More often the comedy part seemed РІР‚СљcreatedРІР‚Сњ but with Shamshad Begum it happened. Mohabbet Meri Rang ( Nirala ).Р”В¬omedy songs are said to be most difficult to sing because you need to do many innovations with your voice. Such was her voice quality that even when she hummed ,it gave impression as if she is singing. ( Nirala )There are many such songs.Р”Р„nother unique aspect was her humming. For instance Mere Piya aaaa ( Patanga )or Bas (Baaa S ) Dil Ki Izazat. It seems as her voice touched the another echoing voice in her vocal chords while doing so and than came back to itРІР‚в„ўs original place. Every singer does it with their own style. One prominent aspect of Film Song is to say Aaaa Oooo or Uiii or any other word whether it has a meaning or not, in just one or two seconds with ascend and descend ( Aaroh and Avroh ).

Be it a low pitch song like Man Bhooli Kathayen Yaad Na Kar ( Doosri Shadi )

She could dwell on each octave with perfect ease and without losing grip over the tune and notes. Her voice was not like Rice or Pickle which needs time for curing, she was like an unpeated Scotch which is always intoxicating but gains more subtle effects with maturity. She did not change although her voice matured a bit with age but still keeping the same vibrance and the same innocence intact. The duet Kajra Mohabbatwala sung by Asha Bhosle and Shamshad Begum also became extremely popular, and itРІР‚в„ўs the last song sung by Shamshad Begum in O. Nayyar-Shamshad Begum combination gave some of the best songs in the 1950s. I had heard her first song a Punjabi Tappa ( Courtesy Gajendra Khanna ) and the latest ones too. Kajra Mohabbat Wala from Kismat (1968) O. Shamshad Begum had not only a unique voice but an unmatched style of playback singing. When I asked him to say something about Shamshad Begum as I am her fan he paused and replied РІР‚Сљ Well perhaps a singer can sing 30-40% Lata Mangeshkar or 10-15% Geeta Dutt but no one can sing even 1% Shamshad BegumРІР‚Сњ. He,being an avid Geeta Dutt fan was praising her. Once I was talking with VAK Rangarao, noted Film Historian and Record Collector about female playback singers of yesteryears.

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