taken aback by this, having greatly respected her in her heyday, and heartbroken to hear that she was reduced to singing in the chorus to make ends meet. As a result, he gave her an entire song to herself in Pakeezah, Najariya ki Mari. Her last film song was recorded for R. D. Burman in the film Kitaab; "Har Din Jo Beeta". Rajkumari also appeared in a British TV programme called Mahfil on Channel 4, a Samandar Films production, produced by Firdous Ali and Mahmood Jamal. In this programme, she sang a set of her famous film songs and ghazals; the caption on one of the songs, "Yeh raat phir na aayge", from the film Mahal, cites that the song was pictured on Zohra (and not Madhubala or Vijayalaxmi). The programme was aired on 24 March 1991. Rajkumari died in poverty in early 2000. Discography Naukar (1943) Neel Kamal (1947) Parwana (1947) Mahal (1949) Bawre Nain (1950) Posti (1950) Hulchul (1951) Aasmaan (1952) Kaude Shah (1953) Pakeezah (1972) Kitaab (1977) (Producer-Director Gulzar's film) Yaba Hay Tera Liya (1978) Taher Zalzala Hain Na (2000) Songs with G. M. Durrani "Jhuum rahi baagon men bhigi" - Yateem (1945) "Barasan Laagi Badariya" - Nai Duniya (1942) "Dil Loot Liya Ji" - Nai Duniya (1942) "Prem Ne Mann Mein Aag Lagayi" - Nai Duniya (1942) "O Tujhko Nainon" - Meharbani (1950) "Udd Jaau Main Sajan Re" - Kavita (1944) "Baras Gayi Raam Badariya Kaari" - Station Master (music director Naushad) "Dheere-Dheere Bol Mere Raja" - Ishara (1943) (Music director Khwaja Khurshid Anwar) (Lyricist – D. N. Madhok) "Gote Da Haar Ve" - Kurmai'' (Punjabi-language film) (1941) (with Iqbal Begum) References Bibliography External links Rajkumari – Her Profile, Interview and Complete Solo Song List on Cineplot.com website - Archived 1924 births 2000 deaths Bollywood playback singers Indian women playback singers 20th-century Indian singers Actresses in Hindi cinema Actresses from Varanasi 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses from Uttar Pradesh Singers from Uttar Pradesh 20th-century Indian women singers Musicians from Varanasi