Voice of 40s and 50s falls silentPlayback singer Shamshad Begum, known for mesmerising songs such as Saiyyan Dil Mein Aana Re and Leke Pehla Pehla Pyar that she sang with a distinctive nasal twang, died at her home in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. She was 94. Shamshad was Bollywood's ... Calcutta Telegraph, 3 weeks ago |
Voice behind Kajra mohabbat wala falls silentBarely 10 days after her 94th birthday, Bollywood's first playback singer breathed her last after a prolonged battle with ill-health and complications at a Powai hospital in Mumbai. Her daughter Usha Ratra, 71 told DNA, "She'd been unwell and was ... DNA India, 3 weeks ago
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