Shameem Azad Collection, 1978

Shameem Dev in a television program called ‘Anhar’  (compared by Basharat Ahmed) from 1978, when she wasn’t yet married to Ghulam Nabi Azad, sings Abdul Ahad Azad’s ‘Madano Pardah Royas Toel‘ . In the beginning of the video she talks about her adoration for Lata Mangeshkar. She also mentions her teacher as Pt. Shambu Nath Sopori. Shambu Nath Sopori, father of Bajan Sopori, was also the Guru of other famous Kashmiri singer, Kailash Mehra.

In the next video she sings a couple of lines of Faiz’s ‘Hum par tumhari Chahat ka Illzam hi toh hai‘, something she sang on the stage for first time for a college function. Then she sings Mahmood Gami’s Vasiye Naray Dazmay tan.

The program starts with a ‘Naat e Nabi’

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These incredible videos are courtesy of Youtube user shameemazad1

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