In PTV, she had a show called Bazm E Laila. 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. When Laila was 12, she performed as a playback singer for a male child actor in the Urdu language film Jugnu. Her cousin, Anjumara Begum, had already been a known singer. She, along with her sister, were trained by Ustad Abdul Kader Peyarang and Ustad Habibuddin Ahmed. While she was a student of Saint Lawrence Convent, she won an inter-school singing competition in Karachi in the then West Pakistan. She then learned classical music with her elder sister Dina Laila (d. 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. Following Rushdi's success, Christian bands specialising in jazz started performing at various night clubs and hotel lobbies in Karachi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Dhaka and Lahore. In those days, Ahmed Rushdi was the leading film singer who introduced rock n roll, disco and other modern genres to South Asian music.
She started taking dance lessons of Kathak and Bharatanatyam genre.
Hoping her fans would jubilantly celebrate this milestone and enjoy the superhit renditions.Laila was born in Sylhet to Syed Mohammed Imdad Ali, a civil servant posted in Karachi, and Amina Laila. Ragasudha Vinjamuri of Sanskruti Centre said: “Fifty years in the industry is an outstanding contribution one could make! I feel great to have lent voice-over to the Star TV campaign of the Golden Jubilee concert of such an iconic singer of South Asia, who once shared a judging panel with most revered Ashaji Bhosle. We are looking forward to a wonderful evening on 24th September”. We are also thankful to sponsors and organisations such as Indra Travels, NCL Tours, Visa Simple, Sanskruti Centre for Cultural Excellence, QF, Bonoful, Pride of Asia, Tabla, Cockney Gaff, Yupp TV, Panna’s, Prestige, ATN Bangla, Betar Bangla, Radio Bangla Net, Nusound Radio and others for the excellent inputs. Proceeds from this show would go to children’s charity and we are thankful for the support received from the community so far. Speaking to Asian Lite, Dr Arpita Ray and Dr Anirban Mandal representing the organisers said: “It is an overwhelming experience to host such a great singer and achiever. Her work with Bappi Lahiri in ‘Superuna’ remains commendable to this date that included outstanding hit songs Disco Express, Suno Suno Meri ye Kahaani Suno, Haiyya Hoo, Pukaarlo Tum Kahan Ho and Disco Premi.
In fact, the ever popular song De De Pyar De female version of the song in Amitabh’s movie Sharaabi was sung by Runa under Bappi Lahiri’s music direction for which Bappi received Filmfare Award.
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