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Birth Details –

Place – Calcutta, British India, India

Date of Birth – 1937

Zodiac Sign – Libra

Marital Status – Married

Nationality – Pakistani

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Farida Khanum Biography in English

Physical Appearance –

Height – 5” Feet 11 “ Inches

Eye Color  Black–

Hair Color – Black

Family –

Mother  – Alys Faiz

Father  – Zia Sarhadi

Sister – Mukhtar Begum

Teacher  – Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan

Farida Khanum  is a Pakistani classical singer from the city of Kolkata West Bengal.

 She is also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Ghazal (The Queen of Ghazal) in both Pakistan and India.

Early life –

She was born in the fall of 1937 in Calcutta , British India. She had four siblings, a sister and three brothers. Her sister is the famous singer, Mukhtar Begum.

Their whole family moved from Amritsar, in eastern Panjab (india) to Lahore, Pakistan when she was 18 years old.

She started learning Khayal, Thumri and Dadra from Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan of Patiala gharana.

As a child, her sister Mukhtar Begum would take her to the Khan’s place for regular riyaaz .

Her family moved to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947.

Personal life –

Farida Khanum lives in Lahore, Pakistan. She has five daughters and one son.

Farida Khanum has been affectionately called Queen of Ghazal in Pakistan.

Career –

Farida Khanum gave her first public concert in 1950 at the very young age of 21, and then joined Radio Pakistan where she gained recognition for herself.

She became a star when Pakistan’s president Ayub Khan invited her to a public recital in the 1960s. Farida also acted in films and she also sanged songs for films.

She has been a frequent performer on Pakistan Television and other Pakistani TV channels.

The ghazal she is most associated with is Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Naa Karo written by the famous poet Fayyaz Hashmi.

In 2015, at the age of 86, she sang this ghazal in Coke Studio Season 8.

Farida Khanum’s live concerts in India have been very popular.

She also visited Kabul, Afghanistan in the late 1960s and early 1970s for concerts, she collaborated with Afghan musicians and sang Persian-language ghazals there.

Filmography –

Film

1953 – Sailab  

1961 – Sher-e-Islam

1963 – Baji

1967 – Main Woh Nahin  

1968 – Pakeeza

1969 – Qasm Us Waqt Ki

1970 – Pardesi

1972 – Bazi Jit Lei   

1973 – Pyasa  

1973 – Dukh Sajna Day  

1974 – Rano    

1979 – Nishani

Awards –

Farida Khanum Famous Songs –

Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo

Dil Jalane Ki Baat

Aaj Jane Ki Zid Na

Woh Ishq Jo Hamse Rooth Gaya

Bale bale

Mohabbat Karne Wale

Mere Humnafas Mere

Dil Jalaane Ki Baat Karte Ho

Woh Mujhse

So Raha Tha

Na Rawa Kahiye

Mere Humnafas Mere Humnava

Main Ne Pairon Mein Payal

Yeh Kya Ke Ek Jahan

Gulon Ki Baat Karo

Kuch Ishq Tha Kuch

Na Rawa Kahiye Na Saza

Donon Jahan Teri

Haal Aisa Nahin Keh Tum

Dil E Muztar Ko Samjhaya

Tum Aur Fareb Khao

Mere Hamnafas Mere

Uzr Aane Mein Bhi Hai

Chand Nikale Kisi Janib

Dayar-E-Dil Ki Raat Mein

Sajan Lago Toori

Dil-e-Muztar Ko

Tauba Tauba Meri Tauba

Naina Re Naina

Hijr Ki Raat

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