Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Queen of Melody, Madam Noor Jahan, was remembered here late Tuesday in a musical program at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) as singers enthralled the audience with popular melodies of the legendary singer.
The show “Sada Hun Apnay Pyar Ki” featured Ghazal, Geet, Urdu, and Punjabi Songs by Sitara Younas, Gulshan Jahan, and Bano Rehmat. At the same time, Ustad Raees Ahmed will give a violin performance.
In his opening speech, Ayub Jamali, Director General Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), paid rich tributes to Noor Jahan and said, “People like Noor Jahan born in centuries, and Pakistani film industry is blessed to have the name of these personalities connected to it.
Such artistes are the academy of performing arts within themselves, and no one can replace them.”
He said, “National Heritage and Culture Division and PNCA hold programs regularly to remember and acknowledge the services of artists and promote their art to the coming generations.”
Queen of Melody Noor Jahan’s career
Pakistan’s iconic music legend, Queen of Melody Noor Jahan’s career spanned more than six decades (the 1930s–1990s); she was renowned as one of the most influential and greatest singers of all time, particularly throughout South Asia and was awarded the title of Malika-e-Tarannum in Pakistan.
She had a great command of Hindustani classical music and other music genres.
She holds the record for giving voice to the largest number of film songs in the history of cinema in Pakistan, and she has the credit for having more than 40 films and singing around 20,000 numbers during a career that lasted more than half a century.
She is considered one of the most prolific singers of all time, and she is also considered to be the first female Pakistani film director.
The performers mesmerized the audience with soft melodies, captivating lyrics, and a soothing ambiance that served as a nostalgic time of the past cinema age.
