Begum Akhtar - wikipedia Begum Akhtar This article is about the Indian singer. For other uses, see Begum Akhtar ( disambiguation ). Beghum Akhtar Screen shot as `` Akhtari Fyzabadi '' from film Roti ( 1942 ) Background information Birth name Akhtaribai Faizabadi ( 1914 - 10 - 07 ) 7 October 1914 Lucknow, United Provinces, British India Origin Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 30 October 1974 ( 1974 - 10 - 30 ) ( aged 60 ) Ahmedabad, India Genres Ghazal, Thumri, Dadra Occupation ( s ) Singer Years active 1929 -- 1974 Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, also known as Begum Akhtar ( 7 October 1914 -- 30 October 1974 ), was a well known Indian singer of Ghazal, Dadra, and Thumri genres of Hindustani classical music. She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for vocal music, and was awarded Padma Shri and later, Padma Bhushan, posthumously by Govt. of India. She was given the title of Mallika - e-Ghazal ( Queen of Ghazals ). Begum Akhtar 's ancestral home in Faizabad Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Death 4 Discography 4.1 List 4.2 Hindi films 5 Filmography 6 Awards and recognition 7 Bibliography 8 References 9 External links Early life Her father, Asghar Hussain, was a young lawyer who fell in love with her mother Mushtari and made her his second wife. He subsequently disowned her and his twin daughters Zohra and Bibbi ( Akhtar ). Career Akhtar was barely seven when she was captivated by the music of Chandra Bai, an artist attached to a touring theatre group. However at her uncle 's insistence she was sent to train under Ustad Imdad Khan, the great sarangi exponent from Patna, and later under Ata Mohammed Khan of Patiala. Later, she travelled to Calcutta with her mother and learnt music from classical stalwarts like Mohammad Khan, Abdul Waheed Khan of Lahore, and finally she became the disciple of Ustad Jhande Khan. Her first public performance was at the age of fifteen. The famous poet Sarojini Naidu appreciated her singing during a concert which was organised in the aid of victims of the 1934 Nepal -- Bihar earthquake. This encouraged her to continue singing ghazals with more enthusiasm. She cut her first disc for the Megaphone Record Company, at that time. A number of gramophone records were released carrying her ghazals, dadras, thumris, etc. She was amongst the early female singers to give public concert, and break away from singing in mehfils or private gatherings, and in time came to be known as Mallika - e-Ghazal ( Queen of Ghazal ). Begum Akhtar 's good looks and sensitive voice made her an ideal candidate for a film career in her early years. When she heard great musicians like Gauhar Jaan and Malak Jan, however, she decided to forsake the glamour of the film world for a career in Indian classical music. Her supreme artistry in light classical music had its moorings in the tradition of pure classicism. She chose her repertoire in primarily classical modes : a variety of raags, ranging from simple to complex. After the advent of talkie era in India, Begum Akhtar acted in a few Hindi movies in the 1930s. East India Film Company of Calcutta approached her to act in `` King for a Day '' ( alias Ek Din Ka Badshah ) and Nal Damayanti in 1933. Like others of that era, she sang her songs herself in all her films. She continued acting in the following years. Subsequently, Begum Akhtar moved back to Lucknow where she was approached by the famous producer - director Mehboob Khan, to act in Roti which was released in 1942 and whose music was composed by the maestro Anil Biswas. `` Roti '' contained six of her ghazals but unfortunately due to some trouble with the producer, Mehboob Khan subsequently deleted three or four ghazals from the film. All the ghazals are available on Megaphone gramophone records. Begum Akhtar, meanwhile, left Bombay and returned to Lucknow. In 1945, Akhtari Bai married a Lucknow - based barrister, Ishtiaq Ahmed Abbasi, and became known as Begum Akhtar. However, after marriage, due to her husband 's restrictions, she could not sing for almost five years and subsequently, fell ill. That is when her return to music was prescribed as a befitting remedy, and in 1949 she returned to the recording studios. She sang three ghazals and a dadra at Lucknow All India Radio station. She wept afterwards and returned to singing in concerts, which she continued to do unto death. She sang publicly in Lucknow, in a women 's only concert in aid of the war, which was held in 1962. Her voice matured with time, acquiring richness and depth. She sang ghazals and other light classical pieces, in her inimitable style. She has nearly four hundred songs to her credit. She was a regular performer on All India Radio. She usually composed her own ghazals and most of her compositions were raag based. She sang the timeless Bengali classical song `` Jochona Koreche Aari '' ( জোছনা করেছে আড়ি ). On October 7, 2017, Google dedicated a Doodle commemorating the 103rd birthday of Begum Akthar. Death During her last concert in Balaramapuram near Thiruvananthapuram, she raised the pitch of her voice as she felt that her singing had not been as good as she had wanted it to be and felt unwell. The stress she put herself under resulted in her falling ill and she was rushed to the hospital. She died on 30 October 1974 in the arms of Nilam Gamadia, her friend, who