Nayyara Noor
Nayyara Nooor is a Pakistani singer well known as The Tragedy Queen for her
sad melodious songs. She has been popular during 80s and 90s.
Nayyara became a singer by chance. What happened was that in the early
seventies, she was doing a course with a diploma granted at completion in
textile designing from the national college of arts. At that time colleges and
universities regularly held all Pakistan contests in various subjects, in which
she often participated and won prizes, as well. A little later, she introduced
herself to the relevant people in the Pakistan television. In those days, Rafiq
Waraij had been affiliated with an entertainment program. He had heard about
Nayyara's talents and decided to give her an opportunity to sing. Besides, in
the mid-seventies, Nayyara had recorded a lot of geeth and ghazals for Arshad
Mehmud for Pakistan television's 'such gup' and 'taal matol'. Moreover, during
those days, she was fond of listening to Begum Akhtar's (Nayyara is inspired by
Begum Akhtar) ghazals in old fashioned r m p gramophone record players (audio
cassette players were not common then) which further enhanced her aptitude in
music. Further, in college days, she was accustomed to singing ghazals, which
had been originally recorded in Begum Akhtar's voice and Nayyara gained a lot of
popularity. In Nayyara's own words: 'Ghazal leaves a profound impact on the
listener. The effect is rapid and lasting'.
Following are some ghazals in Nayyara's voice, which were recorded for
Pakistan television and which have virtually immortalized the television's image
to the general public.
Aye jazba-e-dil gar mein chahoon' (poet: Behzad Lakhnavi, PTV's music
program: 'sukhanwar')
'Jazba-e-dil' was an instant hit.
'Kabhi hum khoobsoorat thay': (poet: Ahmed Shamim, PTV's drama serial: 'Teesra
kinara'), 'Chalo uskoh' (Nazm, lyrics: Zehra Nigah, music: Mian Sheheryaar,
PTV's drama'83: 'Daur-e-junoon'), 'Ghata ghanghor, ghor': (geeth: Karachi
television's 'Silver Jubilee', originally recorded in Khursheed Begum's voice),
While sharing her views with the audience, Nayyara had said: 'It is a matter of
tremendous pleasure and honor for a singer to be praised by a luminary (poet,
musician etc.) In her case, she added, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi was all praise for the
blank verse.
Let us look at some all time great ghazals recorded in her voice:
'Rang barsaat nay bharay kuchh tou' (poet: Nasir Kazmi: Nayyara's favorite
poet), 'Phir sawan ruth ki pawan chali' (poet: Nasir kazmi), 'Aye ishq hamay
barbaad na kar':(Nazm, poet: Akhtar Shirani, composer: Khalil Ahmed) .
Furthermore, Nayyara believes that Ibn-e-Insha's ghazals carry a unique
pathos:
'Jalay tour jalao gori' (poet: Ibn-e-Insha).
National songs in Nayyara's voice:
'Watan ki mitti gawah rehna' is widely listened from Karachi to Khyber.
During her long singing career, she has sung ghazals, geeth, nazm and
national songs. Sober and shy, she has always maintained her high singing
standards from the beginning. She has also recorded hundreds of songs for the
Pakistani films.
From romantic scores like:
'Tera saya jahan bhi ho sajna (film: 'Gharana', lyrics: Kaleem Usmani), 'Too
he bata,pagli pawan (film: 'Phool meray gulshan ka'), 'Itna bhi na chaho mujhay'
(film: 'Parda na uthao'), 'Roothay ho tum, tum ko kaisay mana oon piya' (film: 'Aa'ena',
lyrics: Kaleem Usmani, music: Robin Ghosh).
to tragic numbers like:
'Aaj gham hai tour kiya'(film:'Mastana'), 'Toot gaya sapna'(film:'Subha ka
tara').
Nayyara's versatile voice touches the hearts of her myriad of fans in Pakistan
and across the borders alike. For her, fame is the word. Some of her super hit
songs are listed here below:
'Boal ri gurya boal' (film: 'Aas', lyrics: Masroor Anwar), 'Ik ajnabi
chehray'(film:'Baghi haseena'), 'Mera pyar tumhe ho'(film: 'Farz aur mamta), 'Mausum
tou diwana hai'(film: 'Dou saathi'), 'Tera pyar bun kay Aaye' (film: 'Bhool'),
Zara meri nabz deikh kar'(film: 'Ajnabi'), 'Phool bun ja-oon gee' (film: 'Qismath'),
'Kuchh loag mohabbat ka sila' (film: 'Gumrah').
Nayyara's innumerable admirers look forward to listening to her mellifluous
voice for many years. Nayyara: Keep on smiling.
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