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* [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=direction&start=F Indian Cinema Database] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070127221618/http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indiancinema/?browse=direction&start=F Indian Cinema Database] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] |
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Kajjanbai was a singer and actress in India during the 1920s and 1930s, often referred to as the "Nightingale of Bengal".[1] 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.[2] Kajjan stopped singing in 1930,[citation needed] 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.[1]
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- Orsini, Francesca (2006). Love in South Asia: A Cultural History. United Kingdom: Cambridge University.
- "Noor Jahan (The legend of Pakistani Music)". Pakistan Television Corporation World News. Archived from the original on 2006-08-11. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
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