Runa Laila : wiki | Biography | wikipedia | playback singer
Runa Laila : wiki | Biography | wikipedia | singer
Runa Laila (Bengali: রুনা লায়লা (born 17 November 1952) is a playback singer of the subcontinent who lives in Bangladesh. She is effective in Ghazals also. She made a hit pair with famous singer Ahmed Rushdi after replacing Mala. She also has done numerous playbacks for movies in Bangladesh, India and Pakistani film industries during late 60s,70s and early 80′s. Her best known number is Dama Dam Mast Qalandar, a song covered by many artists.
Films
She sang playback for many movies in Bangladesh and India and, before the independence of Bangladesh, in Pakistan. She is known for her songs “Dama Dam Mast Qalandar” and “Mera Babu Chhail Chhabeela Main to Nachoongigi”, which have been sung by other artists.
She made a sensational entry into the Hindi filmdom with Ek Se Badkar Ek in 1974. Music lovers all over India were swinging to the rhythmic beat of Dama Dam Mast Qalander.
Her songs in “Gharonda”, which was released later, also did well with the audience. After that she withdrew from Mumbai but is still popular in India. Some of the music directors she has worked with are Jaidev, Kalyanji Anandji and Bappi Lahiri.
She is equally popular in the Bengali pop music space with songs like “Sadher Lau Banailo Morey”, “Shilpi ami, tomaderi gan shonabo” and “Bondhu Tin Din Tor Barite Gelam”.
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