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Nadia celebrates the Queen of Melody through the decades, from the 1960s to today - including some exclusive live performances and interviews from the Asian Network archive.

Nadia celebrates the Queen of Melody, Runa Laila, through the decades, from the 1960s to today - including some exclusive live performances and interviews from the Asian Network archive.

Runa Laila started her musical journey in the late 60s in the Pakistani film Hum Dono, before Runa and her family moved to Bangladesh a decade later, making her debut in the Bangla music space with O Jibon Sathi Tumi Amar.

A career that has spanned six decades, she has shown her staying power and versatility through the years performing in several different languages, even to this day, featuring most recently on the Prince soundtrack.

Produced in Birmingham by Voxwave for BBC Asian Network.

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Sunday16:00
BBC Asian Network

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Music Played

  • Runa Laila

    Unki Nazron Se Mohabbat Ka (from Hum Dono)

  • Runa Laila & Khandokar Faruk Ahmed

    O Jiban Sathi Tumi Amar

  • Runa Laila

    Dama Dam Mast Qalandar

  • Runa Laila, Bhupinder Singh & Gulzar

    Do Deewane Shaher Mein (from Gharaonda)

  • Runa Laila

    Disco Premee

  • Runa Laila

    Bondhu Tin Din Tor Bari (Live)

  • Runa Laila

    Mera Babu Chhail Chhabila

  • Runa Laila

    Sadher Lau Banaila More Bairagi

  • Runa Laila

    Pan Khaiya Thot Lal Korilam

  • Runa Laila

    Jokhon Thambe Kolahol

  • Runa Laila

    Kala Sha Kala

  • Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

    Bhalobasha Por Hoyeche

  • Runa Laila, Arnob & Adit Rahman

    Mast Qalandar (Coke Studio Bangla S3)

  • Runa Laila & Pritom Hasan

    Jala Jala (from Prince)

Broadcast

  • Sunday16:00
    BBC Asian Network