Manpreet akhtar biography sample paper

Sanjeev Singh Bariana

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, January 17

The inimitable classic “Dil roya te akhh bhar aayi” from the film “Kuch Kuch Hota hai”, rendered by Manpreet Akhtar, is what she left in her legacy for her family, fans and fellow artistes when she died today.

Aged 52, Akhtar died after she suffered a heart attack coupled with a brain haemorrhage at 12.30 am at her home in Patiala.

Belonging to a legendary family of Punjabi singers, Manpreet Akhtar is survived by two sons — Naved Akhtar and Lavid Akhtar, both singers.

Her father Keere Khan Shaukin and her maternal uncle Sabar Hussain Sabar were considered the pillars of Punjabi gayaki.

Her brother Dilshad Akhtar, who was an acclaimed singer, was shot dead in 1995.

Manpreet Akhtar and her brother Gurranditta, also a singer, tutored under Pandit Krishan Kant of Barjindra Government College, Faridkot. Both did not take up singing as a profession.

Gurranditta joined the Food Corporation o