We pray to God to give peace to the departed soul.......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. Reshma was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan to a Banjara (Gypsy) family around 1947. Her father Haji Mamad Mushtaq was a camel and horse trader from Malashi. Her tribe migrated to Karachi shortly after the Partition of India. She did not receive any formal education and spent much of her childhood singing at the mazars (shrines) of the mystic saints of Sindh. When she was twelve years old, she was spotted singing at Shahbaaz Qalandars shrine by a television and radio producer, who arranged for her to make a recording of Laal Meri on Pakistan radio. She became an instant hit and since that day, Reshma has been one of the most popular folk singers of Pakistan, appearing on television in the 1960s, recording songs for both the Pakistani and Indian film industry, and performing at home and abroad. 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, Lambi Judai etc.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:29:32 +0000
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