Rajkumari Dubey, better known by her first name, Rajkumari, was an Indian playback singer who worked in Hindi cinema of 1930s and 1940s.
16 Facts About Rajkumari Dubey
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Rajkumari Dubey had much softer and sweeter voice with a narrow range than the leading singers of the time, Zohrabai Ambalewali, Amirbai Karnataki and Shamshad Begum.
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Rajkumari Dubey was 10 years old when she recorded her first song for His Master's Voice in 1934 and she started her career as a stage artiste.
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Rajkumari Dubey got important roles in films like Aankh Ka Tara and Turki Sher.
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Rajkumari Dubey was the heroine in Bhakt Ke Bhagwan and Insaaf Ki Topi.
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Rajkumari Dubey used to sing for popular music director Lallubhai.
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Rajkumari Dubey gave music to films starring Rajkumari ji like Nai Duniya, alias Sacred Scandal, Laal Chitthi, alias Red Letter, Bombay Mail, Bambai Ki Sethaani and Shamsheer-e-Arab.
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Rajkumari Dubey began getting fed up with having to watch on her figure and decided to stick to just singing as a career.
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Rajkumari Dubey never sang with K C Dey, but she did sing songs composed by him, as well as his nephew, Manna Dey.
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Rajkumari Dubey sang many popular Punjabi-language film songs for the veteran Punjabi music directors Hansraj Behl and Sardul Kwatra in the 1950s.
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Rajkumari Dubey who was from Benares, where he spent a lot of his time, while she settled in Bombay.
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Rajkumari Dubey sang her only song for O P Nayyar in the 1952 movie Aasmaan, which was his debut movie; "Jab Se Pee Piya Aan Base".
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Angered, O P Nayyar made Rajkumari sing this song and never repeated her.
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Rajkumari Dubey never used Lata to sing for him as well.
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Rajkumari Dubey endured a long dry spell until music director Naushad spotted her singing in the chorus for his background score for Pakeezah.
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Rajkumari Dubey appeared in a British TV programme called Mahfil on Channel 4, a Samandar Films production, produced by Firdous Ali and Mahmood Jamal.