Mubarak Begum
| Mubarak Begum | |
|---|---|
| Native name | مبارک بیگم |
| Born | 1935/1936 Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan |
| Died | 18 July 2016 (age 80) Jogeshwari, Maharashtra |
| Genres | playback singing |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocalist |
| Years active | 1949-1972 |
Mubarak Begum was an Indian vocalist who sang in the Hindi and Urdu languages. She was a popular playback singer in Bollywood films during the 1950s and 1960s. She had also recorded and given public performances in a number of other genres, including Ghazal and Na`at. A list of the Hindi film songs recorded by her can be found here.
Mubarak Begum started her career with light music recitals performed for All India Radio, the Indian Government radio. Her career as a playback singer began in 1949 with the Indian, Hindi-language film Aaiye. It was the Indo-Pakistani composer Nashad (not to be confused with the more famous Indian composer Naushad) who gave Mubarak Begum her first break. The first song she recorded for films was "Mohe Aane Lagi Angrayi, Aja Aja Balam" (Aaiye, 1949). She also sang a duet with the then upcoming Lata Mangeshkar in the same film. A major hit in her career was the song "Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein Yun" for composer Snehal Bhatkar in Kidar Sharma's film Hamari Yaad Aayegi which is, till this day, regarded as a classic rendition.
Mubarak Begum has sung a total of 178 songs for Hindi films during her career, and the total number of films where her songs have appeared is 115. For a complete list of her songs, see List of songs recorded by Mubarak Begum. The following is a short list of her most popular songs:
Mubarak Begum was born into a Muslim family at Sujangarh in Churu district of Rajasthan. She was married to Mr. Shaikh, a man of her own community, and was the mother of two children, a son and a daughter. Her husband and daughter are both dead and she lives with her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter.
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