Legendary singer Mubarak Begum died at her
residence in Mumbai on 18 July 2016 after a prolonged illness. She was 80. She
is remembered for singing scores of songs, duets and ghazals for Bollywood,
mainly during the 1950s-1970s. Born at Sujangarh in Churu district of
Rajasthan, Begum started her career with light music recitals in All India
Radio. Her career as a playback singer began in 1949 with the Indian,
Hindi-language film Aaiye. Her first recorded song for the film was Mohe Aane
Lagi Angrayi, Aja Aja Balam. Mubarak Begum is known for the evergreen song
"Kabhi tanhaiyon mein hamari yaad ayegi" from the 1961 movie
"Hamari Yaad Aayegi". Through the 1950s and 1960s, Begum worked with
the best music directors in the film industry, collaborating with S D Burman,
Shankar Jaikishan and Khayyam for movies that starred screen legends like Sunil
Dutt, Nargis and Rajendra Kumar. Mubarak Begum has sung a total of 178 songs
for Hindi films during her career, and the total number of films where her songs
have appeared is 115.
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