Sylhet, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh)
Citizenship
Pakistani (1952–1974)[1]
Bangladeshi (1974–present)
Occupation(s)
Singer, music composer
Years active
1969–1991
2008–present
Spouses
Khawaja Javed Kaiser
Ron Daniel
Alamgir
Relatives
Subir Sen (uncle)
Awards
see Awards below
Musical career
Genres
Ghazal
pop
filmi
fusion
Sufi
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Musical artist
Runa Laila (born 17 November 1952)[2][3] is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in Pakistan film industry in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and she also made a pair with him after replacing another singer Mala.[4][5][6] Her playback singing in films – The Rain (1976), Jadur Banshi (1977), Accident (1989), Ontore Ontore (1994), Devdas (2013) and Priya Tumi Shukhi Hou (2014) - earned her seven Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer.[2] She won the Best Music Composer award for the film Ekti Cinemar Golpo (2018).[7]
^"Like music itself, a singer has no boundaries: Runa Laila". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ ab"Many Happy Returns to Sadia a Islam". The Daily Star. 17 November 2016. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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^Arnold, Alison (2000). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Taylor & Francis. pp. 420–421. ISBN 0-8240-4946-2.
^Gulzar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterji, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 532–533. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
^"National Film Awards for 2017 and 2018 announced". The Daily Star. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
RunaLaila (born 17 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in Pakistan film industry in the late 1960s. Her...
RunaLaila (Bengali: রুনা লায়লা, Urdu: رونا لیلی; born 17 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in Pakistan...
The following is a table of all Hindi songs recorded by RunaLaila till date: Ek Se Badhkar Ek (1976) movie songs Gharonda (1977) movie songs Jaan-E-Bahaar...
Runa may refer to: Runa Lucienne (born 1988), model and actress Runa Islam (born 1970), artist RunaLaila (born 1952), singer Runa Basu, cricketer Runa...
was a judge on the pan-South Asia contest show Sur Kshetra alongside RunaLaila and Asha Bhosle, hosted by Ayesha Takia. She had appeared in various Indian...
wanted Nabeel Shaukat Ali to be the fifth finalist. The neutral judge RunaLaila refused to take the decision and threatened to walk out of the show. After...
and Junoon. The song has also been performed by the Bangladeshi singer RunaLaila, and Indian artists like Hans Raj Hans, the Wadali brothers, Harshdeep...
film music. This genre would later be termed as filmi pop. Paired with RunaLaila, the singer is considered the pioneering father of pop music, mostly hip-hop...
super-hit songs for 1969. Songs of the film are: Nanhi munni guria rani... by RunaLaila Kuch log rooth kar bhi lagte hain kitne pyaare by Ahmad Rushdi Gaisuyon...
Best Lyricist for this song. The song was sung by Bhupinder Singh and RunaLaila. The song has a reprise "Ek Akela Is Sheher Mein". The song received the...
Elita Karim Uma Khan Anupama Mukti Dilshad Nahar Kona Konal Krishnokoli RunaLaila Haimanti Rakshit Das Lehat Lemis Sania Sultana Liza Mehreen Mahmud Chandana...
Biddu, Suresh Wadkar FINAL - Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, RunaLaila, Farida Khanum 12 Sa Re Ga Ma 1998 Archana Udupa, Avadhoot Gupte Runner...
Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad Juman Muhammad Yousuf Noor Bano Rubeena Qureshi RunaLaila Saif Samejo, The Sketches Sanam Marvi Sarmad Sindhi Shazia Khushk Suhrab...
Nahi Zindagi Ke" sung by RunaLaila from the 1966 film Phir Subah Hogi "Daiya Re Daiya Re Kaanta Chubhah" a duet by RunaLaila and Masood Rana from the...
Imtiaz Bulbul and Mohammad Rafikuzzaman and playback by Andrew Kishore, RunaLaila, Baby Naznin, Rabindra Nath Roy, Shakila Zafar and Sabina Yasmin. "He...
RunaLaila made this possible, by earning this award in 1976 whereas she made her debut just in 1974. The next year also, Runa won this. RunaLaila made...
Haat", "Ei Poth Choli Eka" and "E Je Darun Jaala", the latter was sung by RunaLaila and the other two songs were sung by Andrew Kishore. She went on to write...
Jeeo Aur Jeene Do. "Ali Baba Ali Baba" is a song about the woodcutter by RunaLaila and Aadesh Shrivastava from the 1990 Indian film Agneepath. On the first...
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