Reshma, SI, is a renowned folk singer of Pakistan, who is popular in India too.
She was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan to a Gypsy family in 1947. Her family moved to Pakistan during the partition of India.[1] She says she does not have any training in classical music. In 2004 her rendition of Ashkan Di Gali Vich Mukaam De Gaya was in the top ten of the Indian charts.
Her most famous song is "Lambi Judai", sung for a Bollywood film Hero. Based in Lahore, she is an advocate of good relations between India and Pakistan. She traveled in the first bus from Lahore to Amritsar. She was discovered by the director Subhash Ghai of Hindi Movie Hero when he heard her singing at a function in her village. Although she couldn't speak Hindi properly, the director helped her sing the song by singing in front of her and teaching her the words phonetically.
In October 2002 Reshma performed at the Brunei Gallery in London to a packed fall of Pakistani expatriates her daughter Khadija and Umayr also performed.
In January 2006 she was one of the passengers on the inaugural Lahore-Amritsar bus, the first such service linking both parts of the Punjab since 1947. The bus had 26 passengers in total of whom 15 were Pakistani officials, Reshma had booked seven seats for herself and her family.
Reshma is a vegetarian.
She was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan to a Gypsy family in 1947. Her family moved to Pakistan during the partition of India.[1] She says she does not have any training in classical music. In 2004 her rendition of Ashkan Di Gali Vich Mukaam De Gaya was in the top ten of the Indian charts.
Her most famous song is "Lambi Judai", sung for a Bollywood film Hero. Based in Lahore, she is an advocate of good relations between India and Pakistan. She traveled in the first bus from Lahore to Amritsar. She was discovered by the director Subhash Ghai of Hindi Movie Hero when he heard her singing at a function in her village. Although she couldn't speak Hindi properly, the director helped her sing the song by singing in front of her and teaching her the words phonetically.
In October 2002 Reshma performed at the Brunei Gallery in London to a packed fall of Pakistani expatriates her daughter Khadija and Umayr also performed.
In January 2006 she was one of the passengers on the inaugural Lahore-Amritsar bus, the first such service linking both parts of the Punjab since 1947. The bus had 26 passengers in total of whom 15 were Pakistani officials, Reshma had booked seven seats for herself and her family.
Reshma is a vegetarian.
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incomplete collection of information...with out P.Susheela, S.Janaki, S P Balasubramaniam, T.M.Soundararajan, K.J.Yesudass....heart throb of south indians
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