JADDAN BAI: Nainon se Naina Milaaye, Are Haan re Pardesiya…

Jaddanbai Hussain was born around 1892 to Miajaan and Daleepabai, one of chilbila, Meja Allahabad's most renowned courtesans. Her mother Daleepabai used to be known as Dilipa Devi and was from a Hindu Brahmin family before being abducted as a child by a wandering group of people who trained and managed tawaifs. She was thoroughly groomed and went on to be very successful in this profession, working as a singer and dancer. Her managers then arranged her into a marriage with a Sarangi player employed by the troupe whom her mother only knew as Miyan Jaan. Later on, it is speculated that Daleepabai began a relationship with a married lawyer with the approval of her husband who lived in the same haveli as her. Miyan Jaan died when she was five. Jaddanbai moved to the city and became a singer but had difficulty due to her lack of formal training. She later approached Shrimant Ganpat Rao (Bhaiya Saheb Scindia) of Calcutta and became his student. Shrimant Ganpat Rao died in 1920 while she was still a student, so she completed her training under Ustad Moinuddin Khan. Later she also trained with Ustad Chaddu Khan Saheb and Ustad Laab Khan Saheb. Her first marriage was with a wealthy Gujrati Hindu businessman Narottamdas ("Bachhubhai" or "Bachi Babu") Khatri. Khatri converted to Islam upon marriage and together they had a son, Akhtar Hussain. Her second marriage was with harmonium master Ustaad Irshad Meer Khan, a frequent collaborator, who sired her second son, actor Anwar Hussain. Her third marriage was to Mohanchand Uttamchand ("Mohan Babu") Tyagi, a wealthy Punjabi Mohyal Brahmin Hindu heir who converted to Islam and adopted the name, Abdul Rashid. Film actress Nargis (née Fatima Rashid) was their daughter. Abdul Rashid spent most of his days idle, with Jaddanbai being the main breadwinner during their time together. Despite being a nominal Muslim and her husband formally converting to Islam, Jaddanbai and her family practised aspects of Hinduism, fluctuating between a Hindu and Muslim identity. Jaddanbai was sometimes known by the alias "Jayadevi Tyagi," a Hindu name, even in some official documents. She is directed by Talashe Haq (1935) (music composer), Madam Fashion (1936), Hriday Manthan (1936), Moti Ka Haar (1937), Jeevan Swapna (1937). You can click below the links to listen to songs sings by the Jaddan Bai. I. Nainon se Naina Milaaye, Are Haan re Pardesiya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT4J7BYm9F4 II. Nukta cheen hai gham-e-dil us ko sunaaye na bane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFeRkx9ElCA III. Phool gendwa na maaro lagat karejwa mein chot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7diBh-FEPxA IV. Roop joban gun dharo rahat hum (Bandish in Raag Durga): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7su78C2Kn0g V. Raga Shankara Deva Deva Satsang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eixoZmNyeNw You can support me at https://www.patreon.com/sdkd