Sultana’s rendition is steeped in her classical training. The melody starts with a high-pitched note – a trademark of her voice – and follows with improvised alaaps. Sultana took the route most familiar to her. Burman told a hesitant Sultana to interpret the female version in her style. In the solo male version by Kishore Kumar, the singer follows the melody. The track, in raag bhairavi, was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and appeared in two versions.
Sultana returned to Hindi playback only in 1981 for Hamein Tumse Pyar Kitna, composed by RD Burman for the movie Kudrat. Sultana’s next song Notun Tumar Soron Dhoni appeared five years later in the Assamese film Sonma (1977). Film composer Naushad introduced her to Hindi moviegoers in Aaj Kaun Gali Gayo Shyam in Pakeezah (1972). In the 1968 Assamese film Morom Trishna, Sultana sang Sopun Rongin Palash Bonot. Her interest in playback singing has been sporadic, with only a handful of songs in a career spanning over five decades. Sultana followed the musical trajectory of such maestros as Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Vilayat Khan, Ravi Shankar and Omkarnath Thakur. Singing for Hindi films is like caging a talented bird.” “I think there is nothing in those tracks that challenges your talent. “I don’t like Hindi film songs,” she said. In a 2016 interview, Sultana expressed her indifference to film music. She also studied with Dilshad Khan of the Kirana gharana, whom she later married.įrom a young age, Sultana was advised by her father to avoid Hindi film music. Sultana began performing on stage in 1962. Born on May 24, 1950, in Nagaon in Assam, Sultana received her initial training from her father, Ikramul Mazid, and musicologist and classical musician Chinmoy Lahiri in later years. She has not restricted her training or singing to any particular gharana. Several exponents belonging to distinguished musical gharanas, such as Begum Akhtar from the Patiala gharana, Chhannulal Mishra from the Kirana gharana and Kishori Amonkar from the Jaipur gharana, have sung for movie composers, providing welcome alternatives to the usual handful of voices.
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