Amirbai Karnataki

Amirbai Karnataki

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Amirbai Karnataki


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Background = solo_singer
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Born = Bijapur, India
Died = death date|1965|3|3 India
Instrument = Vocalist
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Genre = Playback singing
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1935–1961

Amirbai Karnataki (born around 1906, died March 3, 1965) was a famous actress/singer and playback singer of the yesteryears and was famous as "Kannada Kokila". Mahatma Gandhi was an ardent fan of her song "Vaishnav Jaan".

Amirbai Karnataki was born in Bilgi village, District of Bijapur in Karnataka into a lower middle class family. Of all of her five sisters, Amirbai and her elder sister Gauherbai earned fame and fortune. (But according to some sources, Amirbai was elder to Goharbai Karnataki.) Amirbai completed her matriculation and went to Bombay at the age of fifteen. A representative from HMV was so impressed by her singing talent that he made her sing a Qawwali, which became very popular. Her elder sister Gauherbai was an actress and helped Amirbai get a role in the film "Vishnu Bhakti" in 1934. Initially, Amirbai sang songs in films, but they failed to attain the success she deserved. In 1943, with the release of Bombay Talkies' "Kismet", she became popular. All the songs of "Kismet" became a rage and Amirbai became famous. The man behind the success was the great composer Anil Biswas. She was initially known as a singing star, but at the fall of her career she became a playback singer. She reached her peak by 1947. At this time Lata Mangeshkar became a rising star, so once again Amirbai switched over to acting. In her second innings she mostly played character roles. Amirbai also composed music for Wahab Pictures' "Shehnaaz" (1948). In the same year she almost left Hindi Cinema for Gujarati and Marwari films. In 1930s, she was associated with, and probably married to, Himalaywala; some sources claim he was abusive to her. Later, she married Badri Kaanchwala, the editor of "Paras". She had a paralytic attack in 1965, died just four days later and was buried in her hometown.

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