Author: S Kalidas
Publisher: Roli Books
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 84
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788174365958
Description
Akhtaribai Faizabadi, or Begum Akhtar as she was later called, was a much loved classical diva of 20th century India. The last of the great female singers from the courtesan (tawaif) community, Begum Akhtar effortlessly transcended that label to marry Barrister Ishtiaq Ahmed Abbassi of Lucknow. Witty, vibrant, and engaging with the world at various levels, here was a remarkable woman who took life head-on, and by many accounts, perhaps a bit recklessly.
As a tawaif, she was trained to charm the system and subvert narrow patriarchal practices by means of highly sophisticated seduction. At another level, she was a hapless victim, constantly tormented by the twists and turns of her own destiny. She braved on regardless, driven by a deep inner quest to pursue love in its purest form, as an end in itself; be it in music or in life. Begum Akhtar: Love’s Own Voice documents her troubled and tempestuous life through the narratives of some of her closest friends and associates.
THE GREATEST HITS OF BEGUM AKHTAR :-
AYE MOHABBAT TERE ANJAAM PE RONA AYA
AB CHHALAKTE HUYE SAGAR
YE NA THI HAMARI QISMAT
DIWAANA BANANA HAI TO DEWANA
UZR AANE MEIN BHI HAI
ULTI HO GAYI SAB TADBIREN
NANADIYA KAHE MARE BOL
HAMAR KAHIN MANO RAJAJI
LAGI BERIYA PIYA KE AVAN KI
MORA BALAM PARDESIYA