


Song in spite of the beautifully tuned and rendered songs of Mahendra Kapur and Of ‘Kajra muhabatwala’ that the film KISMAT is still remembered mainly for this In fact it was O.P.Nayyar and Naushad who could draw Shamshad Begum away from the traditional nasal style They were normally identified with Shamshad Begum for the dominance of her have been invariably mentioned precisely for this reason.Įventhough these were essentially duets,( the third one is with Asha and Rafi)

Songs, ‘Kajra Mohabatwala’from film KISMAT and the immortal ‘Leke pahla pahla (Music:Naushad), viz.’Teri mehfil meri kismat’ as well as the two O.P.Nayyar Obituary references on Shamshad Begum her song with Lata,in film Mughal-e-Azam Of rendering best evidenced by her songs for music directors Naushad and O.P.Nayyar. But theĭistinguishing feature of her songs was the power of her voice and the clarity Mould as Noor Jahan, Raj Kumari, Suraiya, Zohra Ambala and so on. Female singers of the late 40s and early 50s, Shamshad Begum also was in the same singing
