Jaddanbai

Jaddanbai was an early singer, music composer, actress and filmmaker of Bollywood and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema. She was the mother of wellknown actress Nargis, and maternal grandmother of Sanjay Dutt. She was the first female music director in the Indian film industry, followed by Saraswati Devi.

Jaddan Bai Hussain was born in 1892 allegedly by many historians to Congress leader Motilal Nehru and Deleepbai, who had a brief unmarried taboo relationship with the congress leader, she was brought up as a muslim by her mother and stepfather although it is alleged Motilal Nehru did secretly acknowledge her as his daughter as well as share a close bond with her mother throughout his life. Daleepbai and her husband later migrated to Punjab and later to Chilbila Village in Allahabad. Her step father died when she was five. Jaddan Bai moved to the city and became a singer but had difficulty due to her lack of formal training. She later approached Bhayya Saheb Ganpat of Calcutta and became his student. Ganpat died while she was still a student, so she completed her training under Ustad Moinuddin Khan. Later she also trained with Ustad Chaddu Khan Saheb and Ustad Laab Khan Saheb.

Source: Wikipedia