Noor Jehan
Pakistani playback singer and actress who worked first in India and then in the cinema of Pakistan.
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Thumri
Vocal genre or style of Indian music.
Some other singers of thumri are Gauhar Jan (1873–1930), Begum Akhtar (1914–1974), Shobha Gurtu (1925–2004), Noor Jehan (1926–2000) and Nirmala Devi (1927-1996).
Cinema of Pakistan
The cinema of Pakistan, or Pakistani cinema, refers to the filmmaking industry in Pakistan.
Recovery was evident with Noor Jehan's directorial debut Chanwey releasing on 29 April 1951.
Pran (actor)
Indian actor, known as the greatest villain ever in the history of Indian cinema and character actor in Hindi cinema from the 1940s to the 1990s.
Directed by Moti B. Gidwani, the film featured Noor Jehan and Durga Khote.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director, primarily a singer of qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music.
Khan, throughout his career, had great understanding with many south Asian singers such as Alam Lohar, Noor Jehan, A. R. Rahman, Asha Bhosle, Javed Akhtar, and Lata Mangeshkar.
Lata Mangeshkar
Indian playback singer and occasional music composer.
Initially, she is said to have imitated the acclaimed singer Noor Jehan, but she later developed her own style of singing.
Dilip Kumar
Indian actor and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema.
After two more unsuccessful films, it was his fourth film Jugnu (1947), in which he starred alongside Noor Jehan, that became his first major hit at the box office.
Mehdi Hassan
Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood.
The same duet was also sung by Hassan and Noor Jehan.
Mohammed Rafi
Indian playback singer and musician.
Rafi sang "Tera Khilona Toota Balak" from Mehboob Khan's Anmol Ghadi (1946) and a duet with Noor Jehan in the 1947 film Jugnu, "Yahan Badla Wafa Ka".
Ghazal
Form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry.
In Pakistan, Noor Jehan, Iqbal Bano, Abida Parveen, Farida Khanum, Ghulam Ali, Ahmed Rushdi, Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, Parvez Mehdi and Mehdi Hassan are known for ghazal renditions.
Trilok Kapoor
Indian actor and a member of the Kapoor family who worked in Bollywood films.
He acted as hero opposite Noor Jehan in the superhit film Mirza Sahiban, her last film in India in 1947 before Noor Jehan moved to Pakistan.