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Tawaif Mah Laqa Bai singing poetry. A tawaif was a highly successful courtesan singer‚ dancer‚ and poet who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during the Mughal era. Many tawaifs (nautch girls to the British) were forced to go into prostitution due to a lack of opportunities by the time of the British Raj. [1] [2]
Zohrabai Agrewali (1868–1913), also known mononymously as Zohrabai, was one of the most noted and influential singers of Hindustani Classical Music from the early 1900s. . Along with Gauhar Jan, she marks the dying phase of the tawaif [2] singing tradition in Indian classical m
Husna Jan or Husna Bai was a Tawaif and a Thumri singer of Banaras during the late 19th and the early 20th century. She was known in Uttar Pradesh as an expert in khayal, thumri and tappa gayaki. [1]
Altaf was born on August 30, 1999, in Pune, Maharashtra. [4] He grew up in a modest background and discovered his passion for music during his teenage years.
“Modern singers rarely lip-sync,” Grammy-nominated mix and sound engineer Ariel Chobaz — who has worked with the likes of Rihanna, Drake, Nicki Minaj and more — tells Us. “However, they ...
Salma Agha (born 29 October 1954) is a British singer and actress who worked in Pakistani and Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s. [1] She is best known for her song "Dil ke Armaan" from the film Nikaah .
Umrao Jaan is a 1981 Indian period musical drama film directed by Muzaffar Ali and starring Rekha as the eponymous character. Based on the 1905 Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada, the film tells the story of a Lucknow tawaif and poet, and her rise to fame.
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