Malika-e-Mauseeqi (Queen of Music) of Pakistan Roshan Ara begum was born in Kolkata in 1917, her real name was Wahidunnissa. A fakir recommended that she be named Roshanjahan (one who illuminates the world) after he heard her recite a naat. She came to be called Roshanara when she worked briefly as an actor in Noor-E-Islam (1934). Roshanara trained in classical singing for a decade before she began touring Bengal and Bihar for mehfils where she was immediately recognised for her mastery over ragas. She sang thumris and ghazals and even began recording songs for All India Radio. She was introduced on the radio as Bombaywali Roshanara Begum because she had by then decided to move to the city to live closer to her Ustad, Abdul Karim Khan. Under his tutelage, Roshanara came to be associated with the Kirana Gharana style of singing, in which sur takes centerstage. She also married a police officer who was stationed in Mumbai.
After Partition, Roshanara moved to Lalamusa in Pakistan, from where she travelled to Lahore, the cultural epicentre for music and radio programmes. Her full-throated voice stressing on sur and light taans made her voice special. Roshan Ara Begum sang for film music composers such as Anil Biswas, Feroze Nizami and Tassaduq Hussain in Pahali Nazar (1945) and Jugnu (1947) & Qismat (1956), Roopmati Baazbahadur (1960) and Neela Parbat (1969) after moving to Pakistan. She didn’t sing ghazals as often as she should have. This Seemab Akbarabadi poem, Idhar barq e tapaan rakh di, sung in Raag Kedara, is a testament to her virtuoso performance. Roshanara's absence from the ghazal scene could also be because her classical background was not suited for ghazal singing, where the stress is more on the poet's words and not on the singer's Harkat (ornamentation of the taan). Yet, this rare ghazal rendition is considered one of her most accomplished performances.
Here is a link to some of her melodious songs. You can click this link and listen.
1. • ROSHAN ARA BEGUM -- TH...
2. • Raag Darbari Kanhra -b...
3. • Jamuna Ke Teer - Rosha...
4. • Thumri - Malika E Maus...
5. • Roshanara Begum...kira...
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