# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kajjanbai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:54:04.143Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kajjanbai"
name: "Kajjanbai"
slug: "kajjanbai"
description: "Jahanara Kajjan, or \"Miss Kajjan\", was an Indian singer and actress active during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, often referred to as the \"Nightingale of Bengal\". \nThe reigning queen of early talkie films, glamorous movie sensation, the trained classical singer, the fashion icon and the trendsetter, she was known as \"Lark of Hindi Cinema\", \"The Lark of India\" and the \"Beautiful Nightingale of Bengal Screen\". She along with Master Nissar made most sought after and popular singing pair of the stage and film. She was a popular star of silent films."
tagline: "Indian film actress, singer and poet in 1930s Jahanara kajjan"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Kajjanbai-pic.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1915"
deathDate: "1945"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.64
  momentum:             0.6666666666666665
  historical:           7.079806666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0435321/"
    handle:    "nm0435321"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AC%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C"
    title: "کجن بائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%88"
    title: "কজ্জনবাঈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajjanbai"
    title: "Kajjanbai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajjanbai"
    title: "Kajjanbai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88"
    title: "ਕਜਨਬਾਈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%A1%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AD"
    title: "ᱠᱟᱡᱡᱚᱱᱵᱟᱭ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%AC%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C"
    title: "کجن بائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%9C%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BF"
    title: "కజ్జన్ బాయి"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6349015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1348040"
    title: "Jahanara Kajjan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump