Ahmed Rushdi
Ahmed Rushdi (born April 24, 1934 in the Princely State of Hyderabad , British India , † April 11, 1983 in Karachi , Pakistan ) was a Pakistani playback singer of the Urdu film.
Life
Rushdi, who grew up in Hyderabad, India, had a natural baritone voice . He emigrated to Pakistan and became a singer in the Pakistani film industry. After he recorded the pop song Ko-Ko-Ko-reena , he is also known as the first regular pop singer in South Asia . In 1954 he recorded the official national anthem of Pakistan with several other singers. He suffered from poor health in the late 1970s. He died of a heart attack at the age of 48. In total, he sang about five thousand movie songs in 583 films.
Awards
Rushdi received
- five Nigar Awards (official award of the Pakistani film industry),
- the title "Best Singer Of The Millennium",
- the Life Time Achievement Award,
- the Legend Award and
- the Lux Style Award.
In 2003, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf posthumously awarded him the Sitara-e-Imtiaz , the “Star of Excellence”, for outstanding services in the field of art. In Karachi , Ahmed Rushdi Road was named after him.
Web links
- Ahmed Rushdi in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Works by Ahmed Rushdi in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Ahmed Rushdi at Discogs (English)
- Ahmed Rushdi at Pakistan Film Magazine
- Ahmed Rushdi. Profile at Cineplot.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Remembering a legend . Dawn News. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ↑ Hamida Khuhro, Anwer Mooraj: Karachi, megacity of our times . Oxford UP, 1997, ISBN 978-0-19-577806-9 , p. 401.
- ^ Saeed Malik: Lahore: a musical companion , Verlag Babar Ali Foundation, 2006, p. 154
- ↑ Ahmed Rushdi's 77th birthday today. Galaxy Lollywood, April 24, 2011 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rushdi, Ahmed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Pakistani singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hyderabad , British India |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1983 |
| Place of death | Karachi , Pakistan |