Suraiya Multanikar (born 1940) is a Pakistani singer mostly known for her
folk song
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ghazal
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folk song
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has ...
songs
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.Profile of Suraiya Multanikar on The Friday Times (newspaper) Zulqarnain's Audio Archive 26 September 2014, Retrieved 18 June 2018.
Early life and family
Multanikar was born in Multan, Punjab. Her earliest childhood memories are of wanting to excel as a singer. No one in her immediate family could either teach or advise her. So in her childhood, she taught herself by listening to film songs and copying their tunes and lyrics. Later, she became a formal disciple of Ghulam Nabi Khan of the Delhi gharana of classical music who was a
sarangi
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player
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Multanikar has 7 children (from oldest to youngest): Muhammad Ali, a UK-based orthopaedic doctor; Ruqaiya Sajjad; Ramzan Ali, Shaista, Rabia, Aalia and Rahat Bano. Her youngest daughter, Rahat Multanikar is also a folk singer like her mother.
Career
Radio Pakistan
On the radio, at age 15, she sang compositions by veteran Pakistani composers, Niaz Hussain Shami and Abdul Haq Qureshi.Alhamra organizes Kuch Yaadain Kuch Baatain for legendary singers to interact with fans Daily Times (newspaper), 21 September 2019, Retrieved 26 June 2020 In her career as a singer, she was inspired from the works of Roshan Ara Begum, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan of
Sham Chaurasia gharana
Sham Chaurasi Gharana is a vocal gharana (a family's style of singing) in Hindustani classical music known for the singing of vocal duets. It is also known as the cradle of drupad. It is one of the four singing gharanas of Punjab; the other thr ...
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Bade Fateh Ali Khan
Ustad Bade Fateh Ali Khan ( ur, ; ; 1935 – 4 January 2017) was among the foremost Khyal vocalists in Pakistan, and a leading exponent of the Patiala Gharana tradition of music. He was the younger of the legendary singing duo Amanat Ali a ...
of
Patiala gharana
The Patiala ''gharana'' (, ) is one of the vocal (tradition, school, or style of music) of Hindustani classical music, named after the city of Patiala in Punjab, India where it was established. The ''gharana'' was founded in the mid to late 19th ...
and
Mehdi Hassan
Mehdi Hassan Khan ( ur, مہدی حسن خاں , translit=) 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012) was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of gh ...
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Film industry
Multanikar's career as a playback singer was short lived. She gained widespread recognition for her song,"Bare Be Murawwat Hain Yeh Husn Walay", "Kahin Dil Laganey Ki Koshish Na Karna" written by
Masroor Anwar
Masroor Anwar (6 January 1944 – 1 April 1996) was a ghazal poet, film song lyricist and a film screenwriter. He wrote the lyrics for ' Ko Ko Korina', South Asia's first pop song, and working alongside Sohail Rana, film director Pervez ...
Badnaam
''Badnaam'' is a Pakistani film in Urdu language, released on 2 September 1966, adapted from Saadat Hasan Manto's short story ''Jhumkay'' ("Ear-rings") by screenwriter Riaz Shahid.
The film was directed and produced by Iqbal Shehzad, in hi ...
(1966).
Awards and recognition
* 1959: Golden Award
* 1960: Chatta Gaang Award
* 1964:
Nigar Award
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* 1975: Gulam Fareed Award
* 1980: Gulam Fareed Award
* 1982: Jashn-e-Fareed Award
* 1981: Shair-e-Mashriq Award
* 1982: Shair-e-Mashriq Award
* 1986:
Pride of Performance
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Award by the
President of Pakistan
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* 2000: Shahbaz Award
* 2002: Gulam Fareed Award
* 2008:
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
The Sitara-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Sitara-i-Imtiaz, is the third-highest (in the order of "Imtiaz") honour and civilian award in the State of Pakistan. It recognizes individuals who have made an "especially meritorious contribution to the ...