NoorJahan

Noor Jehan

NoorJahan   was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai (21 September 1926 – 23 December 2000), a singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades. She was renowned as one of the greatest and most influential singers of her time in South Asia and was given the honorific title of Malika-e-Tarannum  (the queen of melody)

Born into a punjabi family of musicians, Wasai was pushed by her parents to follow in their musical footsteps and become a singer but she was more interested in acting in films and graced the earliest Pakistani films with her performances. She has recorded about 10,000 songs in various languages of India and Pakistan including urdu, hindi,punjabi and sindhi languages.Along with Ahmad Rushadi she holds the highest record of film songs in the history ofPakistani cinema. She is also considered to be the first female Pakistani film director.

In 1957, Jahan was awarded the President'Award for her acting and singing capabilities