Runa Laila

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Runa Laila
Runa Laila performing in BCFC (Dec 2012)
Background information
Born	Sylhet, Bangladesh
Genres	Ghazal, fusion music
Occupations	Playback singer
Instruments	vocals
Years active	1969–present

Runa Laila (Bengali: রুনা লায়লা; Urdu: رُونا ليليٰ‎;) is a Bangladeshi singer who started her career from Pakistan film industry and sings in Ghazals also. She made a pair with singer Ahmed Rushdi after replacing Mala. She also has done playbacks for movies in Bangladesh, India and Pakistani film industries during late 60s, 70s, and the early 80's. Her best known number is Dama Dam Mast Qalandar.

Early life

Runa Laila was born in Sylhet, East Bengal (now Bangladesh). Her father was from Rajshahi. She enrolled in a dance school where she learnt Kathak, Bharatanatyam, and Kathakali. Her early music training was done under Piya Rang and Ustad Habibiddin Khan when her family lived in Karachi's Federal B area in 1960. ^{[citation needed]} According to Laila, Manzur Hussain also influenced her career on her career by teaching her flaws in her voice work on. ^{[citation needed]} She made her public debut as a singer at the age of six ^{[citation needed]}. She recorded her first disc for a Pakistani film called "Jugnu" ^{[citation needed]}. She was influenced by playback singer Ahmed Rushdi as she followed his way of singing and also made a pair with him later on.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Runa started appearing on the 'Zia Mohyuddin Show', a Karachi TV stage show (1972–74) and later did songs for Pakistani films in the 70s such as Umrao Jan Ada (1972).

Acting Life

Runa Laila acted in the Bengali film "Shilpi" opposite Alamgir. The film was a remake of the Hollywood movie "The Bodyguard".

Films

She sang playback for movies in Bangladesh and India and Pakistan. She is known for her songs like Dama dum mast qalandar which has been sung by other artists and Mera babu chhail chhabeela main to nachoon gi. ^{[citation needed]}

She entered into the Hindi film playback with Ek se badhkar ek in 1974. She also sang in Gharonda. After that she withdrew from Mumbai. ^{[citation needed]} Some of the music directors she has worked with are Jaidev, Kalyanji Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Bappi Lahiri. ^{[citation needed]} She has also sung Bangladeshi songs like Sadher lau banailo morey, Shilpi ami, tomaderi gan shonabo and Bondhu tin din tor barite gelam.

Personal Life

Runa had an elder sister named Dina Laila and a younger brother named Syed Ali Murad. She has been married three times and has a daughter named Tani Laila. Runa first married Khawaza Javed Kaiser, secondly a Swiss citizen named Ron Daniel^{[citation needed]} and lastly the actor Alamgir.^[1]

Sister Dina (once married to Pakistani politician from Sindh, Makhdoom Amin Fahim) would have become a singer as well but had to give up singing when she married. Dina later died of cancer. ^{[citation needed]} In memory of her sister, Runa held six concerts in Bangladesh and donated the entire proceeds to a children's hospital in Dhaka to build a cancer ward which has been named after her sister. ^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Runa Laila-Kala Sha Kala March 23, 2010
Runa Laila - Moods & Emotions Dec 01 2008
Bazm-E-Laila
The Loves Of Runa Laila
Ganga Amar Ma Padma Amar Ma-Runa Laila
Superuna Dec 01 1982
Runa Goes Disco Sep 01 1982
Runa Sings Shahbaz Qalandar Sep 01 1982
Geet / Ghazals Sep 01 1976
Runa In Pakistan (Geet) Dec 01 1980
Runa In Pakistan (Ghazals) Dec 01 1980
Sincerely Yours Runa Laila
I Love to Sing for You

Film songs

Pakistan

Commander (1968)
Hum Dono (1966)
Anjuman (1970)
Umrao Jaan Ada (1972)
Man Ki Jeet (1972)
Ehsaas (1972)
Dilruba (1975)

India

Phir Subah Hogi
Gharaonda (1977)
Ek Se Badhkar Ek
Yadgaar
Agneepath
Sapnon ka Mandir
Jaaney Bahar

Bangladesh

Shwaralipi
Dui Jibon
Antore Antore
The Rain
Beder Meye Josna
Kayamat Theke Kayamat Porjonto
Sopner Nayok
Sottyer Mrittyu Nei
Meghla Akash
Megher Koley Rod
Hridoyer Badhon

Awards

Independence Day Award, Bangladesh
National Film Award (4 times)
Shelteck Award, Bangladesh
Lux Channel I Lifetime Performance Award, Bangladesh
Saigal Award, India
Nigar Award, Pakistan (twice)1968 and 1970
Critics Award, Pakistan
Graduate Award, Pakistan (twice)
National Council of Music Gold Medal, Pakistan

References

↑ "মিডিয়া পাড়ার কিছু ২য় বিয়ের গল্প". banglanews24. 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2013-03-12.

External links

v t e Nigar Award for Best Female Playback Singer

1959–1960	Noor Jehan (1959) Naseem Begum (1960)

1961–1980	Naseem Begum (1961) Mala (1962) Naseem Begum (1963) Naseem Begum (1964) Mala (1965) Noor Jehan (1966) Noor Jehan (1967) Runa Laila (1968) Noor Jehan (1969) Runa Laila (1970) Noor Jehan (1971) Tahira Syed (1972) Nayyara Noor (1973) Naheed Akhtar (1974) Naheed Akhtar (1975) Noor Jehan (1976) Mehnaz (1977) Mehnaz (1978) Mehnaz (1979) Mehnaz (1980)

1981–2000	Mehnaz (1981) Mehnaz (1982) Mehnaz (1983) Mehnaz (1984) Mehnaz (1985) Humaira Channa (1986) Mehnaz (1987) Mehnaz (1988) Humaira Channa (1989) Mehnaz (1990) Humaira Channa and Noor Jehan(1991) Noor Jehan and Tarannum Naz (1992) Humaira Channa and Shamsa Kanwal (1993) Humaira Channa and Shamsa Kanwal (1994) Hadiqa Kiani and Saira Nasim (1995) Shazia Manzoor and Saira Nasim (1996) Humaira Channa and Azra Jehan (1997) Shazia Manzoor and Saira Nasim (1998) Mehnaz and Azra Jehan (1999) Saima Jehan and Saima Nasim (2000)

Persondata
Name	Laila, Runa
Alternative names
Short description	Bangladeshi singer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Sylhet, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Date of death
Place of death

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