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Noor Jahaan was a famous South Asian singer and actress. She is revered in Pakistan by her title Malikah-e-Tarannum (Queen of Melody) and is considered to be one of the greatest singers to have come from the Indian Subcontinent. Noor Jahaan has appropriately sung around 10,000 songs in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi films in both India and Pakistan. Birth and Family On the dark and stormy night of Tuesday, September 21, 1926, in a small house of poor musicians, at Kot Murad Khan in the sleepy town of Kasur, in rural Punjab, a newborn baby girl was alive. When the child was born, her father's sister on hearing her wail, said to her brother "This one even wails in accordance with the scale". She was named Allah Wasai. This girl's voice was destined to never be heard beyond the four walls of the humble dwelling ever again. Her parents were professional musicians and genealogists working for local landowning families, performing at life cycle events. The family also performed at the local theatre and at seasonal fairs. Her father was Mudad Ali and her mother was Fateh Bibi and she was the youngest child of her parents in a family of thirteen. Noor Jahaan had six brothers - Mian Nawaab Din, Gul Muhammad ("Gulloo"), Muhammad Husain, Muhammad Shafi, Siddique, and Inayat Hussain. Noor Jehan had six sisters - Aidan Bai, Haidar Baandi, Gulzar Begum (or Bibi Gulzar), Amina Begum, Bahaaro, and Undam Begum ("Umda" or "Machine"). Childhood and stage career From an early age, she displayed signs of having a melodious voice, which became more apparent by the time she was four or five years old. She could pick up just about anything - be it a folk song or a popular number from a theatrical drama - she could imitate it to perfection. Realizing her immense talent, her mother began to believe that her daughter had something exceptional to give to the world. So, the family moved to Lahore, where Noor Jahaan's sisters, Aidan Bai and Haidar Baandi, began their stage careers. In Lahore, her mother arranged for her to begin her training in singing and dancing alongside her elder sisters, Aidan Bai and Haidar Baandi. She received early music lessons under Kajjanbai, who made her do "riyaz" up to 12 hours a day. After her morning "riyaz", a teacher would come to help her learn to read and write. She received early training in classical singing under Ustad Ghulam Mohammed who instructed her in classical music and voice production within the framework of classical forms of thumri, dhrupad, and khayal. Noor Jahaan accompanied her sisters in a song extolling the Holy Prophet of Islam. It was composed by G.A. Chisti, and became a great hit. In Lahore, the sisters took part in zinda nach gana (live song and dance) which usually preceded the actual film show. From there, the family moved again to Calcutta, where it was hoped the two older sisters would break into films. This did not quite happen, though they continued to appear on the stage. During their stay in Calcutta, Mukhtar Begum, the sisters' ideal and a famous singing star in the 1930s, encouraged the three sisters and recommended them to various producers. She also recommended them to her husband, Urdu drama writer, Agha Hashar Kashmiri (1879-1935)'s Maidan Theatre, where she got the stage name Baby Noor Jahaan. In later life, Noor Jahaan adopted Mukhtar Begum's style of performing and wearing of a sari. The sisters got permanent jobs with one of the Seth Sukh Karnani Companies, Indira Movietone. Their popularity grew as they became known as Punjab Mail. At around this time, Noor Jahaan won a part in a silent feature film called Hind ke Tare (1930) made by Indian Pictures, Calcutta. Thereafter, the family moved to Bombay, where she made 11 silent films in 1931. Her first talkie feature film was Sassi Punnu, released in 1932. She joined Kohinoor United Artists and appeared in some of their films. Later, she was employed by Seven United Artists and played the lead in some of their films opposite Khalil. She took up singing at six years of age and started making stage appearances with her elder sisters for rural theatre companies called the Taka Theatre. Later, she joined Sharda Film Co. and has played important roles in several of their films. She did not sing original songs but the famous hits of the day. She was only nine years old when the great Punjabi musician, G. A. Chisti introduced her to the stage in Lahore. He composed some ghazals, naats and some folksongs for her and she got 7 1/2 annas for each song. She also received some classical music lessons under Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. | |||||||||||||||||
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