistan's first female director. Noor Jahan's second film in Pakistan was Dopatta (1952) which was Produced by Aslam Lodhi, Directed by S Fazli and assisted by A H Rana as Production Manager. Dopatta turned out to be an even bigger success than Chan wey (1951).

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From 1953 to 1954, Jahan and Rizvi were divorced due to personal differences. She kept custody of the three children from their marriage. News of several affairs followed, including one with cricketer, Nazar Mohammad. In 1959, she married another actor, Ejaz Durrani, nine years her junior.

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Durrani pressured her to give up acting, and her penultimate film as an actress/singer was Mirza Ghalib (1961). This contributed to the strengthening of her iconic stature. She gained another audience for herself. Her rendition of Faiz Ahmed Faiz'sMujh se pehli si mohabbat mere mehboob naj maang is a unique example of tarranum, reciting poetry as a song. Noor Jahan last acted in Baaji in 1963, though not in a leading role.

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Noor Jahan bade farewell to acting in 1963 after a career of 33 years (1930 to 1963). The pressure of being a mother of six children and the demands of being a wife to another actor forced her to give up her career. Noor Jahan made 14 films in Pakistan, ten in Urdu, four in Punjabi.

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Noor Jahan as a playback singer

After quitting acting she took up playback singing. She made her debut as a playback singer in 1960 with the film Salma. Her first initial playback for a Pakistani film was for Jan-e-Bahar (1958), in which she sang the song Kaisa Naseeb Layi Thi, picturised on Musarrat Nazir. She received many awards, including the highest Pakistani honour in entertainment, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (The Pride of Performance) in 1966, Pakistan's top civil award. She sang a large number of duets with Ahmed Rushdi, Mehdi Hassan, Masood Rana, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Mujeeb Aalam.

She had a great understanding and friendship with many great singers of Asia, for example with Alam Lohar and many more singers also.

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In the 1990s, Jahan also sang for then débutante actresses Neeli and Reema. For this very reason, Sabiha Khanum affectionately called her Sadabahar (evergreen). Her popularity was further boosted with her patriotic songs during the 1965 war between Pakistan and India.

Jahan visited India in 1982 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Indian talkie movies, where she met Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in New Dehli and was received by Dilip Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar in Mumbai.

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It is a long read, so we will introduced some of the songs for the movie Anmol Ghadi, incidentally Noor Jahan acted in this movie with Naushad directing the music.......also interesting to note that all of Noor Jahan Songs were hits:

1) Aaja mere barbad mohabat

2) Jawan Hai Mohabbat Haseen Hai Zamana

3) Awaz De Kahan Hai

4) Kya mil gaye Bhagwan

5) Mere Bachpan Ke Saathi

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MOVIE  :ANMOL GHADI 1946

SINGER:NOOR JAHAN

MUSIC : NAUSHAD

LYRICS : TANVIR NAQVI

1) AAJA MERE BARBAAD MOHOBAT KI

http://www.mastimag.com/download.php?song_id=44737

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MOVIE  :ANMOL GHADI 1946

SINGER:NOOR JAHAN

MUSIC : NAUSHAD

LYRICS : TANVIR NAQVI

1) AAJA MERE BARBAAD MOHOBAT KI

http://www.mastimag.com/download.php?song_id=44737

aa jaa.. aa jaa .
(please come..please come)

Aa jaa meri barbaad mohabbat ke sahaare
(Please come, the saviour of my ruined love
Hai kaun jo bigadi hui taqadeer sanvaare -2
Besides you, who can restore my distorted destiny)

aaye bhi na thhe, khushk hue aankhon mein aansu,
(The tears dried up in my eyes before flowing
Haaye aankhon mein aansu -2
Nikalay bhi na thhe lut gaye, armaan bechaare
My pathetic dreams will be looted before fulfilling)

Hai kaun jo bigadi hui taqadir sanvaare
(Besides you who can restore my destiny)

anjaam-e-mohabbat hamein maaloom hai lekin,
(The-end-of-love was evident to me; but
Letay hain tere gham mein umeedon ke sahaare
in your anger, I depended upon the hopes)

Hai kaun jo bigadi hui taqadir sanvaare
(Besides you who can restore my distorted destiny)

(thha dil ko faqat teri muhabbat ka sahaara,
(My heart was alive only on the support of your love,
Ham ne isi umeed pe din apnay guzaare
I have spend my days only with this hope)

Hai kaun jo bigadi hui taqadeer sanvaare
(Besides you who can restore my distorted destiny)

Aa jaa.. aa jaa ..

