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Saturday, June 19th, 2010 by
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G.M. Durrani – Interview

I think it was sometimes during 1935/36 that Sohrab Modi spotted me as a singer. I was then giving performances over the radio. Singing before a mike came quite naturally to me. But when Sohrab Modi told me that I would have to face the camera and enact the role …

. Bollywood . Interviews

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 by
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Alam Lohar

Born in 1927, Alam Lohar was easily the most popular folk singer of his time in Punjab which he toured extensively performing at festivals and traveling theatres. With the advent of TV in Pakistan in 1964, he gained a much wider following. He died in 1981, the same year in …

. Featured . Folk

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 by
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Saeen Ditta Qadri

Saeen Ditta Qadri was a flute player par excellence who was associated for several years with the Radio Pakistan and the movie industry. A pupil of Ustad Muhammad Hussain,the manager of the famous Babu Band of Lahore, he learnt classical music from ektara player Allah Ditta. He died in 1986. …

. Featured . Instrumental

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 by
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Farida Khanum

Farida Khanum is an accomplished practitioner of the semi-classical style of ghazal singing. Musically, she takes after her celebrated sister Mukhtar Begum. She received her early training from the legendary Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan of the Patiala Gharana. She received the Pride of Performance medal in 1971. Listen! Woh mujh …

. Featured . Ghazal

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