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{{Short description|Bangladeshi singer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Runa Laila
| native_name = রুনা লায়লা {{Nastaliq|رونا لیلی}}
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Runa Laila on 4 July 2017 (01) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Runa Laila in 2017
| birth_name = Sadia Islam
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|11|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sylhet]], [[East Bengal]], [[Pakistan]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]])
| citizenship = [[Pakistan]]i (1952–1974) [[Bangladesh]]i (1974–present)
| occupation = Singer, music composer
| years_active = 1969–1991 2008–present
| awards = [[Independence Day Award]] [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] [[Nigar Awards]] [[Mirchi Music Awards]]
| spouses = ''Khawaza Javed Kaiser''
[[Ron Daniel]]
[[Alamgir (actor)|Alamgir]]
| honours =
| module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes
| instrument = [[Vocal music|Vocals]]
| label =
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Ghazal]]
* [[Pop music|pop]]
* [[filmi]]
* [[Fusion music|fusion]]
* [[Sufi]]
}}
}}
}}

'''Runa Laila''' ({{lang-bn|রুনা লায়লা}}, {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|رونا لیلی}}}}; born 17 November 1952)<ref name=happy>{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/many-happy-returns-runa-laila-1316029 |title=Many Happy Returns to Sadia a Islam |work=The Daily Star |date=17 November 2016 |access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref><ref name=Sharma/> is a [[Bangladeshi]] playback singer and composer. She started her career in [[Pakistan film industry]] in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani [[playback singer]] [[Ahmed Rushdi]] and she also made a pair with him after replacing another singer [[Mala (Pakistani singer)|Mala]].<ref name=Sanskriti/><ref>{{cite book |title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music |year=2000 |author=Arnold, Alison |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=0-8240-4946-2 |pages=420–421}}</ref><ref name="britannica">{{cite book |author1=Gulzar |author2=Nihalani, Govind |author3=Chatterji, Saibal |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |year=2003 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=81-7991-066-0 |pages=532–533}}</ref> Her playback singing in films – ''The Rain'' (1976), ''[[Jadur Banshi]]'' (1977), ''Accident'' (1989), ''[[Ontore Ontore]]'' (1994), [[Devdas (2013 film)|''Devdas'']] (2013) and ''Priya Tumi Shukhi Hou'' (2014) - earned her seven [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer]].<ref name=happy/> She won the [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Composer|Best Music Composer]] award for the film ''[[Ekti Cinemar Golpo]]'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/national-film-awards-2017-and-2018-announced-1824415 |title=National Film Awards for 2017 and 2018 announced |work=The Daily Star |date=8 November 2019 |access-date=19 December 2019}}</ref>

==Early life==
Laila was born in [[Sylhet]] to Syed Mohammed Imdad Ali, a civil servant posted in [[Karachi]], and Amina Laila. She started taking dance lessons of [[Kathak]] and [[Bharatanatyam]] genre. In those days, [[Ahmed Rushdi]] was the leading film singer who introduced [[rock n roll]], [[disco]] and other modern genres to [[South Asian music]]. Following Rushdi's success, [[Christianity in Pakistan|Christian]] bands specialising in [[jazz]] started [[gig (musical performance)|performing]] at various night clubs and hotel lobbies<ref name="CITEREFSocPolHistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.chowk.com/articles/8459 |title=Socio-political History of Modern Pop Music in Pakistan |work=[[Chowk (magazine)|Chowk]] |access-date=7 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723213331/http://chowk.com/articles/8459 |archive-date=23 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in Karachi, [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]], [[Mumbai]], [[Dhaka]] and [[Lahore]]. Laila became a fan of singer Ahmed Rushdi whom she considered her guru (teacher), and tried to emulate not only his singing style but also the way he used to perform on the stage.<ref name="Sharma"/> She then learned classical music with her elder sister Dina Laila (d. 1976).<ref name=Sharma>{{cite magazine |last=Sharma |first=Devesh |title=Beyond borders Runa Laila |url=http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/beyond-borders-runa-laila-1479.html |magazine=Filmfare |publisher=Times Internet Limited |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Masum |title=Runa Laila celebrates 50-year in music |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/news/63633/Runa-Laila-celebrates-50-year-in-music |work=Prothom Alo |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ebong Runa Laila' this Eid |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/news/65521/Ebong-Runa-Laila-this-Eid |work=Prothom Alo |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref>
While she was a student of [[St. Lawrence's Girls School, Karachi|Saint Lawrence Convent]], she won an inter-school singing competition in Karachi in the then [[West Pakistan]].<ref name=nightingale>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/cover-story/news/the-nightingale-speaks-1643080 |title=The Nightingale Speaks |date=6 October 2018 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=6 October 2018}}</ref> She, along with her sister, were trained by Ustad Abdul Kader Peyarang and Ustad Habibuddin Ahmed.<ref name=nightingale/> Her cousin, Anjumara Begum, had already been a known singer.<ref name=nightingale/> When Laila was 12, she performed as a playback singer for a male child actor in the Urdu language film ''Jugnu''.<ref name=nightingale/> The song was titled ''Gudia Si Munni Meri''.<ref name=saga>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/saga-the-melody-queen-prominent-singer-runa-laila-1643068 |title=Saga of the Melody Queen |date=6 October 2018 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=15 October 2018 |author=Tasbir Iftekhar}}</ref>

