Actor

Noor Jehan

Sound

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Movies: 54Series: 0Crew credits: 28

TMDB ID: 1303748

IMDb ID: nm0420451

Known for: Sound

Born: September 21, 1926

Died: December 23, 2000

Age: 74

Place of birth: Kasur, Punjab, British India

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1940 - 2015

Years active: 76

Average TMDB rating: 7.9

Wikidata: Q466955

Also known as

Noorjahan • നൂർജഹാൻ • Noor Jahan • نور جہاں • ਨੂਰ੍ ਜਹਾਂ • Allah Rakhi Wasai • Malika-e-Tarannum • ملکہ ترنّم‎‎ • नूरजहान • رَکھی وسائی‎ • +7 more

Other jobs

Playback Singer (24)Songs (2)Music (1)Musician (1)

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Biography

Noor Jehan (September 21, 1926 – December 23, 2000), also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Tarannum (Queen of Melody), was a widely-admired Pakistani playback singer and former actress whose career lasted for more than half a century. She started in British India in the 1930s but moved to Pakistan with its inception, and came to be considered one of the greatest and most influential singers in Indian subcontinent history. She holds the record for having given voice to the largest number of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema. Noor Jehan received more than 15 Nigar Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, eight for Best Urdu Singer Female and the rest for Punjabi Playback. She was the first Pakistani singer to sing at the Royal Albert Hall London and even she received the third-highest honour and civilian award of the country, the Sitara-e-Imtiaz.