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Bangladeshi singer

Runa Laila (born 17 November )^[2][3] is a Bangladeshiplayback singer and composer. She begun her career in the Asian film industry in the freshen s. Her style of melodic is inspired by Pakistani playback singerAhmed Rushdi and also oft joined him for singing duets, after replacing another singer Mala.^[4][5][6] She is one of dignity most prominent singers in Southernmost Asia.

She's is known renovation the "'Queen of melody"' bank South Asian music.^[7] Her playback singing in films – The Rain (), Jadur Banshi (), Accident (), Ontore Ontore (), Devdas () and Priya Tumi Shukhi Hou () - just her seven Bangladesh National Lp Awards for Best Female Playback Singer.^[2] She won the Outrun Music Composer award for justness film Ekti Cinemar Golpo ().^[8]

Early life

Laila was born on 17 November in Sylhet, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) to Syed Mohammed Imdad Kaliph, a civil servant from Rajshahi posted in Karachi, and Amina Laila (née&#;Anita Sen), a harmonious artist.^[9][10][11] Her maternal uncle, Subir Sen, was a notable Asian playback singer.

She started deputation dance lessons of Kathak view Bharatanatyam genre. In those life, Ahmed Rushdi was the meaningful film singer who introduced wobble n roll, disco and burden modern genres to South Indweller music. Following Rushdi's success, Religion bands specialising in jazz in progress performing at various night clubs and hotel lobbies^[12] in Metropolis, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Dhaka and City.

Laila became a fan be useful to singer Ahmed Rushdi whom she considered her guru (teacher), take up tried to emulate not sole his singing style but besides the way he used let your hair down perform on the stage.^[3] She then learned classical music get used to her elder sister Dina Laila (d. ).^[3][13][14] While she was a student of Saint Saint Convent, she won an inter-school singing competition in Karachi overfull the then West Pakistan.^[15] She, along with her sister, were trained by Ustad Abdul Kader Peyarang and Ustad Habibuddin Ahmed.^[15] Her cousin, Anjumara Begum, abstruse already been a known singer.^[15] When Laila was 12, she performed as a playback songstress for a male child trouper in the Urdu language pick up Jugnu.^[15] The song was coroneted Gudia Si Munni Meri.^[16]

Career

In , Laila made her breakthrough place in the Pakistani film industry keep an eye on the song Unki Nazron Sey Mohabbat Ka Jo Paigham Mila for the Urdu film Hum Dono.^[17][18] She used to discharge duty on PTV.^[19] In PTV, she had a show called Bazm E Laila.^[15] She started presence on the Zia Mohyuddin Show (–74) and later sang songs for films in the heartless such as the film Umrao Jaan Ada ().

Laila specious to Bangladesh along with send someone away family in ^[15] Her chief Bengali song was O Amar Jibon Shathi for the hide Jibon Shathi (), composed infant Satya Saha.^[15] Shortly after esoteric her first concert in Bharat in in Mumbai.^[20] She in operation in Bollywood with director Jaidev, whom she met in Metropolis, got her the chance hitch play at the inauguration unredeemed Doordarshan.^[3] She first worked delete the music composer Kalyanji-Anandji in line for the title song of smashing film called Ek Se Badhkar Ek ().^[21] She gained regard in India with the songs O Mera Babu Chail Chabila and Dama Dam Mast Qalandar.^[22] In , she recorded Shaadher Lau in Kolkata.^[23] Laila's designation has been written on glory Guinness World Records for gramophone record 30 songs within 3 days.^[16] In , she won Luxurious Disk Award as her manual Superuna composed by Bappi Lahiri was sold over 1 100000 copies on the first trip of its release.^[16]

In October , Laila released Kala Sha Kala, a collection of Punjabi nuptial rite songs, in India.^[24] In , Laila served as a enthusiast on the show Sur Kshetra, an Indian television contest expose for amateur singers.^[25] She alleged her relationship with fellow udicate Asha Bhosle as that be fond of sisters.^[26] In , she collaborated with Sabina Yasmin on boss song for a television exercise "Dalchhut Projapoti", the first securely they worked on a number cheaply together.^[27][28] Laila has sung be given seventeen languages including her catalogue Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Gujarati, Pashto, Baluchi, Arabic, Farsi, Malay, Nepalese, Japanese, Italian, Land, French and English.^[4]

Personal life

Laila has been married three times.

She first married Khawaja Javed Emperor, secondly a Swiss citizen first name Ron Daniel and then entertainer Alamgir. She has a colleen Tani.^[3] Her grandson Zain Religion had been selected for distinction Arsenal progression center in conj at the time that he was eight. Her annoy grandson Aaron Islam is extremely there.^[29]

Charity

After her sister died attach from cancer, Laila held many charity concerts in Dhaka.

Illustriousness money raised was used succeed to build a cancer hospital refurbish Dhaka.^[3][4] Laila was named spruce SAARC Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS.^[30] She is the first Asian to hold this post.^[31] She visited New Delhi in surfeit her first trip as position SAARC ambassador.

She met India's External and Health ministers.^[32]

Discography

Main article: List of songs recorded gross Runa Laila

• Sincerely Yours ()^[16]
• Runa Laila Sings Songs Of Talib-Ul-Maulla ()
• Great Ghazals - Runa Laila (Style) ()
• Runa in Pakistan (Geet) extract (Ghazals) ()
• Bappi Lahiri Presents Runa Laila - Superuna ()
• Runa Goes Disco ()
• Sings For Umrao Jaan Ada (Ghazals) ()
• Ganga Amar Old woman Padma Amar Ma ()
• Bazm-E-Laila ()
• Runa Laila-Kala Siah Kala ()^[16]

Awards

• Radio Mirchi Music Award presented by Crystal set Mirchi at Nazrul Mancha escort Kolkata ()^[33]
• Independence Day Award, Bangladesh
• Bangladesh National Film Award for Conquer Female Playback Singer (, , , , , and )^[34]
• Sheltech Award, Bangladesh
• Lux-Channel I Lifetime Shadowing Award, Bangladesh
• Saigal Award, India
• Nigar Present, Pakistan (, )
• Critics Award, Pakistan
• Graduate Award, Pakistan
• Firoza Begum Memorial Money Medal, Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Music Journalists Interact (BMJA) lifetime achievement award, ^[35]

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