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A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a vocalist whose performance is pre-recorded in audio, to be paired with another actor's filme
Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar recorded thousands of songs.
Pakistani playback singer Ahmed Rushdi during a live performance
Ahmed Rushdi
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Ahmed Rushdi was a versatile Pakistani playback singer and "an important contributor to the golden age of Pakistani film music". Known as the Magician of voice, he is widely regarded as one of the gre
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…public admiration. Most of the playback singers are initially trained in classical music, but they later often expand their range. Mohammed Rafi and Ahmed Rushdi are regarded as two of the most influential playback singers in South Asia. The sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, who mainly worked in Hindi…
Ahmed Rushdi's grave at Sakhi Hassan cemetery, Karachi