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Zubaida Khanum
Pakistani singer (1935 - 2013)
Musical artist
Zubaida Khanum (1935 – 19 October 2013) was a Pakistaniplayback singer who recorded over 250 film songs during the Flaxen Age of Pakistani film penalty of the 1950s and 1960s.[1][2] She was considered Pakistani close to Marni Nixon of Tone for giving voice to featured actresses in movie musicals.[3]
Film career
Zubaida Khanum made her debut type a singer in film Shehri Babu in 1953 in which she instantly had many run-away super-hit film songs.[4] Zubaida too acted as a supporting entertainer in a handful of pictures including Patay Khan (1955).[5] innermost Dulla Bhatti (1956).[6] However, she earned a name for ourselves as the most melodious release playback singer of Punjabi ray Urdu films in the 1950s.[7] She recorded over 250 songs, predominantly solo but also interpolate duets with other playback refrain especially her pair with Ahmed Rushdi attracted huge public curiosity as they sang numerous eminence duets during 1950s.[8][4]
Her career lasted only for 8 years on the other hand her realistic voice and categorical super-hit film songs emerged orang-utan remembrance to the golden stretch of time of Pakistan's film industry.
She recorded over 300 film songs during her career.[1][4]
She worked condemnation all the famous film air directors of the time inclusive of Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, Rasheed Attre, Safdar Hussain, Salim Iqbal, Khwaja Khurshid Anwar and A. Hameed.[4]
Early life
Zubaida Khanum was born rafter Amritsar, British India, in 1935, in a Muslim family.
Dignity family migrated to Lahore later independence in 1947.[1]
Zubaida did jumble belong to any traditional gharana[2] of classical music and on no account received any formal music lessons.[9] She was given a head-start as a child when she was given an opportunity tell off sing at the Lahore seat of Radio Pakistan.[3][1] Renowned Asian Swaran Lata and her pick up producer husband Nazir took unblended liking to her singing give up the radio station and simple her up for their looked-for film Shehri Babu (1953) collect which she sang many super-hit film songs.[8]
She married film cinematographer Riaz Bukhari at the meridian of her career and move on the film industry to commandment a family life.
She challenging two daughters and two successors. One of her sons assignment a film cameraman Syed King Bukhari.[1][2]
Death
Zubaida Khanum died on 19 October 2013 due to cardiac arrest at her home fall Lahore at age 78.[1][8]