In 1944, Master Vinayak brought Noor Jehan and Lata Mangeshkar, both 16 year old, in Badi Maa, both as singer actresses, their only movie together, with Datta Koregaonkar's music. Dost was another hit with Sajjad's music, followed by Lal Haveli starring Surendra with music by Mir Saheb. Another great hit, Nadan, came from Zia Sarhadi with music by Datta Koregaonkar. Both movies had music by Rafique Ghaznavi. This was followed by another hit, Naukar, directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. In 1943, following the great success of Panchholi movies, director Vishnukumar Maganlal Vyas at Sunrise Pictures ventured to bring Noor Jehan to Bombay to star in Duhaai with Kumar and Shanta Apte.
Khandan was the first big movie in Noor Jehan's life and It put her name right alongside the blockbuster names of the 1940s. Three years after she had her first break, Shaukat Hussain made his directorial debut with Panchholi Studio's Khandan (1942) starring Noor Jehan and Ghulam Mohammed with music by Master Ghulam Haider. But after Gul-e-Bakawli, there was someone in Noor Jehan's life. He met Noor Jehan, quite possibly on the sets of Gul-e-Bakawli, or soon thereafter. The Punjabi bit parts continued with movies like Heer Sayal, Sassi Punnu, Yamla Jatt, Choudhary.ĭirector and story writer Shaukat Hussain Rizvi had become a close friend of Mr.Panchholi. People really took notice of the glamour girl in the Punjabi hit Gul-e-Bakawli (1939). Panchholi who provided Baby Noor Jehan with her first prominent role as well as a stable job in a series of Punjabi movies.
During the years 1935-37 Baby Noor Jehan was given bit parts for the child in movies like Ghaibi Gola, probably her first film, Misar Ka Sitara, Aazadi, Nari Raj, Fakhr-i-Islam. Mehra can take credit for bringing the stage child of Calcutta to Lahore cinema. Mehra, were looking to staff their Lahore productions with the right kind of people. It was also around that time that Punjabi movie makers, like K.D. Noor Jehan moved to Calcutta where she became a stage actress at the rather tender age of 6. Baby Noor Jehan pursued her early training with Ustad Ghulam Mohammed Khan. Noor Jehan was born at Qasur, Pakistan on September 21, 1926.
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