BRIEF LIFE SKETCH:
Reshma is a renowned folk singer of Pakistan, but is perhaps more popular in India.. .
Reshman was born to a Pakkhiwas khanabadosh (gypsy) family in Rajasthan one year
after Independence. They traded in horses, cows and goats. Long long ago her tribal ancestors had converted to Islam due Mughal tyranny.
Her tribe migrated to Karachi
shortly after Independence. Reshman did not receive any formal
education, but God gifted her a melodius voice. She spent much of her childhood singing at the mazars
(shrines) of the mystic saints of Sindh. When she was hardly twelve
years old, she was spotted by a music director, Salim Gilani, who
arranged for her to make a recording for radio. She became an instant
hit, and since that day, Reshman has been one of the most popular folk
singers of Pakistan , as well as Hindustan. She has been appearing on television since the 1960s, recording
songs for both the Pakistani and Indian film industry, and performing at
home and abroad.
Wherever she goes, she mesmerizes the audience with
her husky voice.
Reshman lives very simply in Lahore. She is proud of her gypsy heritage
and married a man from the same tribe. Her four sons and three daughters
also married within the tribe. She still loves going to the mazars,
where several of her pirs (holy men) reside. She has been visiting Pir
Mushtaq Hussain, Pir Shafqat Hussain in Okara (West Punjab) for the last twenty-five
years. She She an avid devotee of famous Sindhi saint Shahbaz Qallander also. She known mostly for singing Sufi poetry and Punjabi and Sindhi folk songs.
Sufi Kalaam:
1. BABA BULLE SHAHPunjabi Folk:
1.We Main Chori Chori Tere Naal la layiyaan akkhaan [video]
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtz1c0nX5jw&feature=related2. LAMBI JUDAAI [video]
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFBtwYcs_Ro&feature=related
3. SUNN CHARKHE DI MITTHI MITTHI [video]
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oVofld9fBs&feature=relmfu
SINDHI FOLK:
