Tum Bhulaye Na Gaye.... Feroza Begum.

Born in an aristocratic Muslim family in Faridpur district in the 1930s, Feroza Begum became drawn to music in her childhood. She had no formal education in music, but she used to render songs on the megaphone listening to contemporary music on records of the then popular singers such as Aashchorjomoyee Devi, Sati Devi, Angur Bala, Indu Bala and Swarnokumari Devi in the pantry of her parent's house. She became so devoted to music that it was an all-encompassing preoccupation. At this stage of her life she got enormous support from her family and took part in school music competitions.
In 1955, Feroza Begum made the most challenging decision in her life. She migrated from Dhaka to Kolkata to an uncertain future with her optimism as the only constant to bank on. Subsequently she married Kamol Dasgupta and became so engrossed in family life in Kolkata that she could not continue music for six years.
As a singer in Kolkata, Feroza Begum has had some spectacular achievements. An enlisted artist of Akashbani Kolkata, Feroza Begum used to render music genres such as Nazrul Sangeet, Rabindra Sangeet, thumri, dhadra, ghazals, bhajan, geet and folk songs. But, at the begging of the 1960s, she concentrated only on Nazrul Sangeet. Her bold and revolutionary attitude gave Nazrul Sangeet a rebirth in Kolkata at a time when the music scenario was dominated by the master adhunik gaan (contemporary song) singers such as Hemanto Mukhapadhyay, Shatinath Mukhopaddyay, Shondhya Mukhopadhyay, Manobendra Mukhopadhyay, Shyamal Mitra, Manna Dey and Pratima Banarjee. Nobody in those days in Kolkata was interested in Nazrul Sangeet. But, a new challenge was ahead of Feroza Begum to give Nazrul Sangeet the respect it deserved.
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[firdous48]

mirza ji great thank u lot. plz aap kahan se haein i mean where do u live.u r contact number plz

[usmansuleman]

Thank you Mirza Sahib ... I remember this song from 1969 (or so) ... In this album, if I remember, was another number by her: Ahmed Faraz' "abke hum bichhre to shayad he kabhi" ... Would greatly appreciate if you could upload that.

[vkj321]

She married Kamal Dasgupta. 

[paiselelo]

thank U sir. i heard this song in my childhood once and since then i have yearned to listen to it and today after some 40 years, thanks to you i have been able to hear it and shamelessly wept before all present!. thanks again

[Siddeeque1]

Thank u Mirza Sahib. This is one of the lovely song that I cant get tired of listening. My wife thinks this to be something special.Feroza Begum came to Pakistan some 20[30

ago she sang this on PTV Lahore. Her voice and vocal cords were as fresh and as youthful as she had sang some 30/40 yrs ago.I was so pleased that I phoned PTV to

convey my gratitude to make this possible.

SM Siddeeque

USA

[lazerworld]

Very rare nice song, can u plz upload in good sound

[1941289]

I got her two cassetts from Rahmat Gramophone House, Aminpur bazar, Faisalabad , of course, around 25 years ago.They have a good collection. Mya be they still have it.Unfortunately I couldnt bring when migrated from Pakistan.

[TESSINE]

Does anyone know where I can get this...I would love to download this or purchase it....I love feroza begum's stuff..she is a true legend...

[aaizi]

Thanks Mirzaji from core of my heart.I requested for this jem and u brought it out for me. Jis dard ka izhar is lai main hei , bohat kam main hai.Kaash is ki asli pitch recording main aa sakti. May ;be it is very old recording. Thanks again.

[shafiqgulam786]

Much before my time nevertheless a sweet song.