Amirbai Karnataki

Amirbai Karnataki was an Indian actress and singer. She was born at Banglore, Karnataka, India in the year 1906, she was fifty-eight years old and died in the year 1965. At the age of fifteen, she completed her matriculation and went to Bombay. She was also a playback singer. She was a famous playback singer at Hindi Cinema. She was also known in Kannada Kokila. The freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi was a big fan of her song ‘Vaishnav Jan To.’ She worked in the cinema from 1935 to 1961. She was a famous singer and actress. She performed well in Kannada and Gujarati language.

She has sung many songs and acted in many movies. Some of her hit songs are “O Jaanay Waalay Balamwa Laut Kay Aa Laut Kay Aa” it was sung in Rattan in the year 1944. “Dheere Dheere Aa Re, Baadal,” from the film ‘kismat’ in the year 1943. “Priya madhuvanadali” is a kannada song. This song is famous in Karnataka even today. The man behind her success was the composer ‘ Anil Biswas Anil Krishna Biswas was an Indian playback singer >> Read More... .’ Amirbai Karnataki’s famous Gujarati song was ‘Mahre Te Gamray Ek Baar Aawjo’ from the movie ‘Ranrakdevi.’ Her other some songs are ‘Qawwali’ from the movie ‘ Zeenat Story soon >> Read More... ’ in the year 1945.

Her elder sister was an actress in the films. She helped her to get the role in the movie ‘Vishnu Bhakti’ in the year 1934. She has sang songs in this movie. She was known as a singing star. She became a playback singer in the year 1947. In the same year, she again switched to acting. She used to mostly play character roles. She also composed music for ‘Wahab Pictures’ film Shehnaaz in the year 1948. In that year she left the Hindi cinemas for Gujarati and Marwani films. Her songs are available on youtube and other music apps like gaana.com, jiosaavn, and many more.

The movies she worked were Khidki, Bansari, Mazdoor, Samaj Ko Badal Dalo, Mr. X, Prabat Pe Apna Dera, Badi Baat, Haqdar, Barsaat Ki Raat, Basant, Ramayan, Shikari, Diwani, Rambaan, Boy Friend, Subah Ka Tara, Ek Hi Bhool Ek Hi Bhool (Just One Mistake) is a Pakistani soap >> Read More... , Station Master, Basant, Bharat Milap, Sindoor, Shehnai, Samadhi, Rattan, and many more. It was mentioned in one of her articles that in the 20th century when other singers used to get Rs 500 for singing a song, she used to get Rs 1000 per recording. In the year 1965, she had a paralytic attack and died four days later. She was buried in her hometown. A cinema hall is still rum in the name of “Amir Talkies” in the city of Vijayapura(Bijapur) by her family.