Milestone Songs of Noor Jahan... 1 / 3

"Noor Jahan was one of the greatest film and music personalities of the subcontinent." She started her film career in the age of just nine years old and became super star as baby artist and then a top singer and actress in Indian movies. In 1935, K.D. Mehra directed Pind di Kudhi and Noor Jehan acted along with her sisters in this film. Later, she also acted in films like Missar Ka Sitara (1936), Heer-Sayyal (1937) and others. She then recorded her first song for Dalsukh M. Pancholi`s movie Gul Bakavli, titled Shala Jawaniyan Mane. In 1942, she played the main lead opposite Pran. Khandaan`s success compelled her to shift to Bombay, where she shared melodies with Shanta Apte in Duhai (1943). It was in this film that Noor Jehan lent her voice for the second time to actress named Husn Bano. In 1945, Jehan player the lead role in the movie Badi Maa alongside Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. In 1945, she sung a Qawwali with Zohrabai Ambalewali "Aahen Na Bhareen Shikave Na Kiye", which was the first ever Qawwali recorded in female voices in subcontinent films. Mirza Sahibaan (1947), which starred Prithviraj Kapoor`s brother Trilok Kapoor, was the last film of Noor Jehan`s in India.