Presenting Top 25 Hit Ghazals Of Begum Akhtar.
Akhtari Bai sang the ghazal with such insight and sensitivity that she created a new area where poetry and music were simultaneously enhanced. she was popularly known as "Begum Akhtar". Her family belonged to the upper class of the society and was not even inclined towards music. Begum Akhtar, the torchbearer of several traditions: the syncretic Hindustani culture of Awadh, the idiom of Hindustani classical music bound by the guru–shishya parampara, and the legacy of talented independent women musicians who, after the advent of the recording technology, became new icons of feminism. She made her stage debut at the age of seven, and subsequently had her training in Hindustani classical music with Ustad Ata Mohammad Khan of the Patiala gharana and Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan of the Kirana gharana. Begum Akhtar was well known for her singing of thumridadra, in which she combined both the Purab and the Punjab styles with a characteristic flavour that was her own and got reflected in her rendering of ghazals. Begum Akhtar lent her voice in many Hindi films and also acted in several films. Begum Akhtar received the Padma Shri, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Padma Bhushan. Her first recording was done by the Megaphone Record Company and they released many gramophone records with her melodious Ghazals, thumris, dadras, etc. In 1930's, Begum Akhtar also acted in a few Hindi films where she sang all her songs herself. She has nearly four hundred songs to her credit. She usually composed her own ghazals and most of her compositions were raag based. She also sang the timeless Bengali classical song "Jochona Koreche Aari" (জোছনা করেছে আড়ি).


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Diwana Banana Hai To 0:00
Wo Jara Jab Bhi Bimar 03:43
Jafaye Jamane 06:49
Lay Gaya Joshe Junun 10:05
Khune Dil Ka Jab 13:17
Wafa Nahi Na Sahi 16:38
Kaisa Phalak Hai 19:57
Hai Muhabbat Hai Jawani 23:08
Rahane Lega Hai Dil Main 26:50
Teri Julphe Khudki Esaf Ka Janjir 29:58
Kesharia Angia Rang Dalo 33:06
Chain Kahan Hai 36:23
Wafa Ye Jamane Se 39:50
Jis Dil Main Muhabbat Hai 43:10
Chale Ao Chale Purab Nagari 46:34
Sahar E Year 49:58
Char Dino Ki Jawani 53:13
Wo Hans Raha Hai Aaj 56:13
Bahar Aayi Khile Gul 59:29
Nayee Manzil Pe Aye 01:02:51
Jalwa Jabdar Asle Jalwa Ho Gaya 01:06:08
Muhabbat Main 01:09:36
Main Wo Badnashib Hun 01:12:57
Birha Ki Mari 01:16:09
Aa Chala Ho Pardeshia 01:19:31

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