When Ghulam Haider moved to Bombay in 1944, Shamshad was only too happy to work with him again. Ghulam Haider had previously composed music for a Punjabi film called Yamla Jat (1940) in which the young Shamshad sang for the heroine Anjana, while Noor Jehan sang for herself.
Khazanchi (1941) was her first Hindi 'film' recording. Her father finally agreed, but not before imposing many conditions that his obedient daughter followed.
He knew her from her Lahore days in fact, was the man who 'discovered' her, and convinced her father, a conservative man, to let her sing. If ever Shamshad Begum had a mentor, it was Master Ghulam Haider. Gori chali piya ke desh (with Zohrabai Ambalewali) Her hero? Motilal, older by more than 20 years.Ģ. The film was the 'adult' debut of Nargis, born Fatima Rashid, and already famous as child actor Baby Rani. It was a triumph of sorts - Shamshad came, sang, and conquered. He also gave in to her father's demands that she not be photographed, that he provide her with a house and car - all of which, Mehboob Khan fulfilled. It was Mehboob Khan who coaxed her into moving. Already a well-known name in her hometown, Lahore, then the hub of the film industry, she didn't want to move to Bombay. If it hadn't been for Mehboob Khan, the Hindi film industry would never have known Shamshad Begum.
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