invited her to Ahmedabad, which became her final performance. Her tomb was a mango orchard within her home, ' Pasanda Bagh ' in Thakurganj area, of Lucknow. She was buried alongside her mother, Mushtari Sahiba. However, over the years, much of the garden has been lost to the growing city, and the tomb has fallen into disrepair. The marble graves enclosed in a red brick enclosure, were restored in 2012, along with their pietra dura style marble inlay. Attempts are on to convert her home built in 1936 in China bazaar, Lucknow into a museum. Her disciples include Shanti Hiranand, who later received Padma Shri and wrote, a biography Begum Akhtar : The Story of My Ammi ( 2005 ). Art critic S. Kalidas directed a documentary on her titled Hai Akhtari. Discography List See Begum Akhtar Discography for comprehensive list. Hindi films Naseeb Ka Chakkar -- Kalyug Hai Jabse Aaya Maya Ne... Roti Anna Sahab Mainkar Wo Hans Rahe Hain Aah Kiye Jaa... Ulajh Gaye Nayanwa Chhute Nahin... Char Dino Ki Jawani Matwale... Ai Prem Teri Balihari Ho... Phir Fasle Bahaar Aayi Hai... Rehne Laga Hai Dil Me Andhera... film Panna Dai Gyan Dutt Hamen Yaad Teri Sataane Lagi... Main Raja Ko Apne Rijha Ke Rahungi... Dana Pani Mohan Junior Ishq Mujhe Aur Kuchh To Yaad Nahi... Ehsaan ( 1954 -- hame. n dil me. n basaa bhi lo )... Filmography Year Movie Name 1933 King for a Day ( 1933, director : Raaj Hans ) 1934 Mumtaz Beghum Ameena Roop Kumari ( 1934, director : Madan ) 1935 Jawani Ka Nasha 1936 Naseeb Ka Chakkar ( Director : Pesi Karani ) 1940 AnaarBala ( Director : AM Khan ) 1942 Roti ( Director : Maadhav Kaale ) 1958 Jalsaghar ( Director : Satyajit Ray ) Awards and recognition 1968 : Padma Shri 1972 : Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1975 : Padma Bhushan ( posthumously ) Bibliography In Memory of Begum Akhtar, by Shahid Ali Agha. US Inter Culture Associates, 1979. Great Masters of Hindustani Music, by Susheela Misra. Published by Hem Publishers, 1981. Chapter 26. Begum Akhtar : The Queen of Ghazal, by Sutapa Mukherjee. Rupa & Co, 2005, ISBN 81 - 7167 - 985 - 4. Begum Akhtar : The Story of My Ammi, by Shanti Hiranand. Published by Viva Books, 2005, ISBN 81 - 309 - 0172 - 2. Ae Mohabbat... Reminiscing Begum Akhtar, by Jyoti Sabharwal & Rita Ganguly, 2008, ISBN 978 - 81 - 904559 - 3 - 0. Begum Akhtar : Love 's Own Voice, by S. Kalidas. 2009, ISBN 978 - 8174365958. References Jump up ^ In Memory of Begum Akhtar The Half - inch Himalayas, by Shahid Ali Agha, Agha Shahid Ali, Published by Wesleyan University Press, 1987. ISBN 0 - 8195 - 1132 - 3. Jump up ^ Dadra Thumri in Historical and Stylistic Perspectives, by Peter Lamarche Manuel, Peter Manuel. Published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1989. ISBN 81 - 208 - 0673 - 5. Page 157. ^ Jump up to : `` Uttar Pradesh Government approved new guidelines for Begum Akhtar Award ''. Jagranjosh.com. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017. Jump up ^ ' What a life -- Begum Akhtar 's real life was much wilder than fiction Mint newspaper, Published 7 November 2008, Retrieved 27 October 2016 ^ Jump up to : Bhavita Bhatia ( 16 January 2011 ). `` In memory of Begum Akhtar ''. The Times of India newspaper. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 27. Jump up ^ Filmography of Akhtari Faizabadi on IMDb, Retrieved 27 October 2016 ^ Jump up to : Tapas Chakraborty ( 30 October 2012 ). `` Tomb tribute to Begum Akhtar ''. The Telegraph. Retrieved 2014 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ Begum Akhtar ( 1914 -- 1974 ) -- Biography NRCW, Govt. of India. Jump up ^ Singh, Anjali ( 13 December 2012 ). `` Begum 's thumri soars again ''. Business Line. Retrieved 2014 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ Hamza Khan ( 7 November 2012 ). `` After 38 yrs, Begum Akhtar 's grave gets due attention ''. Indian Express. pp. 1 -- 2. Retrieved 2014 - 10 - 07. ^ Jump up to : `` Padma Awards Directory ( 1954 -- 2013 ) '' ( PDF ). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 15 November 2014. Jump up ^ `` SNA : List of Akademi Awardees ''. Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Jump up ^ `` In Memory of Begum Akhtar ''. www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017. Jump up ^ Tribute to Begum The Telegraph newspaper, 19 October 2008, Retrieved 27 October 2016 ' * Zikr us Parivash Ka ' : Begum Akhtar in Lucknow, by Saleem Kidwai in Shaam e Awadh : Writings on Awadh, edited : Veena Oldenberg, Penguin Book, 2007, New Delhi. External links Amazing Facts About Beghum Akhtar Biography of Beghum Akhtar An Article of Beghum Akhtar Beghum Akhtar - interesting insights Free download Begum Akhtar Songs Begum Akhtar the Undisputed Malika of Ghazals ( NewAgeIslam ) Padma Bhushan award recipients ( 1970 -- 1979 ) 1970 Ramkinkar Baij Hirabai Barodekar Buddhadeb Bosu Amiya Chakravarty T.S. Avinashilingam Chettiar Lala Hansraj Gupta Ratan Lal Joshi Gurram Jashuva Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar Kumari Kamala P.K. Kelkar M.S. Krishnan Syed Abdul Latif Bhagwantrao Mandloi Mahesh Prasad Mehray Sombhu Mitra Krishnaswami Ramiah Anant alias Annasaheb Sahasrabuddhe Surrendar Saini Viswanatha Satyanarayana Ahmed Jan Thirakwa N.M. Wagle Prem Nath Wahi Yashpal 1971 N. 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Question: begum akhtar specialised in which form of vocal music
Answer: Hindustani classical music