For other people named Noor Jehan, see Noor Jahan.
Malika-e-Tarannum
Noor Jehan
PP TI SI
نور جہاں
Noor Jehan in 1945 film Zeenat
Born
Allah Rakhi Wasai
(1926-09-21)21 September 1926
Kasur, Punjab, British India
Died
23 December 2000(2000-12-23) (aged 74)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Resting place
Gizri Graveyard, Karachi
Nationality
British India (1926–1947) Pakistani (1947–2000)
Other names
The Nightingale of The East[1] Queen of Hearts[2] Daughter of Nation[3] The Nightingale of Punjab[4]
Occupations
Playback Singer
Music Composer
Actress
Director
Years active
1930 - 2000
Notable work
Zeenat (1945)
Anmol Ghadi (1946)
Jugnu (1947)
Mirza Sahiban (1947)
Chan Wey (1951)
Dupatta (1952)
Intezar (1956)
Anarkali (1958)
Koel (1959)
Style
Filmi
Ghazal
Classical music
Qawwali
Title
"Malika-e-Tarannum" (Queen of Melody)
Spouses
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
(m. 1941; div. 1953)
Ejaz Durrani
(m. 1959; div. 1971)
Children
6
, including Zil-e-Huma, Nazia Ejaz Khan
Parents
Imdad Ali (father)
Fateh Bibi (mother)
Relatives
Sonya Jehan (Granddaughter)
Sikander Rizvi (Grandson)
Ahmad Ali Butt (Grandson)
Awards
15 Nigar Awards
Honours
Pride of Performance (1965)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1965)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (1996)
Noor Jehan, sometimes spelled Noorjehan[5][6] (born Allah Rakhi Wasai (Punjabi/Urdu: اللہ رکھی وسائی); 21 September 1926 – 23 December 2000[7][8]) also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Tarannum (Queen of Melody), was a Pakistani playback singer and actress who worked first in British India and then in the cinema of Pakistan. Her career spanned more than six decades (the 1930s–1990s). Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers in the Indian subcontinent, she was given the honorific title of Malika-e-Tarannum in Pakistan.[6] She had a command of Hindustani classical music as well as other music genres.[9]
Along with Ahmed Rushdi, she holds the record for having given voice to the largest number of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema. She recorded about 10,000 songs in various languages, including Urdu, Punjabi, and Sindhi.[10][11] She sang a total of 2,422 songs in 1,148 Pakistani films during a career that lasted more than half a century.[12][13] She is also considered to be the first female Pakistani film director.[14]
^"The Nightingale of The East; Noor Jehan Remembered on Death Anniversary". BOL News. 23 December 2020. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^"Queen of hearts". The News International. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^"'Noor Jehan infused a new spirit of patriotism, motivated Armed Forces during the 1965 war'". Daily Times. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^"Noor Jehan lives on in her songs". The Tribune India. 18 June 2022.
^Firoze Rangoonwalla, Indian Filmography, publisher: J. Udeshi, Bombay, August 1970, passim.
^ abAshish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema, British Film Institute, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2002, pp. 166.
^https://minutemirror.com.pk/remembering-legendary-madam-noor-jehan-on-her-97th-birthday/[permanent dead link]
^"Death anniversary of Malika-e-Tarannum Noor Jehan observed". Radio Pakistan. 6 September 2023.
^"Remembering Noor Jehan, Malika-e-Tarannum". DailyO. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^"'Queen of Melody' Noor Jehan remembered on 94th birth anniversary". Daily Times. 1 September 2022.
^"Noor Jehan is being remembered on her 21st death anniversary". BOL News. 25 July 2022.
^Azad, Arif (5 January 2001). "Obituary: Noor Jehan". the Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^and 69 songs in Bollywood films Noorjehan Filmography at Pakistan fil database
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