The lyrics and voice are interwoven in such a way the ghazal will lose its touch if one is taken out.
Kuch To Duniya Ki Inayaat Ne Dil Tod DiyaĬonsidered to be a gift of Lucknow to Hindustani music, Begum Akhtar’s soulful voice adds warmth to this track. This track is about a heartbroken who asks her beloved to leave her to her plight as she doesn’t need his sympathy. The lyrics were written by Shakeel Badayuni. This beautiful ghazal has a number of retentions but the one by Begum Ji takes away one’s breath. This quintessential number was written by Mustafa Zaman Abbasi. One of the famous ghazals of Begum Akhtam, this track narrates a story of a lover who asks her beloved to visit her dwelling so that they can see each other. The pain that Begum Ji has evoked with her voice is simply matchless. Written by Momin Khan Momin, this ghazal takes one back to their own time. Lt’s have a look at the ghazal sung by the maestro. She breathed her last on 30th October 1974. She possessed all the qualities that are so vital for a good ghazal singer.” Begum Akhtar’s rendition was so endearing that every note gripped the hearts of the audience. Speaking at the occasion, former chief minister of Delhi, late Sheila Dikshit had said, “The exponent’s music still sets the standard for connoisseurs of this genre to this day. Her inimitable style of singing, the haunting sweet notes with which she mesmerised the audience, her uncanny ability to choose the right kind of ghazal has left an indelible print on the minds of those who got a chance to listen to this great exponent.” In all these films, she sang all her songs herself.Īt the launch of a book called Begum Akhtar-The Story of my Ammi on the legendary singer, Gursharan Kaur, wife of then Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, had said: “She is rightly known as Mallika-e-Ghazal. She was given the title of Mallika-e-Ghazal (Queen of Ghazals).īegum Akhtar also acted in a few Hindi films which include Ameena (1934), Mumtaz Begum (1934), Jawani Ka Nasha (1935), Naseeb Ka Chakkar (1935). She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for vocal music, and was awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan (posthumously) by Govt.
Her later gurus, successively, were Sarangi Nawaz Imdad Khan, Ghulam Mohammad Khan of Gaya, and Ata Mohammad of Patiala. Abdul Wahid Khan of Kirana Gharana, Ramzan Khan of Lucknow, and Barkhat Ali of Patiala imparted musical guidance to her in her early years. Inclined towards music from a very young age, she was initially trained in music by her mother Mushtarbai.
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