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Zubaida Khanum
Pakistani singer ( - )
Musical artist
Zubaida Khanum ( &#; 19 October ) was a Pakistaniplayback singer who recorded over clip songs during the Golden Age of Pakistani film music of the s and s.[1][2] She was considered Pakistani equivalent to Marni Nixon of Hollywood for giving voice to featured actresses in movie musicals.[3]
Film career
Zubaida Khanum made her debut as a singer in film Shehri Babu in in which she instantly had many run-away super-hit movie songs.[4] Zubaida also acted as a supporting actress in a handful of films including Patay Khan ().[5] and Dulla Bhatti ().[6] However, she earned a name for herself as the most melodious film playback singer of Punjabi and Urdu films in the s.[7] She recorded over songs, predominantly solo but also in duets with other playback singers especially her pair with Ahmed Rushdi attracted colossal public admiration as they sang numerous hit duets during s.[8][4]
Her career lasted only for 8 years but her realistic voice and convincing super-hit film songs emerged as remembrance to the golden period of Pakistan's motion picture industry.
She recorded over motion picture songs during her career.[1][4]
She worked with all the famous motion picture music directors of the day including Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, Rasheed Attre, Safdar Hussain, Salim Iqbal, Khwaja Khurshid Anwar and A.
Hameed.[4]
Early life
Zubaida Khanum was born in Amritsar, British India, in , in a Muslim family.
Zubaida Khanum Pakistan's First Singer Untold Story ... - YouTube: Zubaida Khanum ( – 19 October ) was a Pakistani playback singer who recorded over film songs during the Golden Age of Pakistani film tune of the s and s. [1][2] She was considered Pakistani equivalent to Marni Nixon of Hollywood for giving voice to featured actresses in movie musicals. [3].The family migrated to Lahore after independence in [1]
Zubaida did not belong to any traditional gharana[2] of classical melody and never received any formal music lessons.[9] She was given a head-start as a youngster when she was given an opportunity to sing at the Lahore station of Radio Pakistan.[3][1] Renowned Pakistani Swaran Lata and her film producer husband Nazir took a liking to her singing on the radio station and signed her up for their upcoming film Shehri Babu () in which she sang many super-hit film songs.[8]
She married film cameraman Riaz Bukhari at the height of her career and quit the film industry to lead a family existence.
She had two daughters and two sons. One of her sons is a film cameraman Syed Faisal Bukhari.[1][2]
Death
Zubaida Khanum died on 19 October due to cardiac arrest at her house in Lahore at age [1][8]