Begum Akhtar Biography, Age, Death, Height, Weight, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Begum Akhtar was born as Akhtari. She hated her schooling as she was never interested in studies. She was just 7 years old when she started her stint with music. She started taking her music lessons from legendary Ustad Imdad Khan. After receiving her formal training from Imadad Khan, she started learning her music from Ustad Ata Mohammed Khan who belonged to Patiala Gharana. She impressed Khan Sahib and thus, he started to train her.

 

She was also good looking besides having a sensitive voice and thus making her an apt candidate to act in films. During this time singing was like a compulsory thing for actors. She was approached to act in films like Nal Damyanti and King For A Day in the year 1933. She acted in the acclaimed film Roti in the year 1942. She besides acting also sang few ghazals in the film. She in her career sang over 400 ghazals and thumris. She after her marriage stopped singing but made a comeback and sang till the end of her life. She also composed a lot of ghazals and a maximum number of them were based on Raag.

 

She is a true legend who imparted her knowledge of music to various singers. She got settled in Lucknow and started accepting disciples. She also never charged any caption money or fee for training. She did them all for free of cost.