Aa jaa meri barbaad mohabbat ke sahaare
(Please come, the saviour of my ruined love
Hai kaun jo bigadi hui taqadeer sanvaare -2
Besides you, who can restore my distorted destiny)

Aa jaa.. aa jaa ..

Come, please come

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MOVIE  :ANMOL GHADI 1946

SINGER:NOOR JAHAN

MUSIC : NAUSHAD

LYRICS : TANVIR NAQVI

1) AAJA MERE BARBAAD MOHOBAT KI

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MOVIE  :ANMOL GHADI 1946

SINGER:NOOR JAHAN

MUSIC : NAUSHAD

LYRICS : TANVIR NAQVI

THE VIDEO: 

2) JAWAAN HAI MOHABBAT HASI HAI ZAMANA

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Lataji on Noor Jahan: 

Everyone has role models. And I have no qualms in admitting that Noor Jehanwas mine. We listened to Noor Jehanin childhood and grew with her notes in mind. Noor Jehanhad a mastery over Sur and her voice had no vibration in any sort of crescendos. She was nice and blessed by Allah. Noor Jehan'sdeath has created a vacuum in the music of the Subcontinent. She treated me as her younger sister and whenever we met she always hugged me… Her death has created a vacuum in the world of music, which cannot be filled.

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MOVIE  :ANMOL GHADI 1946

SINGER:NOOR JAHAN/SURENDRA

MUSIC : NAUSHAD

LYRICS : TANVIR NAQVI

3) AWAAZ DE KAHA HAIN

http://www.mastimag.com/download.php?song_id=37765

Aawaaz de kahaan hai duniyaa meri jawaan hai

Aabaad mere dil mein ummeed kaa jahaan hai

Duniyaa meri jawaan hai, aawaaz de kahaan hai

(Aa raat jaa rahi hai yoon jaise chaandni ki

Baaraat jaa rahi hai)2

(Chalne ko ab falak se taaron kaa kaarwaan hai)2

Aise mein tu kahaan hai duniyaa meri jawaan hai

Aawaaz de kahaan hai

(Kismat pe chhaa rahi hai kyun raat ki siyaahi)2

(Veeraan hai meri neenden taaron se le gawaahi)2

(Barbaad main yahaan hoon aabaad tu kahaan hai)2

Bedard aasmaan hai duniyaa meri jawaan hai

Aawaaz de kahaan hai aawaaz de kahaan hai

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MOVIE  :ANMOL GHADI 1946

SINGER:NOOR JAHAN

MUSIC : NAUSHAD

LYRICS : TANVIR NAQVI

4) THE VIDEO: KYA MIL GAYA BHAGWAN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn3ab2FZrhs

Noor Jehan: Gone but never forgotten

 

This woman was fearless and subtlety was not her thing.

 

Today, 85 years ago, a very special girl was born in district Kasur, Punjab. Had fate been kinder to us, she would have still been with us today. Madam Noor Jehan may have left the world but her legacy will forever live on, emblazoned in the minds of her fans as her evergreen songs.

 

Noor Jehan has a special place in my heart. This is not just because I am a fan of her beautiful voice and enviable poise, but also because she belongs to Kasur, where my grandparents were from. In fact, I have been told that my granduncle and she were playmates.

I was properly introduced to the queen of melody as a child. In grade three, I was asked by a teacher to sing “Ae Watan Ke Sajeelay Jawaanon” on September 6 of that year in a Defence Day function. I listened to it for the first time and although I didn’t completely understand it, I could feel that there was a very powerful message involved that the singer delivered perfectly. To help me practise the song and understand the true essence of it, my aunt explained to me what the lyrics of the song meant.

She said, Noor Jehan thanks the many brave Pakistani soldiers who saved their countrymen and didn’t care even if it was at the expense of their lives. She says that her songs are for them. Such a sense of gratitude and pride emanates from her voice as she sings this beautiful song, that even today it can make the fiercest Army-hater bow his/her head as a tribute to our brave soldiers.

It was then that I immediately knew I would be a Noor Jehan fan for life.

This came naturally, as I come from a family of classical music aficionados. Whenever I ask my father to teach me Punjabi, he only teaches me the language by translating Madam’s saccharine songs word by word into simple Urdu. Now I don’t know how I can make use of the word “wanjhli” (flute) in normal, conversational Punjabi, but the lyrical translation sessions were and still are very educational to me.