==Career==

In 1966, Laila made her breakthrough in the Pakistani film industry with the song ''Unki Nazron Sey Mohabbat Ka Jo Paigham Mila'' for the Urdu film ''Hum Dono''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jamil |first=Syed Maqsud |title=Songs of the Sixties |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/songs-of-the-sixties-58939 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=17 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wahid |first=Shahnoor |title=Runa Laila |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/runa-laila-76530 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> She used to perform on [[Pakistan Television Corporation|PTV]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Akhtar |first1=Aasim |title=The PTV cadre maintained its character |url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/ptv-cadre-maintained-character-says-aslam-azhar/#.VYFJ-_mqqkp |work=The News International |access-date=17 June 2015 |archive-date=5 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805104221/http://tns.thenews.com.pk/ptv-cadre-maintained-character-says-aslam-azhar/#.VYFJ-_mqqkp |url-status=dead }}</ref> In PTV, she had a show called ''Bazm E Laila''.<ref name=nightingale/> She started appearing on the ''Zia Mohyuddin Show'' (1972–74) and later sang songs for films in the 1970s such as the film [[Umrao Jaan Ada (film)|Umrao Jaan Ada (1972)]].

Laila moved to Bangladesh along with her family in 1974.<ref name=nightingale/> Her first Bengali song was ''O Amar Jibon Shathi'' for the film Jibon Shathi (1976), composed by [[Satya Saha]].<ref name=nightingale/> Shortly after had her first concert in India in 1974 in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news |title=When Runa met Lata |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-206351 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=14 October 2011 |access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref> She started in Bollywood with director [[Jaidev]], whom she met in Delhi, got her the chance to play at the inauguration of [[Doordarshan]].<ref name=Sharma/> She first worked with the music composer [[Kalyanji-Anandji]] for the title song of a film called [[Ek Se Badhkar Ek (1976 film)|Ek Se Badhkar Ek]] (1976).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Arun |title=Like music itself, a singer has no boundaries: Runa Laila |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/interviews/Like-music-itself-a-singer-has-no-boundaries-Runa-Laila/articleshow/17847236.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> She gained popularity in India with the songs ''O Mera Babu Chail Chabila'' and ''[[Dama Dam Mast Qalandar]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Afsana |title=I had a crush on Shashi Kapoor but he was married: Runa Laila |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/television/i-had-a-crush-on-shashi-kapoor-but-he-was-married-runa-laila/article1-925987.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617123104/http://www.hindustantimes.com/television/i-had-a-crush-on-shashi-kapoor-but-he-was-married-runa-laila/article1-925987.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2015 |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> In 1974, she recorded ''Shaadher Lau'' in Kolkata.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ferdous |first=Fahmim |title=Shine bright like a diamond |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/shine-bright-diamond-76843 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> Laila's name has been written on the [[Guinness World Records]] for recording 30 songs within 3 days.<ref name=saga/> In 1982, she won Golden Disk Award as her album Superuna composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]] was sold over 1 lakh copies on the first day of its release.<ref name=saga/>

