Runa Laila

Runa Laila ( Bengali : রুনা লায়লা ; Urdu : رُونا ليليٰ ‎; born 17 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi singer who started her career from Pakistan film industry and sings in Ghazal s 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 early 80s. Her best known number is Dama Dam Mast Qalandar . Early life [ edit ] Runa Laila was born on November 17, 1952, 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 [ edit ] 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). Films [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 bcome 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 childrens hospital in Dhaka to build a cancer ward which has been named after her sister.