Madam Jehan could conveniently convey with the highs and lows of her voice, emotions of all kinds brilliantly. Be it Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi or Sindhi, she was able to stir sweetness into any language. People, even today, light up to the romantic and naughty “Gaayegi Duniya Geet Mere”, weep to “Ae Puttar Hattaan Te” and yearn to reunite with their beloved to “Chaandni Raatein”, just as they did years ago.

Even today, when I listen to a Noor Jehan classic like “Ae Puttar Hattaan Te”, I am overwhelmed by the timelessness of her songs. This one in particular, now reflects the sentiments of grief-stricken mothers of thousands of innocent Pakistanis who are killed in terrorist attacks every day.

This woman was fearless and subtlety was not her thing. Her bold make-up and clothes made her stand out but she still managed to look graceful. As not just a playback singer, but a great actress too, Jehan blew life into works of Pakistani poets and many Pakistani films for over 35 years. Her spectacular performances managed to bag her the President’s Award in 1957, and very deservedly so.

Many have tried to adopt Madam’s style but have failed miserably. The very feminine quivering lip, voluminous hairstyles and shiny satin saris topped with matching scarves around her neck best suited only her. She was not just a woman but a phenomenon who Pakistan owes a huge chunk of its good popularity too.

Congratulations to Pakistan on the birth anniversary of an unmatchable superstar. A legend like Madam need not be born again because she will live forever in film and chime in frequencies of radios all across Pakistan and the rest of the world.

 

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The mesmerizing voice of Noor
Jahan resonates in the hearts and minds of everyone even after her
departure. Noor jehan is remembered today as a great singer of yesteryear but very few people of this generation know that she was one of the most leading heroines in Hindi Film industry before partition of 1947.

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Born on September 12, 1926 in Kasoor, Allah Wasayi was later recognized as Noor Jahan. Beginning her career as a backup-vocalist, she whizzed her way to the top. With over 10,000 songs to her credit in various languages - such as Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Sindhi. In 1957, Noor Jahan was awarded the presidential award for her acting and singing capabilities.

Noor Jehan Daughter Zille Huma

 LAHORE May 16/2014: Zille Huma, daughter of late legendary singer Madam Noor Jehan, has passed away in Lahore on Friday morning, Geo News reported.

Sources told that she was admitted in a private hospital in Lahore in critical condition where she could not survive.

Zille Huma was suffering from kidney problem and diabetes-related ailments for some time and remained under treatment at a hospital in Karachi as well.

 
She was as beautiful as her mom: May God Rest her soul

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Noor Jehan Daughter Hina Eijaz

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In 1942, she played the main lead opposite Pran in Khandaan. It was her first role as an adult, and the film was a major success. Khandaan's success saw her shifting to Bombay, with director Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. She shared melodies with Shanta Apte in Duhai (1943). It was in this film that Noor Jahan lent her voice for the second time, to another actress named Husn Bani. She married Rizvi later the same year.

So we are now aware that the marriage with Shaukat Hussain Rizvi blossomed with three beautiful daughters: Zille Huma, Hina Eijaz, and

Shazia.

There were two or three more children in her second marriage to a Mr Durrani, will try to get more on this.

Noor Jahan and Daughters:

Legacy of Noor Jahan:

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MOVIE  :ANMOL GHADI 1946

SINGER:NOOR JAHAN

MUSIC : NAUSHAD

LYRICS : TANVIR NAQVI

5) MERE BACHPAN KI SAATHI

http://www.mastimag.com/download.php?song_id=46830

(Mere bachpan ke saathi mujhe bhool naa jaanaa

Dekho dekho (hanse na zamaanaa,)2 /2

Gham furqat ke (sah na sakoongi)2

Roungi kuchh kah na sakungi

(Dushman hai saaraa jahaan)2 jawo kahaan

Haan teri ulfat hai jeene kaa bas ik bahaanaa

Dekho dekho (hanse na zamaanaa,)2

Raat guzaarun (gin gin taare)2

Kise aaun paas tumhaare

(Tum ho kahin main kahin)2 chain nahin

Ho haye duniya ne dil ka mere gham na jana

Dekho dekho (hanse na zamaanaa,)2

Koyi dil kaa (dard na jaane)2 

Apne bhi ab hai begaane

(Ro ro ke kahtaa hai dil)2  aa saajan mil

Ho bas itnaa hi sun le meraa hai fasaanaa

Dekho dekho (hanse na zamaanaa,)2

Mere bachpan ke saathi mujhe bhool naa jaanaa

Dekho dekho (hanse na zamaanaa,)2