AKH LARI BADOBADI BY NOOR JEHAN (banarsi thag)

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Noor Jehan (West Punjabi:) or (East Punjabi).
(born ( Allah Rakhi Wasai ; 21 September 1926 – 23 December 2000 sometimes spelled Noorjehan),
also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Tarannum (Queen of Melody),
she was a Pakistani playback singer and actress who worked first in British India and then in the cinema of Pakistan.
Her career spanned more than six decades (the 1930s–1990s).
Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers in Indian subcontinent, she was given the honorific title of Malika-e-Tarannum in Pakistan.
She had a command of Hindustani classical music as well as other music genres.
Along with Ahmed Rushdi, she holds the record for having given voice to the largest number of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema.
She recorded about 20,000 songs in various languages including Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi.
She sang a total of 2,422 songs in 1148 Pakistani films during a career that lasted more than half a century.
She is also considered to be the first female Pakistani film director.....

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