Begum Akhtar – Bengali Light Classicals
Begum Akhtar – Short Introduction.
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With the advent of talkie era in India, Begum Akhtar acted in a few Hindi movies in thirties. East India Film Company of Calcutta approached her to act in KING FOR A DAY (alias Ek Din Ka Badshah) and NAL DAMAYANTI in the year 1933. Like others of that era, she sang her songs herself in all her films. She continued acting in the following years. The movies she acted in are: Ameena (1934), Mumtaz Begum (1934), Jawaani Ka Nasha (1935), Naseeb Ka Chakkar (1935).
Subsequently Begum Akhtar moved back to Lucknow where she was approached by the famous producer-director Mehboob Khan, as a result of which she acted in ROTI which was released in 1942 and whose music was composed by maestro Anil Biswas. ROTI contained six of her ghazals but unfortunately due to some trouble between producer and director, Mehboob Khan subsequently deleted 3-4 ghazals from the film. All the ghazals are available on Megaphone gramophone records. Begum Akhtar, meanwhile, left Bombay and returned to Lucknow.
In 1945, Begum AKhtar was married to barrister Ishtiaq Ahmed Abbasi and became known as Begum Akhtar. However, after marriage, due to her husband’s restrictions, she could not sing almost 5 years, and subsequently, she fell ill. Music was prescribed as the only remedy! In 1949, she returned to the recording studios. She sang three ghazals and a dadra at Lucknow Radio Station. She wept aferwards and returned to singing in concerts, a practice which lasted until her death.
Begum Akhtar’s involvement with films was not yet over. Music Director Madan Mohan persuaded her to sing in two Hindi movies viz. DAANA PAANI (1953 – ai ishq mujhe aur to kuchh yaad nahii.n hai) and EHSAAN (1954 – hame.n dil me.n basaa bhi lo). Satyajit Ray’s Bengali film ‘JALSA GHAR’ (1958) was her last role where she played the role of a classical singer.
She acted on stage as well. However, the theatre required for her to raise her voice so that she could be heard in “the pit class” at the back. Her voice was adversely affected by it. So, she had to give it up.
Begum Akhtar is almost synonymous with the concept of ghazal gaayaki. She immortalized her own definitive style of singing – a style that few have been able to match. She is rightly known as Mallika-e-Ghazal.
Her voice matured with time, adding richness and depth. She sang ghazals and other light classical pieces, singing them in her inimitable style. She has nearly four hundred songs to her credit. She was a regular performer on All India Radio. She usually composed her own ghazals and most of her compositions were raag based.
During her last concert which was held in Ahmedabad, she had raised the pitch of her voice as she felt that her singing that day had not been as good as she had wanted it to be. She had not been feeling well that day to begin with. The additional demand and stress she put herself under resulted in her falling ill and being rushed to the hospital. She passed away on 30th of October, 1974 leaving a big void in ghazal lovers’ hearts.
She was posthumously awarded the Padmabhushan. Just eight days before her death, she recorded Kaifi Azmi’s ghazal:
- sunaa karo merii jaan un se un ke afsaane
- sab ajanabii hai.n yahaa.N kaun kis ko pahachaane
Her songs:
Music Directors: Gyanprakash Ghosh, Roby Guha Mazumder
Lyricists: Gynanprakash Ghosh, Pulak Bandhopadhyay, Roby Guha Mazumder
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To listen Begum Akahtar’s Gazal, one has
to involve completly with lyrics and savour the wordings of the song. Listen
in calm & quite place either in evening or late night. You can feel in your heart and achieve hight of emotions and feelings. Akhtaribai is my favourite
we can never bid good bye to Akhtari Bai!
such an artiste comes to a nation once in many centuries !
Tranquil and nice time passing song and remembarrence of early age
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Akhtaribai is my favourite thumri artist.She was a complete artist as i have ever seen, in a single word MARVELLOUS.
Second Begum Akhtar ?- Kabhi Nahi.
Wow ! What a pleasure to your ears………. Emotional kore dai….
Sangeet ki jinish ta ai gaan sunle bojha jai
akhon ja sob gaan sunchi ‘paran jay jaliya re’ !!!!!
I wish I could reborn in those days when singers like Begum Akhter sang; Aha ki modhu makha gaan.. “voriya poran shunitechhi gaan;”
I`M A BIG FAN OF THIS THURI MAESTRO……….SOBAI-KE TAR GAN SONAR JONNO REQUEST KORCHI…..
Sundor Akta Sandhe Katlo Begum Akhtar-er Gaan Shune.