Najma Akhtar was born 18. September 1962 in Chelmsford, England, and has become one of the most recognizable female voices in the fusion of Indian music with Western pop. Her own albums have included elements of jazz, pop, Bollywood, and electronic music, and she has worked as a guest vocalist with Page & Plant, Jah Wobble, Andy Summers, and many others. Her music was featured in the film Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.
Discography Ghazals, 1988 Qareeb, 1989 Atish, 1990 Pukar, 1992 Forbidden Kiss: the Songs of S. D. Burman, 1996 Vivid, 2002. Fariyaad: A plea to the creator, 2008. Rishte, 2009 User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
