![]() Her very first mentors were sarangi maestro Ustad Hussain Bakshwale Saheb and composer Ghulam Haider.Her songs were frequently broadcast on AIR Lahore, bringing her voice to the notice of music directors. She then sang for All India Radio as part of Delhi's Crown Imperial Theatrical Company of Performing Arts. Shamshad Begum made her singing debut on Peshawar Radio in 1947.In fact, so faithfully did she keep her promise to her father that the public at large did not know what she looked like till well into the 1970s. She promised her father that she would never appear before the camera, and so forged a long and successful camera in the recording studio. A movie buff, she was a K L Saigal fan and reportedly watched Devdas 14 times. Shamshad Begum was born on Apin Amritsar.She had celebrated her 94th birthday just days before. ![]() Shamshad Begum, a pioneer of Bollywood's music fraternity and the voice behind some of it's most memorable hits, died in Mumbai after a long illness.
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