Kajjanbai

Kajjanbai was a singer and actress in India during the 1920s and 1930s, often referred to as the "Nightingale of Bengal". [Orsini 2006: 272] Aside from acting, she and Ghulam Mohammed also taught Noor Jehan when the latter was young, making her do "riyaz" up to 12 hours each day. [PTV World News] Kajjan stopped singing in 1930,Fact|date=February 2007 however, she continued to star in movies such as "Shirin Farhad" and "Layla Majnun" opposite Nissar, becoming a symbol of on-screen romance in the cinema of India. [Orsini 2006: 272]

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* [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=direction&start=F Indian Cinema Database] at the University of Pennsylvania