Suraiya Jamaal Sheikh (15 June 1929 - 31 January 2004), popularly known as Suraiya Hindi film actress and playback singer in Bollywood from the 1940s to the early 1960s, who remained unmarried throughout her life, after her lover affair with actor Dev Anand was aborted by her maternal grand-mother. She was the most popular singing star of the Indian sub-continent of her generation.