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Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has requested the Ministries of Culture and Information and Broadcasting to help vocalist and playback singer Mubarak Begum, who is bedridden.

She tweeted that it is sad to see the celebrated singer suffering. Mubarak Begum, who sings in Hindi and Urdu, was a popular playback singer in Bollywood films during the 1950s and 1960s. She sang in the films like ‘Hamari Yaad Aayegi’, Juaari, Devdas and Hamraahi.

Mubarak Begum started her career with light music recitals performed for All India Radio, the Indian government radio. Her career as a playback singer began in 1949 with the Indian, Hindi-language film Aaiye. It was the Indo-Pakistani composer Nashad (not to be confused with the more famous Indian composer Naushad) who gave Mubarak Begum her first break.

The first song she recorded for films was “Mohe Aane Lagi Angrayi, Aja Aja Balam” (Aaiye, 1949). She also sang a duet with the then upcoming Lata Mangeshkar in the same film. A major hit in her career was the song “Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein Yun” for composer Snehal Bhatkar in Kidar Sharma’s film Hamari Yaad Aayegi which is, till this day, regarded as a classic rendition.

Mubarak Begum has sung a total of 178 songs for Hindi films during her career, and the total number of films where her songs have appeared is 115. For a complete list of her songs, see List of songs recorded by Mubarak Begum. The following is a short list of her most popular songs:

“Mujh ko Apne Gale Lagalo, Aye Mere Hamrahi” (Hamrahi, 1963)
“Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein Yun, Hamari Yaad Aaegi” (Hamari Yaad Aayegi, 1961)
“Neend Ud Jaaye Teri, Chain se Sone Wale” (Juaari, 1968)
“Woh na aayenge palat ke” (Devdas, 1955)
“Hum haal-e-dil sunayenghe” (Madhumati, 1958)
“Wada humse kiya, dil kisi ko diya” (Saraswatichandra, 1968)
“Be-murawwat bewafa begana-e dil aap hain” (Susheela, 1966)
“Ae dil bataa hum kahan aa gaye” (Khooni Khazana, 1965)
“Kuchh Ajnabi se aap hain” (Shagun, 1964)
“Ayji ayji yaad rakhna sanam” (Daku Mansoor)
“Shama Gul Karke Na Jao Yun” (Arab Ka Sitara, 1961)
“Sanwariya teri yaad men ro ro marenge hum” (Ramu Toh Deewana Hai, 1980)
“Humein Dum Daike” with Asha Bhosle (Yeh Dil Kisko Doon, 1963)
“Yeh moonh aur masoor ki daal” with Sharda (Around The World, 1967)