In October 2009, she released ''Kala Sha Kala'', a collection of Punjabi wedding songs, in India.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Music Today present's Runa Laila's album Kala Sha Kala, A collection of Punjabi folk melodies |url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news-releases/music-today-presents-runa-lailas-album-kala-sha-kala-a-collection-punjabi-folk-melodies |website=RadioandMusic.com |access-date=17 June 2015}}</ref> In 2012, Laila served as a judge on the show Sur Kshetra, an Indian television contest show for amateur singers.<ref>{{cite web |title=RUNA LAILA |url=http://colors.in.com/uk/surkshetra/jury/runa-laila-23.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402172834/http://colors.in.com/uk/surkshetra/jury/runa-laila-23.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2015 |website=colors.in.com |publisher=In.com India |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> She described her relationship with fellow judge [[Asha Bhosle]] as that of sisters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaturvedi |first1=Vinita |title=Ashaji and I have become like sisters: Runa Laila |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Ashaji-and-I-have-become-like-sisters-Runa-Laila/articleshow/16135445.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> In 2014, she collaborated with [[Sabina Yasmin]] on a song for a television play ''"Dalchhut Projapoti"'', the first time they worked on a song together.<ref>{{cite news |last=Shazu |first=Shah Alam |title=Revisiting the music scene of '14 |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/revisiting-the-music-scene-of-14-58984 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Celebrating the legacy of Runa Laila |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/celebrating-the-legacy-runa-laila-72152 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> Runa has sung in seventeen languages including her native [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Pashto language|Pashto]], [[Baluchi language|Baluchi]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Malay language|Malay]], [[Nepali language|Nepalese]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and English.<ref name=Sanskriti>{{cite web |last=Sanskriti Website |title=Runa Laila |url=http://koausa.org/music/runalaila/index.html |website=KOA Music Section |publisher=Kashmiri Overseas Association (KOA) |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-date=18 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418090125/http://koausa.org/music/runalaila/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Laila has been married three times. She first married Khawaza Javed Kaiser, secondly a Swiss citizen named Ron Daniel and then actor [[Alamgir (actor)|Alamgir]]. She has a daughter Tani.<ref name=Sharma/> Her grandson Zain Islam had been selected for the Arsenal progression center in 2012 when he was eight.<ref>{{cite news |title=Runa Laila on cloud nine |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-232443 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=8 October 2018 |date=3 May 2012}}</ref>

==Charity==
After her sister died in 1976 from cancer, Laila held several charity concerts in Dhaka. The money raised was used to build a cancer hospital in Dhaka.<ref name=Sharma/><ref name=Sanskriti /> Laila was named a [[SAARC]] Goodwill Ambassadors for HIV/AIDS.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ajay Devgn, Runa Laila named SAARC ambassadors for HIV/AIDS |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ajay-devgn-runa-laila-named-saarc-ambassadors-for-hiv-aids-113042500435_1.html |work=Business Standard |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> She is the first Bangladeshi to hold this post.<ref>{{cite news |title=Runa Laila SAARC Goodwill Ambassador |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/23/runa-laila-saarc-goodwill-ambassador |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref> She visited New Delhi in 2013 on her first trip as the SAARC ambassador. She met India's External and Health ministers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Runa Laila to tour New Delhi |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/07/30/runa-laila-to-tour-new-delhi |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref>

==Discography==
* ''Sincerely Yours'' (1973)<ref name=saga/>
* ''Runa Laila Sings Songs Of Talib-Ul-Maulla'' (1974)
* ''Great Ghazals - Runa Laila (Style)'' (1981)
* ''Runa in Pakistan (Geet) and (Ghazals)'' (1980)
* ''[[Bappi Lahiri]] Presents Runa Laila - Superuna'' (1982)
* ''Runa Goes Disco'' (1982)
* ''Sings For Umrao Jaan Ada (Ghazals)'' (1985)
* ''Ganga Amar Ma Padma Amar Ma'' (1996)
* ''Bazm-E-Laila'' (2007)
* ''Runa Laila-Kala Siah Kala'' (2010)<ref name=saga/>

