Kabban Mirza (born 1937 or 1938) is known for singing a couple of
melodious songs in Hindi cinema. Not much is known about Mirza's life
and his whereabouts, though it is known that he belonged to Uttar
Pradesh. His singing was featured in the film Razia Sultan, directed
by Kamal Amrohi (1983). Two of his songs are "Aayee Zanjeer Ki
Jhankar" and "Tera Hijr Mera Naseeb Hai". He also sang a song,
entitled "Is Pyar Ki Basti Mein" for the movie, Sheeba, though he was
not given credit for it.Kabban Mirza used to work as a radio announcer
with Vividh Bharti, All India Radio station, Mumbai. He used to do the
popular Hindi old song programme at 10.00 pm, named Chaya Geet on
Vivid Bharti. You can still remember his heavy & different voice
saying - Chaya Geet sunanewalo ko Kabban Mirza ka adab " ! (Kamal
Amrohi selected him over a lot of popular singers of that era.
According to him, Kabban Mirza's voice suited the character portrayed
by Dharmendra. We can see the quality of his voice as the music
director for this film was the renowned music director Khayyam .Mirza
later suffered from Cancer of the larynx. His last years of life went
unnoticed affected with cancer with his family in mainly Muslim
dominated area , Mumbra , outskirt of Thane city near Mumbai. The
government paid for his treatment. He was entitled to a pension after
long years of service. He had five children. His son M. Imtiyaz served
as a broadcaster with Radio Asia. While no concrete information of his
death exists in the internet, a website refers to him as the "Late
Kabban Mirza".
melodious songs in Hindi cinema. Not much is known about Mirza's life
and his whereabouts, though it is known that he belonged to Uttar
Pradesh. His singing was featured in the film Razia Sultan, directed
by Kamal Amrohi (1983). Two of his songs are "Aayee Zanjeer Ki
Jhankar" and "Tera Hijr Mera Naseeb Hai". He also sang a song,
entitled "Is Pyar Ki Basti Mein" for the movie, Sheeba, though he was
not given credit for it.Kabban Mirza used to work as a radio announcer
with Vividh Bharti, All India Radio station, Mumbai. He used to do the
popular Hindi old song programme at 10.00 pm, named Chaya Geet on
Vivid Bharti. You can still remember his heavy & different voice
saying - Chaya Geet sunanewalo ko Kabban Mirza ka adab " ! (Kamal
Amrohi selected him over a lot of popular singers of that era.
According to him, Kabban Mirza's voice suited the character portrayed
by Dharmendra. We can see the quality of his voice as the music
director for this film was the renowned music director Khayyam .Mirza
later suffered from Cancer of the larynx. His last years of life went
unnoticed affected with cancer with his family in mainly Muslim
dominated area , Mumbra , outskirt of Thane city near Mumbai. The
government paid for his treatment. He was entitled to a pension after
long years of service. He had five children. His son M. Imtiyaz served
as a broadcaster with Radio Asia. While no concrete information of his
death exists in the internet, a website refers to him as the "Late
Kabban Mirza".
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