Rajkumari was born in 1924. She never really had
the opportunity to learn to sing, but she was not trained to sing, she was very good at picking up what her
composers taught her. They thought she was a trained singer! She was able to
also establish herself as a classical singer and excelled in singing and voice
production within the framework of classical forms of thumri and dadra. She was
just 10 years old when she recorded her first song in 1934 and she started her
career as a stage artiste.
Rajkumari's first film was a Hindi-Gujrati
bilingual called Sansar Leela Nayi Duniya. She got important roles in films
like Aankh Ka Tara and Turki Sher. She was the heroine Bhakt Ke Bhagwan and Insaf Ki Topi. In
those days she often acted opposite Zakari Khan (fater of actor Amjad Khan
(Gabbar).
Rajkumari also used to sing for popular music
director Lallubhai. He gave music to films starring Rajkumari ji like Nai
Duniya alias Sacred Scandal(1934) (Sansaar Leela in gujrati version), Laal
Chitthi alias Red Letter(1935), Bombay Mail(1935), Bambai Ki Sethaani (1935)and
Shamsheer-e-Arab(1935). She began getting fed up with having to watch on her
figure and decided to stick to just singing as a career. she was the First Female Playback Singer of
Indian Cinema. She sung songs for Neel Kamal, Hulchul, Bawre Nain, Mahal.
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