Reshma(1947 - 3 November 2013) was a renowned folk singer of Pakistan, who was also very popular in India. She died on November 3 , 2013 in Lahore, Pakistan, after suffering from throat cancer for a long time She did not receive any formal education and spent much of her childhood singing at the mazars (shrines) of the mystic saints of Sindh Some of her famous numbers are Dama Dam Mast Kalandar, Hai O Rabba nahion lagda dil mera, Sun charkhe di mithi mithi cook mahiya meinu yaad aunda, Wey main chori chori, Ankhiyan no rehen de ankhyan de kol kol....... The last was used by Raj Kapoor in Bobby, Ankhyon ko rehne de ankhyon ke aas pass, sung by Lata. Her fame had crossed the border, thanks to pirated tapes. She was able to perform live in India much later, during the 1980s when India and Pakistan allowed exchange of artists. Subhash Ghai used her voice to great effect in the film Hero, which featured one of her most famous songs, Lambi Judai............ she had won the Sitara-iImtiaz Ali Reshma was diagnosed with cancer in the 1980s, in later years her health deteriorated, leading President Pervez Musharraf to come to her aid, giving her one million Rupees to help pay off a bank loan, as well as putting her on a secured assistance of 10,000 rupees per month. He also helped her secure a plot of land for herself, but that did not go through due to the change in government.................... Her last residence was in the area of Icchra in Lahore Pakistan
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 05:34:16 +0000
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