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Jaddanbai Hussain (1 April 1892 – 8 April 1949; known professionally as Jaddanbai) was an Indian singer, music composer, dancer, actress, filmmaker, and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. She along with Bibbo and Saraswati Devi was one of the first female music composers in Indian cinema.
May 8, 2024 · Jaddanbai was born to Mia Jaan and Daleepabai in 1892. Her mother Daleepabai was a famous tawaif in Benares (today’s Varanasi) herself. As a child, Jaddanbai learnt music under the tutelage of stalwarts like Shrimant Ganpat Rao and Ustad Moinuddin Khan.
Aug 1, 2020 · Jaddanbai Hussain was born in 1892 in Benares (present-day Varanasi) to Daleepabai, a beauty who became widow soon after her marriage and was thrown out of her house. With no place to go, she wanted to end her life by jumping into a river. Instead, she was kidnapped by group of people.
Dec 29, 2023 · Jaddanbai Hussain was born around 1892 to Mia Jaan and Daleepabai in then-Banaras. Miyan Jaan died when she was five. Jaddanbai moved to the city and became a singer. Jaddanbai then approached Shrimant Ganpat Rao (Bhaiya Saheb Scindia) of Calcutta to learn music and became his student.
However, her character, Jaddanbai, is a personality whose life could have warranted a film in itself, had it been better documented. Jaddanbai was the daughter of Daleepadevi, a courtesan who was kidnapped by a band of traveling performers in her childhood.
Feb 9, 2017 · Fatma Begum, Jaddanbai: The earliest female filmmakers of Indian cinema. In the dawn of Indian cinema, these filmmakers were the multifaceted trailblazers who set the path for others to follow over 90 years ago. Actress Shobhana Samarth and writer-music composer-director Jaddanbai.
Jaddanbai played a pioneering role in Indian cinema in the early talkies era. She started off as an actress and was also one of the first women to produce, direct films and compose music for films. But her achievements have been overshadowed by her reputation as the legendary Nargis’s mother.