==Film songs==

=== Films in Pakistan ===
* ''[[Commander (1968 film)|Commander]]'' (1968)- "Jaan-E-Mann Itna Bata Do Mohabbat, Mohabbat Hai Kya" music by [[Master Abdullah]]
* ''Hum Dono'' (1966)-Her debut super-hit film song "Unki Nazron Se Mohabbat Ka Jo Paigham Mila" music by [[Nashad]]
* ''[[Anjuman (1970 film)|Anjuman]]'' (1970)-"Hoey Hoey Dil Dharkay Mein Yeh Kaisay Kahoon" music by [[Nisar Bazmi]]
* ''[[Umrao Jaan Ada (film)|Umrao Jaan Ada]]'' (1972)-"Kaatey Na Katay Rattia Sayyan Intezar Ki" music by Nisar Bazmi
* ''[[Man Ki Jeet]]'' (1972)- "Dinwa Dinwa Mein Ginuun, Kab Aeingay Sanwaria" music by [[M Ashraf]]
* ''Ehsaas '' (1972)- "Hamein Kho Kar Bahut Pachhtao Gay Jab Hum Nahin Haun Gay" music by [[Robin Ghosh]]
* ''Dilruba'' (1975)- "Chhanak Gaii Paayal Tau Kya Hoga" A duet song with Masood Rana, Runa Laila- music by M Ashraf
* ''Zaildar'' (1972) A Punjabi language film -"Do Dil Ik Doojay Kolon Duur Ho Gaey" music by [[Ghulam Ahmed Chishti]]
* ''[[Jaal (1973 film)|Jaal]]'' (1973)

===Film in Bangladesh===
* ''Shwaralipi''
* ''Dui Jibon''
* ''Antore Antore''
* ''The Rain''
* ''[[Beder Meye Josna]]''
* ''Kayamat Theke Kayamat Porjonto''
* ''Sopner Nayok''
* ''Sottyer Mrittyu Nei''
* ''Meghla Akash''
* ''Megher Koley Rod''
* ''Hridoyer Badhon''
* ''[[Niyoti]]''

===Films in India===
* ''[[Phir Subah Hogi]]''
* ''[[Gharaonda]]'' (1977)<ref name=Thombare>{{cite news |last=Thombare |first=Suparna |title=Runa Laila's Punjabi connection |date=2 November 2009 |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-runa-laila-s-punjabi-connection-1306302 |work=DNA |access-date=17 June 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[Ek Se Badhkar Ek (1976 film)|Ek Se Badhkar Ek]]'' (1976) ([[Dama Dam Mast Qalandar]])<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sutar |first1=Chirag |title=Runa Laila - 'It was difficult for me to travel to India as and when I wanted' |url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/just-talk/runa-laila-it-was-difficult-me-travel-india-and-when-i-wanted |website=radioandmusic.com |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[Jaan-e-Bahaar]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Yaadgaar (1984 film)|Yaadgaar (1984)]]''
* ''Ghar Dwaar (1985)''
* ''[[Agneepath (1990 film)|Agneepath]]'' (1990)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dubey |first1=Bharti |title=Abida Parveen and Runa Laila to spread love in India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Abida-Parveen-and-Runa-Laila-to-spread-love-in-India/articleshow/16049861.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[Sapnon Ka Mandir]]'' (1991)<ref name=Thombare/>

==Awards==
* Radio Mirchi Music Award presented by [[Radio Mirchi]] at [[Nazrul Mancha]] in [[Kolkata]] (2015)<ref>{{cite news |title=Runa Laila receives Mirchi Music Award |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2015/feb/20/runa-laila-receives-mirchi-music-award |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref>
* [[Independence Day Award]], Bangladesh
* [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] (1976, 1977, 1989, 1994, 2012, 2013 and 2014)<ref>{{cite news |title=PM distributes National Film Award |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/04/04/pm-distributes-national-film-award |work=Dhaka Tribune |agency=UNB |access-date=8 October 2018 |date=4 April 2015}}</ref>
* Sheltech Award, Bangladesh
* Lux-Channel I Lifetime Performance Award, Bangladesh
* Saigal Award, India
* [[Nigar Award]], Pakistan (1968, 1970)
* Critics Award, Pakistan
* Graduate Award, Pakistan
* Firoza Begum Memorial Gold Medal, Bangladesh

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1420791}}
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