Shamshad Begum, who was one of the first playback
singers in the Hindi film industry, died at her residence
after prolonged illness. She was 94.
She had a distinctive voice and was a versatile artist, singing
over 6000 songs in Hindi and the Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil and Punjabi
languages. She worked with maestros including Naushad Ali,
S. D.
Burman, C. Ramchandra and O. P.
Nayyar. Her songs from the 1940s to
the early 1970s remain popular and continue to be remixed.
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